Vocabulary for IELTS – Part 79

Erratic – moving or behaving in a way that is not regular, certain, or expected.

Sentence – He said she acted erratic, got the shakes one evening, almost had a nervous breakdown.

Evoke – to make someone remember something or feel an emotion.

Sentence – No longer will high status evoke deference and admiration or envy and resentment from those in less worthy positions.

Exclude – to prevent someone or something from entering a place or taking part in an activity.

Sentence – We can’t exclude the possibility that some warmongers will run the risk of starting a new world war.

Exorbitant – Exorbitant prices, demands, etc. are much too large.

Sentence – They passed extravagant long ago, cruised through exorbitant and finally settled somewhere in the neighborhood of incomprehensible.

Exemplary – very good and suitable to be copied by other people.

Sentence – He is the exemplary modernizing figure whose works are pompously taught as avant-garde texts that open new horizons for Arab youths.

Fabricate – to invent or produce something false in order to deceive someone.

Sentence – In this project, students will fabricate composite materials using different high performance fibres and lay-up designs.

Façade – the front of a building, especially a large or attractive building.

Sentence – The facade of the building was checker boarded with black and white tiles.

Fatality – a death caused by an accident or by violence, or someone who has died in either of these ways.

Sentence – China also has the highest fatality rate for miners, despite repeated safety sweeps.

Fathom – a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 1.8 metres or 6 feet.

Sentence – What the locals could not fathom out, however, was the reason behind Pascoe’s new-found prosperity.

Feasible – able to be made, done, or achieved.

Sentence – This is perfectly feasible by a system of fixed and moveable compartmentation, but no one has yet produced a practical system.

Feature – a typical quality or an important part of something.

Sentence – It was the first movie to feature onscreen product placement for its own merchandise.

Feral – existing in a wild state, especially describing an animal that was previously kept by people.

Sentence – On occasions a feral cat will move into a burrow and have a litter down there.

Ferment – If food or drink ferments or if you ferment it, it goes through a chemical change because of the action of yeast or bacteria, which may cause it to produce bubbles or heat, or turn sugars in it into alcohol.

Sentence – You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol.

Fleeting – short or quick.

Sentence – She wondered for a fleeting moment if he would put his arm around her.

Forsake – to leave someone forever, especially when they need you.

Sentence – But it was never expected that voters would forsake their loyalties in large numbers for an abstract principle.

Garnish – to decorate food with a small amount of different food.

Sentence – Garnish with basil sprigs and shaved cheese.

Gluttony – a situation in which people eat and drink more than they need to.

Sentence – His parents evidently did not suffer from drunkenness, gluttony, or excesses of marital discord.

Gratuitous – (of something such as bad behaviour) not necessary, or with no cause.

Sentence – A gratuitous promise, pure and simple, remains unenforceable unless given under seal.

Gregarious – (of people) liking to be with other people.

Sentence – He throws gregarious comments at will into his customers’ conversations, in between serving drinks.