BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 581

Perky: characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness

Sentence: she played a perky little tune

Prosy: lacking wit or imagination

Sentence: I found the poems prosy and difficult to read.

Rumbustious: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

Sentence: The party was a noisy rumbustious affair.

Languish: Be kept in an undesirable place or situation.

Sentence: He was languishing in jail.

Plenary: Full; absolute.

Sentence: The minister has plenary powers over the state.

Uncanny: Strange or mysterious.

Sentence: The portrait’s appearance was uncanny.

Dawdle: Take long time to do

Sentence: They dawdled along by the river.

Pungent: Having a strong taste or smell.

Sentence: The pungent smell of burning rubber