IELTS Vocabulary Part – 243

GRISLY – terrible; horrible

SENTENCE – It is a grisly night.

HAPHAZARD – with no particular order or plan

SENTENCE – The town grew in a haphazard way

HARASS – to annoy somebody by doing unpleasant things to them, especially over a long time

SENTENCE – I feel harass by all the work at the office.

HYPOCRISY – behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel

SENTENCE – His hypocrisy makes me sick.

IMMACULATE – perfectly clean and tidy.

SENTENCE – He wore an immaculate dark-blue suit.

IMMERSE – to put something into a liquid so that it is covered.

SENTENCE – I immerse my clothes in the water.

RETARD – to delay something or make its development or progress slower.

SENTENCE – I’m not playing with him, he’s a total retard.

TARNISHED – to become or to make something less bright and shiny.

SENTENCE – The mirrors had tarnished with age.

SERVIETTE – a table napkin made of cloth or paper.

SENTENCE – Do you have a serviette, please ?

CHASTISE – to criticize somebody for doing something wrong.

SENTENCE – just don’t want you to chastise yourself

CONCEDE – to admit that something is true although you do not want to.

SENTENCE – I was forced to concede that she might be right.

CONCUR – to agree.

SENTENCE – I strongly concur with that idea.

DEFRAY – provide money to pay

SENTENCE – My father has to defray my education.

ECSTASY – a feeling or state of great happiness.

SENTENCE – She threw her head back as if in ecstasy.

ENCUMBRANCE – an impediment or burden.

SENTENCE – I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.

VIBRANT – full of life and energy.

Sentence – She was sixteen, young and vibrant.

MOOT – not worth considering as it is not likely to happen.

Sentence – It’s a moot point whether men or women are better drivers.

CURB – to limit or control something.

Sentence – She put a curb on her spending