BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 538

Landslide victory: Win an election with a large majority of votes.

Sentence: His party won a landslide victory in the 1967 state elections.

Hustings: The political activities, meetings and speeches that happen before an election.

Sentence: Three weeks before the election the candidates are all out on the hustings.

Grass roots: Ordinary people in a society, as opposed to those who are in power.

Sentence: The leadership needs to hear first-hand what grass-roots members are thinking.

Bipartisan: Involving two political parties.

Sentence: This legislation underscores the bipartisan agreement between Labor and the government

Campaign: Planned activities in an organised effort to win an election.

Sentence: He also played a key role in the campaign against the care home.

Coalition: Alliance of two or more political parties, usually to form a government.

Sentence: When no party gained an overall majority a coalition was formed

Accusation: An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

Sentence: She denied the accusation

Anonymity: The state of being unknown

Sentence: The only way to guarantee anonymity is to have something that’s not traceable

Dictatorship: A form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained

Sentence: I absolutely believe in a dictatorship when it comes to leading my band.