BEST VOCABULARY WORDS FOR IELTS – 453

Resilient – able to withstand or recover quickly

Sentence – She is very resilient to change.

Altruism – disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.

Sentence – She’s not known for her altruism.

Dichotomy – contrast between two things that are  are represented as being opposed

Sentence -There is a dichotomy between the academic world and the industrial world.

Connotation – something suggested by a word or thing

Sentence -For most people “motherhood” has a very positive connotation

Procrastination – the action of delaying

Sentence – He procrastinated and missed the submission deadline.

Tenacious – tending to keep a firm hold of something

Sentence – She’s a tenacious woman.

Facetious –  treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour

Sentence – He was so facetious that he turned everything into a joke.

Enigma – thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand.

Sentence -She is something of an enigma.

Frivolous – not having any serious purpose

Sentence – I think he sees her as a frivolous young woman.

Gracious – kind, and pleasant, especially towards someone of lower social status.

Sentence – The magazine promotes gracious living.

Ambiguous – not having one obvious meaning.

Sentence – He looked at her with an ambiguous smile.