Vocabulary for IELTS
Vocabulary
International – involving more than one country.
Sentence – The country has been threatened with complete isolation from the international community unless the atrocities stop.
Invest – to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage.
Sentence – People put up their homes as collateral in order to raise the money to invest in the scheme.
Investment – the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc. used to do this.
Sentence – Investment in fixed assets is an important vehicle for ensuring that the latest technology is available to business.
Arrest – If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed.
Sentence – A policeman has the power to arrest a criminal.
Accuse – to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind.
Sentence – The American plane makers continue to accuse Airbus of unfair competition.
Acquit – to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime.
Sentence – They did acquit themselves well with heavier strings and a flat pick, but in the main they were seen as finger picking guitars.
Adjourn – to have a pause or rest during a formal meeting or trial.
Sentence – Nothing happened, however, because Congress was eager to adjourn for the November elections.
Adoption – the act of legally taking a child to be taken care of as your own.
Sentence – The party announced the formal adoption of George Smith as their election candidate.
Alibi – proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it, especially the fact or statement that they were in another place at the time it happened.
Sentence – Doubts were cast on the veracity of her alibi after three people claimed to have seen her at the scene of the robbery.
Alimony – a regular amount of money that a law court orders a person to pay to his or her partner after a divorce (= the legal ending of a marriage).
Sentence – It’s now up to a divorce court judge to decide how much alimony the state’s gay ex-governor Jim McGreevey owes his estranged wife Dina Matos.
Appeal – a request to the public for money, information, or help.
Sentence – The Company intends to appeal against the ruling that it was negligent.
Attorney – a lawyer.
Sentence – The district attorney said if McVeigh is given the death penalty and his conviction is upheld on appeal, the state prosecution would become moot.
Bankrupt – unable to pay what you owe, and having had control of your financial matters given, by a law court, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts.
Sentence – He really thinks that European civilization is morally bankrupt.
Bribe – to try to make someone do something for you by giving them money, presents, or something else that they want.
Sentence – The murderer tried to bribe the judge into convicting him of being unguilty.
Brief – lasting only a short time or containing few words.
Sentence – Except for a brief Christian interlude at the beginning of the 11th century, Istanbul has been a Muslim city for almost 1300 years.
Case – a particular situation or example of something.
Sentence – The case comes before Judge Cooper next week.
Common-law – the legal system in England and most of the US that has developed over a period of time from old customs and court decisions, rather than laws made by politicians.
Sentence – The study looked at both married and common-law couples, and did not take into account individual stress factors like infidelity.
