IELTS Vocabulary – 5

Daily Chores   a routine task or job

Sentence – Whether building a cozy fire, packing a picnic or doing daily chores, everything was too much trouble.

Blown Away   to impress very strongly and usually favourably

Sentence – I want people to be blown away when I do what they don’t expect.

Spellbound     fascinated, amazed

Sentence – Mark had adored his grandparents and would listen spellbound to their stories for hours on end.

Extraterrestrial           any object or being beyond (extra-) the planet Earth (terrestrial)

Sentence – Since the first acceptance of meteorites as extraterrestrial material in the early 1800s, three major classes of meteorites have been recognized.

Engrossed       absorb all the attention or interest of

Sentence – They were so engrossed in/with what they were doing that they didn’t hear me come in.

Conspiracy Theories  an explanation for an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful groups

Sentence – The covert activities of secret service and conspiracy theories entered the apparently benign. neutral world of the art museum.

Double-Edged Sword something that has or can have both favourable and unfavourable consequences

Sentence – The problem is that this is a double-edged sword: these animals’ natural habitats are increasingly threatened as well.

Breathtaking  wonderful, amazing

Sentence – His glance met hers for a brief, breathtaking moment, before he started forward, his stride slow, and rangy.

Asset   a useful or valuable thing

Sentence – Her leadership qualities were the greatest asset of the Conservative Party.

Prerogative     responsibility

Sentence – Once again, the immediate issues were the royal prerogative and the high tax burdens entailed by the monarch’s profligate spending.

Aftermath       the consequences or after-effects of a significant unpleasant event

Sentence – In the aftermath of the Stonewall Riots a vastly different gay society arose on the foundations of the closeted, semisecret past.

Treasure Trove           a collection or store of valuable or delightful things

Sentence – Mother’s attic was a treasure trove when we were looking for antiques.

Accomplished highly trained or skilled in a particular activity

Sentence – Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

Conflict           difference of opinion

Sentence – Of course the ultimate responsibility for the present conflict without doubt lies with the aggressor.

Reasoned Out            tried to find an explanation or solution to something

Sentence – In this paper, based on coalgebra notions, treated a component which implements specifications as a concrete coalgebra and thus reasoned out the formal semantics of these specifications.

Go Above And Beyond          to put extra effort

Sentence – LEED’s revised standards have added so-called innovation points, a catchall category for design concepts that go above and beyond the checklist

Strata  group, class

Sentence – They will share a similar life style which to some degree will distinguish them from members of other social strata.

Samaritan       a charitable or helpful person

Sentence – In what ways can you be a Good Samaritan to your neighbor this week?

Leg Up providing help

Sentence – As the creator of the software, it has a leg up in figuring out how to untangle it.

Invigorated     strengthened, energized

Sentence – An invigorated domestic economy will help promote socialism without affecting its essence.

Realm  a field or domain of activity or interest      

Sentence – The ancient realm of Solland in the far south and Drakwald in the north no longer exist and consequently have no counts.

Befriend          act as or become a friend to (someone)

Sentence – Some dignitaries did befriend her, usually to get her away from their own localities.

Gratifying        giving pleasure or satisfaction

Sentence – Few other paediatric illnesses are as gratifying to diagnose and as uniformly responsive to treatment.