IELTS VOCABULARY

Cheep – make a short, high squeaky sound.

Sentence – Not a cheep could be heard.

Cheap – low in price, costing little money

Sentence – The watch was cheap, but it goes quite well.

Choose – to decide or prefer to do something

Sentence – They chose her as the team captain.

Chews – to bite something continuously with the back teeth

Sentence – Chew your food well before swallow.

Click – to make a short sharp sound

Sentence – If you get stuck, click on Help.

Clique – a small group of people with the same interests who do not want others to join their group

Sentence – At university, Tom had fallen in with a small clique of literature students

Climb – to move up towards the top of something

Sentence – It took them six days to climb the mountain.

Clime – a region considered with reference to its climate.

Sentence – They retired to sunnier climes.

Cozen – trick or deceive.

Sentence – A clever lawyer can cozen the prisoner into an admission of guilt.

Cousin – the child of your aunt or uncle

Sentence – My cousin helped me in making this. 

Crawl – to move very slowly

Sentence – The traffic crawls through the centre of town in the rush-hour.

Kraal – drive (cattle or sheep) into an enclosure.

Sentence – they kraal their sheep every night

Crewel – a thin, loosely twisted, worsted yarn used for tapestry and embroidery.

Sentence – Crewel wool has a long staple

Cruel – causing physical or mental pain or suffering to somebody/something

Sentence – I think it’s cruel to keep animals in cages