Vocabulary for IELTS
Obviate – to remove a difficulty, especially so that action to deal with it becomes unnecessary
Sentence – My language awareness course is intended to obviate the need for it by enabling any teacher to learn alongside the pupils.
Jibe – an insulting remark that is intended to make someone look stupid
Sentence – During the years when the elephant jibe was rife, microbial genetics was at the forefront of molecular biology.
Oppress – to govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom
Sentence – Your life only lasts for a few decades, so be sure that you don’t leave any regrets. Laugh or cry as you like, and it’s meaningless to oppress yourself.
Irresolute – not able or willing to take decisions or actions.
Sentence – According to him, Mr Major is irresolute, obsessed with his image, and shifts according to the latest opinion poll.
Irksome – annoying.
Sentence – Of course it is irksome to have to persuade one’s fellow states, many of which act out of ignoble motives.
Interpret – to decide what the intended meaning of something is.
Sentence – Officials fear that he might interpret the emphasis on diplomacy as a sign of weakness.
Inscrutable – not showing emotions or thoughts and therefore very difficult to understand or get to know.
Sentence – But I doubt there was a single black person on this earth- male or female- who didn’t lookat Lil’ Kim’s new, white face and feel a deep, inscrutable pain.
Ingratiate – to try to make yourself especially pleasant in order to get someone to like or approve of you, and often to influence someone to do something for you.
Sentence – In order to ingratiate himself with the populace, he rebuilt the Temple of Jerusalem on a hitherto unprecedented scale.
Indefatigable – always determined and energetic in trying to achieve something and never willing to admit defeat.
Sentence – But the indefatigable Swans, yellow labels flapping from their shoulder bags, would never dream of sitting anything out.
Incidental – less important than the thing something is connected with or part of.
Sentence – Its digital nature is not an incidental fact that happens to be true of genetic information technology.
Implacable – used to describe (someone who has) strong opinions or feelings that are impossible to change.
Sentence – Against the implacable opposition of its lord, Aylesbury failed utterly to hold on to the corporate status granted it in 1554.
Ignominy – public embarrassment.
Sentence – With visions of some touchdown-bound player slipping into ignominy, cleanup crews were quickly dispatched to clear the turf.
Ignominious – (especially of events or behaviour) embarrassing because of being a complete failure.
Sentence – It was an ignominious failure – the plane left the runway then crashed into a ball of flames.
Hypothesis – an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved.
Sentence – I thought my hypothesis was right but something went wrong with my calculations.
Scrutinize – to examine something very carefully in order to discover information.
Sentence – And for this we have to scrutinize the comparative process of urban development.
Widespread – existing or happening in many places and/or among many people.
Sentence – The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the police force.
Waive – to not demand something you have a right to, or not cause a rule to be obeyed.
Sentence – The court or the Secretary of State may waive reporting restrictions in individual cases for the benefit of the child.
Vilify – to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of th-8-+.
Sentence – On the one hand they are vilified as criminals, nipping at small children in city parks where they have been fed.
