IELTS Vocabulary
Disadvantaged – not having the standard of living conditions, education, etc. that most people have.
Sentence – He just wanted people to stop calling him disadvantaged, an underachiever.
Abundant – more than enough.
Sentence – Shandong province is famous for its abundant agricultural resources.
To misconceive – to understand something incorrectly, or to think that something is different to the way it really is.
Sentence – Hence the misconceived view that researchers’ research is theory-based whilst teachers’ is not.
Denims – a thick, strong cotton cloth, often blue in colour, used especially for making jeans.
Sentence – Lowering his denims to his knees, he winced as the blood soaked cloth pulled free from his wound.
Connect – to join or be joined with something else.
Sentence – Northbound and eastbound trains connect at New York.
Ecstasy – a state of extreme happiness, especially when feeling pleasure.
Sentence – Closing his eyes momentarily, he felt a rush of ecstasy pulsing through his body.
Magistrate – a person who acts as a judge in a law court that deals with crimes that are less serious.
Sentence – A city magistrate ruled that the novel was obscene and copies should be destroyed.
Eager – wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable.
Sentence – There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.
Wise – having or showing the ability to make good judgments, based on a deep understanding and experience of life.
Sentence – Good words and ill deeds deceive wise and fools.
Crusade – a long and determined attempt to achieve something that you believe in strongly.
Sentence – Footballers launched an unprecedented crusade against racism on the terraces.
To establish – to start a company or organization that will continue for a long time.
Sentence – Establish which boundary hedges are yours, and which belong to a neighbour.
Neutral – not saying or doing anything that would encourage or help any of the groups involved in an argument or war.
Sentence – In addition to the 81 positive comments, 26 students had neutral, mixed, negative or off topic views.
Vicious – Vicious people or actions show an intention or wish to hurt someone or something very badly.
Sentence – The more pesticides are used, the more resistant the insects become so the more pesticides have to be used. It’s a vicious circle.
Interplay – the effect that two or more things have on each other.
Sentence – The interplay between the new politics and the modern media will unbalance the political process and inhibit its workings.
To desert – to abandon.
Sentence – And yet he refused to desert me, the vessel from which this pain has poured.
Touchdown – the landing of an aircraft or of some types of spacecraft.
Sentence – Tony blocked Tom, allowing Jack to run for the touchdown.
Oblique – having a sloping direction, angle, or position.
Sentence – Mr. Golding delivered an oblique warning, talking of the danger of sudden action.
To accomplish – to finish something successfully or to achieve something Hashish – cannabis.
Sentence – To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
To close – to change from being open to not being open, or to cause something to do this.
Sentence – There was manifest relief among the workers yesterday at the decision not to close the factory.
Defective – a fault or problem in something or someone that spoils that thing or person or causes it, him, or her not to work correctly.
Sentence – The insistence that manmade women be accepted as women is the institutional expression of the mistaken conviction that women are defective males.
IELTS Vocabulary
IELTS Vocabulary