BEST Vocabulary Words for IELTS – 595

Shabby: looking untidy and in bad condition

Sentence: They lived in a shabby apartment.

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

Able-bodied: fit and healthy; not physically disabled.

“He was the only able-bodied man on the farm”

Lithe: especially of a person’s body) thin, supple, and graceful.

“she lay gazing up at his tall, lithe figure”

Forthright: (of a person or their manner or speech) direct and outspoken.

“His most forthright attack yet on the reforms”

To Plead: to ask for something in a strong and emotional way

Sentence: He was on his knees, pleading for forgiveness.

Rocky: difficult and not certain to continue or to be successful

Sentence: Their marriage was starting to get a bit rocky.

Eccentric: behaving in a strange and unusual way

Sentence: He’s an eccentric professor.

Cynical: believing that people are only interested in themselves
and are not sincere

Sentence: Many people have become cynical about politicians.