IELTS Vocabulary – 2
Inborn Gift a skill by birth
Sentence – Natural talent is one such inborn gift that we realise with the gradual passage of time.
For That Sake for that purpose
Sentence – For that sake, I’ve tried number of things but nothing worked out for me.
Accomplished highly trained or skilled
Sentence – Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.
Hone refine or perfect (something) over a period of time
Sentence – The course is specifically designed to hone their skills to a professional level.
Infusing filling; pervading
Sentence – The chief agent for infusing ministerial faces with enthusiasm and for making policies stick must be the prime minister himself.
Get Their Eyes Off stop watching something
Sentence – People can’t get their eyes off from the TV.
Cloud Nine a feeling of well-being or elation
Sentence – New York couple really will be on cloudnine when they marry later this month: they’ll exchange vows in zero gravity.
Kinfolks relatives, family members or friends
Sentence – All his poor kinfolks came to spend their holidays at his home.
Vuvuzelas The vuvuzela is a horn, about 65 centimetres (2 ft) long, which produces a loud monotone note
Sentence – Complaints from teams may quieten the rowdier African fans and their vuvuzelas
Coruscated sparkled, scintillated
Sentence – Stadium coruscated with flood lights and loud music blares amazed me.
Bucket List a list of things someone wishes to do in the future
Sentence – SO algorithm uses Bucket List and Singly Threaded Ternary Tree to manage and search the terrain polygon.
Crafted designed, planned
Sentence – A team of White House aides has crafted a series of proposals, including convening a commission or a White House conference.
Uphill Task difficult task
Sentence – Voice over Police are hoping to trace original owners but admit it’s an uphill task.
Primordial basic and fundamental
Sentence – The Neanderthal Man is one of our primordial ancestors.
Capitalism an economic system focused on capital accumulation
Sentence – The institutions of manufacturing capitalism gradually spread worldwide.
Strike A Balance make something equally proportioned midway between two or more conflicting or contrasting things
Sentence – In the staffroom, they talk of trying to strike a balance between children seeing teachers as friends, and being over-familiar.
Overbearing unpleasantly overpowering
Sentence – It’s generally seen that high paying jobs are more demanding and overbearing on life.
Fathom to understand
Sentence – A fathom is the unit of measurement used in calculating sea depth.
Reeling Under to struggle under something
Sentence – Due to Covid-19, the whole world was reeling under lockdowns.
Stumbled Upon came across, to discover something by chance
Sentence – You’ll feel like no one else has stumbledupon it since the French poet Arthur Rimbaud lived here as a coffee trader in the 1880s.
Prey a person or thing that becomes the victim
Sentence – The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.
Congregations a group of people assembled for religious worship
Sentence – Whatever the style, congregations show few inhibitions in facial expression and in their use of the body to express devotion.
Endure to sustain
Sentence – We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.
Quintessential extremely essential
Sentence – Retail sales of the quintessential red meats are plummeting, whilst vegetarianism has become a fashionable norm.
Life Pursuits life goals
Sentence – It is impossible to even think of our life pursuits without the use of cell phones.
Cautionary Tale a story that gives a warning
Sentence – It is a cautionary tale told with sad humour on the border between innocence and togetherness.
