IELTS Vocabulary Part – 134

Asset: A useful or valuable quality

Sentence – Your inexperience is an asset and will allow you to think in original and unconventional ways.

Desist: Choose not to consume

Sentence – The magazine will desist from such language after receiving complaints.

Elusive: Difficult to describe

Sentence – That, of all people, the most elusive one should suddenly materialise to help her.

Frustrate: Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

Sentence – He tried to frustrate his political opponents by denying them access to the media.

Ineffectual: Not producing an intended effect

Sentence – Legislatures are ineffectual, and real power is concentrated in the executive branch of government.

Interject: To insert between other elements

Sentence – When economic and social progress is hindered by ineffectual and corrupt government, the global polity suffers.

Respite: A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort.

Sentence – Respite care is intended to relieve parents temporarily of the burden of caring for severely disabled children.

Scrutinize: To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

Sentence – They scrutinize recorded songs to determine whether regional dialects exist among those of the same species.

Solicit: To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty

Sentence – For the event walkers are asked to solicit friends, family, associates and others as sponsors.

Venom: Toxin/poison secreted by animals

Sentence – These two lizards use their venom to kill their prey, which comprises small mammals such as mice and birds.

Domicile: Make one’s home in a particular place or community

Sentence – A person’s domicile is the country which is in fact or in the eye of the law his permanent home for the time being.

Elapse: Pass by

Sentence – A further twenty-three laborious years were to elapse before official recognition of his services to Britain was given.

Emit: Expel or give off

Sentence – The lamps emit ultra-violet radiation which has powerful cancer-causing abilities, according to a small pilot study on its effects on mice.

Integral: Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

Sentence – The arms and legs are integral parts of the human body; they are integral to the human body.

 Lax: Lacking in rigour or strictness

Sentence – We don’t want to squander that through lax cost control, irresponsible pay increases and things like that.

Nominal: Insignificantly small; a matter of form only

Sentence – The charity pays a nominal sum to lease the premises.

Prestigious: Having an illustrious reputation; respected

Sentence – The world’s most prestigious insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled with corruption.

Rash: Imprudently incurring risk

Sentence – Rash driving can cause accidents.

Ultimate: Furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme

Sentence – Toward a day finally to achieve the ultimate goal of moving enough, but every step as the goal, to make it as a step function.

Access: The right to enter

Sentence – The company provides cheap Internet access. In addition, it makes shareware freely available.

Alleged: Declared but not proved

Sentence – The Minister was alleged to have made disparaging remarks about the rest of the Cabinet.

Controversial: Marked by or capable of arousing controversy

Sentence – As a controversial public figure he has breasted much hostile criticism.

Habitat: The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs

Sentence – Some animals are in danger because their native habitat is being destroyed.

Invalidate: Declare invalid

Sentence – Such an extension will not invalidate the special theory but will fill it out to meet the requirements of wider applicability.