BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 553

Wade: walk through relatively shallow water

Sentence: We had to wade across the river

Waft: be driven or carried along, as by the air

Sentence: From the kitchen comes a waft of roasting meat

Waggish: witty or joking

Sentence: He uses waggish humor to great effect

Waif: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned

Sentence: You were a little waif, fed cake and tea at the millionaire’s table.

Wail: a cry of sorrow and grief

Sentence: The city was filled with the wail of police sirens

Wallow: devote oneself entirely to something

Sentence: Elephants come to wallow in the mud

Wanton: spend wastefully

Sentence: The wanton destruction of the forests must be stopped

Wayward: resistant to guidance or discipline

Sentence: She was not ready to forgive her wayward husband