Barron's Essential Words For IELTS

Question 1

coliseums

noun

Answer 1

a large theatre cinema, or stadium

Question 2

chariot

adjective

Answer 2

a vehicle with two wheel pulled by a horse used in ancient times in battles and races.

Question 3

monarch

noun

Answer 3

a king or queen

Question 4

jester

noun

Answer 4

a man employed in the past by a ruler to entertain people with jokes, stories, etc.

Question 5

stimuli

noun

Answer 5

a thing that arouses activity or energy in someone or something a spur or incentive

Question 6

sage

noun

Answer 6

a herb with greg-green leaves.

Question 7

cuneiform

noun

Answer 7

relating to the writing used by the people of ancient mesopotamia.

Question 8

shell

verb

Answer 8

to fire shells from large guns at some thing.

Question 9

affair

noun uncountable

Answer 9

public or political events

Question 10

imprint

verb

Answer 10

to become fixed in your mind or memory so that you never forget
to print or press the mark of an object on something

Question 11

chugg under

phrasal verb

Answer 11

move slowly making regular muffled explosive sounds, as of en engine running slowly.

Question 12

roll off

phrasal verb

Answer 12

of a product

issue from an assembly line or machine

Question 13

exhaust

verb noun

Answer 13

example reduce exhaust
a pipe on a car or machine that waste gases pass through.
the gas produced when an engine is working.