Vocabulary For IELTS
Rebuke – to speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done
Sentence – UN member countries delivered a strong rebuke to both countries for persisting with nuclear testing programs.
Sentiment – a thought, opinion, or idea based on a feeling about a situation, or a way of thinking about something
Sentence – I agree with your sentiment regarding global warming.
Unilateral – performed by a single person, group or country (an action or decision)
Sentence – There is little support globally for a particular country taking unilateral action against another country.
Discord – the state of not agreeing or sharing opinions
Sentence – Their discord provided accompaniment for the chase that now developed between the two beings.
Ostracize – to avoid someone intentionally, or to prevent someone from taking part in the activities of a group
Sentence – This explains why patriarchal legal codes sometimes ostracize and punish the victim of rape as much as the rapist.
Pensive – thinkingin a quiet way, often with a serious expression on your face
Sentence – The men looked pensive as the carriage approached the final leg of the trip to the big house on the hill.
Placid – having a calm appearance or characteristics
Sentence – An orangery filled with conservatory plants overlooks placid lawns and a fountain rising from a raised pool.
Salient – The salient facts about something or qualities of something are the most important things about them
Sentence – It doesn’t matter if you don’t remember the whole book, just tell me the salient quotes of the character.
Tacit – understood without being expressed directly
Sentence – Even more important was Edward’s tacit approval of the use his brother made of his northern power.
Zeal – great enthusiasm or eagerness
Sentence – Christ controlled his zeal and he was no longer self-confident but self-possessed, teachable, and humble.
Cryptic – mysterious and difficult to understand
Sentence – One wall was plastered with posters filled with cryptic diagrams and rapturous praises of Nubian culture and other articles of Afrocentric faith.
Dichotomy – a difference between two completely opposite ideas or things
Sentence – The literature throws into sharp relief the essential dichotomy in the approach to this issue between economics and economic history.
Disdain – the feeling of not liking someone or something and thinking that they do not deserve your interest or respect
Sentence – But the disdain of these accomplished economists for supply-side economics can easily be deduced from their writings and congressional testimony.
Impugn – to cause people to doubt someone’s character, qualities, or reputation by criticizing them
Sentence – Pollutions which attract substantial publicity risk impugning the agency’s competence.
Malice – the wish to harm or upset other people
Sentence – I searched my soul for any malice that could have provoked his words, but found none.
Staunch – always loyal in supporting a person, organization, or set of beliefs or opinions
Sentence – Many voters are staunch anti-federalists, opposed to the concept of regional government.
Vilify – to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them
Sentence – Salmond was vilified by Labour and parts of his own party for making a similar deal with Lang.
Expedite – to make something happen more quickly
Sentence – The service has also agreed to expedite final consideration of 900 species believed worthy of protection.
Flagrant – (of a bad action, situation, person, etc.) shocking because of being so obvious.
Sentence – That is clearly an unauthorized and flagrant abuse of the facilities of this House and an unauthorized use of taxpayers’ money.
