IELTS Vocabulary Part – 133

Aspirants: An ambitious and aspiring young person

Sentence – So it’s equally unsurprising that he receives a steady stream of unsolicited portfolios from eager aspirants searching for their break.

Brash: Offensively bold

Sentence – In 1964, however, after two mediocre seasons, a brash new chairman, John Ireland, suddenly sacked him.

Concur: Be in accord, be in agreement

Sentence – I entirely concur with his prediction that in the end we will have to withdraw from the Province.

Condolence: An expression of sympathy with another’s grief

Sentence – And he had confided in Patricia with the subconscious desire of winning from her sympathy and condolence.

Culprit: Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

Sentence – The researchers now believe they have identified the culprit: a previously unknown strain of herpes virus.

Ethics: Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

Sentence – A more telling criticism is that he reduces ethics to interpersonal relationships.

Frenzy: State of violent mental agitation

Sentence – There was frenzied activity outside the castle.

Incongruous: Lacking in harmony

Sentence – It was incongruous to see a thief sitting there cheek by jowl with the policeman.

Ominous: Threatening/Presaging ill fortune

Sentence – There was an ominous silence when I asked whether my contract was going to be renewed.

Affluent : Plentiful; abundant/ having an abundance of wealth

Sentence – It is vital for the affluent countries to do much more through the United Nations to get support and assistance insitu.

Arbitrary: Based on or subject to individual discretion, at times without preference to reasoning

Sentence – Why not something else equally apparently arbitrary, such as blowing bubbles, or dropping pebbles?

Discern: Detect with the senses

Sentence – Who was there here who knew her well enough to discern and identify any flaws in her own polished public persona?

Dubious: Fraught with uncertainty or doubt

Sentence – His published account of his travels is of dubious value to other explorers.

Feasible: Capable of being done with means at hand

Sentence – She questioned whether it was feasible to stimulate investment in these regions.

Fiasco: A sudden and violent collapse

Sentence – The show was a fiasco – the lights wouldn’t work, one actor forgot his lines and another fell off the stage.

Harass: Annoy continually or chronically

Sentence – Billing agencies harass poor people for the payment of the bills for purchases that might have taken place six months before.

Jurisdiction: In law; the territory within which power can be exercised

Sentence – An industrial tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide whether an employee was fairly or unfairly dismissed.

Oust: Remove from a position or office

Sentence – Critics fear money will oust quality Georgina Henry reports on doubts over programme standards, public service obligations and controls on ownership.

Revert: Go back to a previous state

Sentence – The pressure to revert to maximizing leverage ratios and suppress local authority and community-led development would be intense.

Terminate: Bring to an end or halt

Sentence – The order will terminate when the child ceases to be of compulsory school age or if a care order is made.

Adverse: Contrary to your interests or welfare

Sentence – The character of the pine and cypress is shown in frigid winter ; the sincerity of one’s friend is shown in adverse circumstances.

Advocate: Push for something

Sentence – Often the interviewer will need to play devil’s advocate in order to get a discussion going.