BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 514

Devolve: grow worse

Sentence: As the rhetoric heated up inside, the violence outside devolved into chaos.

Alacrity: liveliness and eagerness

Sentence: Every one exerted himself not only without murmuring and discontent, but even with an alacrity which almost approached to cheerfulness.

Waive: do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Sentence: Low rates have also led retail brokerages to waive fees on money market funds to avoid negative returns for their clients.

Unwonted: out of the ordinary

Sentence: He must rush off to see his people, who no doubt were quite confounded by his unwonted energy.

Seethe: be in an agitated emotional state

Sentence: Outwardly quite calm and matter-of-fact, his mind was in a seething turmoil

Scrutinize: look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

Sentence: Fans and commentators are scrutinizing every blemish: his turnovers, his weak left hand, his jump shot.

Diffident: lacking self-confidence

Sentence: Shyly diffident in the presence of strangers, her head was lowered.

Execrate: curse or declare to be evil or anathema

Sentence: When all Great Britain was execrating Napoleon, picturing him as a devil with horns and hoofs, Byron looked upon him as the world’s hero.