Vocabulary for IELTS
Adroit – very skilful and quick in the way you think or move
Sentence – Self-defeating organizations are nothing if not adroit at minimizing the costs of their destructive or ineffectual actions.
Bogus – false, not real, or not legal
Sentence –Can it indeed be bogus and worthless poetry that has obsessed critical reviewers for nearly twenty years?
Impede – to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something
Sentence –Flaws impede the player in some way, but also give additional perks and advantages.
Loathe – to hate someone or something
Sentence –Analysts say Milosevic is loathe to lose Belgrade and will do everything in his power to retain control of it.
Revere – to very much respect and admire someone or something
Sentence -Revere and Dawes couldn’t just sashay out of Bostonand deliver their messages.
Rudimentary – only basic, and not deep or detailed
Sentence –Inventory is fairly rudimentary, since it all works through the Products and Orders page.
Skirmish – a fight between a small number of soldiers that is usually short and not planned, and happens away from the main area of fighting in a war
Sentence –There was a short skirmish between the political party leaders when the government announced it was to raise taxes.
Terse – using few words, sometimes in a way that seems rude or unfriendly
Sentence –Summarize that ugly reality in five terse sentences, then cut to the real national obsession: Sun Belt weather.
Trivial – having little value or importance
Sentence –The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent, or at least, discourage quiet and intensive thinking.
Verify – to prove that something exists or is true, or to make certain that something is correct
Sentence –Please verify that there is sufficient disk quota and privilege to create a file in the supplied working directory.
Adverse – having a negative or harmful effect on something
Sentence –Inflation is considered to be undesirable because of its adverse effects on income distribution.
Celebrate – to take part in special enjoyable activities in order to show that a particular occasion is important
Sentence –Be happy, be cheerful. It’s time to celebrate. My friend was born today. Hope your course is charted for lots of luck all the year through.
Coherent – If an argument, set of ideas, or a plan is coherent, it is clear and carefully considered, and each part of it connects or follows in a natural or reasonable way.
Sentence –He has failed to work out a coherent strategy for modernizing the service.
Consecutive – Consecutiveevents, numbers, etc. follow one after another without an interruption
Sentence –He was chosen to represent Scotland in three consecutive World Cup Finals.
Detain – to force someone officially to stay in a place
Sentence –I won’t detain you for much longer, Miss Reid. There are just a few more questions that I need to ask you.
Disclose – to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden
Sentence –He received an anonymous letter threatening to disclose details of his affair if he didn’t pay the money.
Disrobe – toremove your clothes, especially an outer or formal piece of clothing worn for ceremonies
Sentence –The deer had cooled and now hung disrobed, its neck taught, snout averted as though having heard its name.
Distort – to change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural
Sentence –The denial mechanisms will distort relationships and dealings with the client, and warp our perceptions of the whole situation.
