Vocabulary for IELTS
Haughty – unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people.
Sentence – It is a face that masks emotion rather than displays it, a composed face, insular, a little haughty.
Hideaway – a place where someone goes when they want to relax away from other people.
Sentence – If he had another well-stocked hideaway like this, he could stay holed up for months.
Hierarchy – a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance.
Sentence – In defining this inheritance hierarchy we have already defined certain restrictions.
Hoard – to collect large amounts of something and keep it for yourself, often in a secret place.
Sentence – As they entered this hierarchy, Africans were profoundly radicalized.
Identical – exactly the same, or very similar.
Sentence – Hospitals always seem such impersonal places – rows of identical beds in dull grey rooms.
Impeccable – perfect, with no problems or bad parts.
Sentence – His timing was impeccable attacking his old boss on the day he was making a big speech on the economy.
Impertinent – rude and not showing respect, especially towards someone older or in a higher position than you.
Sentence – There is no penalty for being impertinent to supervisors who, in turn, quickly learn to keep their advice to themselves.
Impudent – rude and not showing respect, especially towards someone who is older or in a more important position.
Sentence – Not withstanding a single impudent win by a mountain biker in 1989, it would appear that the subject is now closed.
Incompatible – not able to exist or work with another person or thing because of basic differences.
Sentence – Democracy is incompatible with excessive, bureaucratic regimentation of social life.
Inevitable – certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented.
Sentence – He is inevitable for his country and can even give his life without asking any question.
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.
Intractable – very difficult or impossible to control, manage, or solve.
Sentence – Would lawmakers mandate hospitalization for intractable nausea and vomiting during pregnancy?
Isolate – to separate something from other things with which it is connected or mixed.
Sentence – This policy could isolate the country from the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
Jubilant – feeling or expressing great happiness, especially because of a success.
Sentence – The jubilant crowd joined them in the apartment for a celebration and to help clean up the mess.
Knackered – broken or too old to use.
Sentence – I dozed fitfully until morning, when I awake feeling knackered; my spouse looked worried and ashen in sympathy.
Launder – to wash, dry, and iron clothes, sheets, etc.
Sentence – He had admitted suspecting that money he helped Black to launder at banks was the proceeds of drugs trafficking.
Legislation – a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament.
Sentence – The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place.
Licence – an official document that gives you permission to own, do, or use something, usually after you have paid money and/or taken a test.
Sentence – You risk being fined and having your licence endorsed.
Lithe – young, healthy, attractive, and able to move and bend smoothly.
Sentence – I felt awkward among the lithe young sun-tanned girls on the beach.
Ludicrous – stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at.
Sentence – It is ludicrous to suggest that I was driving under the influence of alcohol.
