Vocabulary For IELTS
Callous – unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people
Sentence – Why should we the people trust such callous nuclear establishment in our country?
Emulate – to copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have
Sentence – Artificial intelligence can now emulate human behaviors- soon it will be dangerously good.
Finite – having a limit or end
Sentence – The funds available for the health service are finite and we cannot afford to waste money.
Laud – to praise
Sentence – It was lauded by the industry but condemned as insufficient by some security experts and victims’ advocates, including Cummock.
Nocturnal – being active or happening at night rather than during the day
Sentence – Prosimians, such as the nocturnal mouse lemur of Madagascan forests, feed on invertebrates and are active at night.
Noxious – Something, especially a gas or other substance, that is noxious is poisonous or very harmful
Sentence – Models of mucosal damage in which a noxious agent such as ethanol is employed are simply not relevant to chronic duodenal ulcer.
Recant – to announce in public that your past beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with them
Sentence – She also testified that Irvin had terrorized her in an effort to make her recant her testimony against him.
Agony – extreme physical or mental pain or suffering
Sentence – There I was writhing in agony on the floor and you lot were pissing yourselves laughing!
Allege – to say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof
Sentence – The lawsuit would likely allege that Symington got the loan because he deliberately misled the pension funds about his financial condition.
Caricature – (the art of making) a drawing or written or spoken description of someone that usually makes them look silly by making part of their appearance or character more noticeable than it really is
Sentence – He made caricatures and political cartoons on various subjects and issues.
Disperse – to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this
Sentence – Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators.
Incite – to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent
Sentence – Thus the mullahs can legitimately incite revolution, and since the seventh century they have done so.
Polarize – to cause something, especially something that contains different people or opinions, to divide into two completely opposing groups.
Sentence – Increasingly, Labour and Conservative support has become polarized between North and South and between urban and rural areas.
Precipitate – to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected
Sentence – Food allergy does not cause eczema, but may precipitate or exacerbate the condition.
Sanction – an official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law
Sentence – No decision can be taken without the sanction of the complete committee.
Commemorate – to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, especially by a public ceremony or by making a statue or special building
Sentence – Gathered all together in this church, we commemorate those who lost their lives in the great war.
Devastate – to destroy a place or thing completely or cause great damage
Sentence – Oil spills devastate the natural environment, endanger public health, imperil drinking water and disrupt the economy.
Disarmament – the act of taking away or giving up weapons
Sentence – The next government will play an energetic role in seeking multilateral nuclear disarmament.