IELTS Vocabulary

Question 1

Succint

Answer 1

Everyone was happy when manager made a succint speech.

Because my students are easily bored, I have to be certain my lessons are succint

Question 2

Exacting

Answer 2

Requiring and demanding accuracy

Question 3

Tirade

Answer 3

Rant. His tirade against me got captured in camera

Question 4

morph

Answer 4

Change shape to become something new.

I was amazed by his ability to morph a shapeless lump of clay into perfect symmetrical vase

Question 5

drench

Answer 5

I was drenched in sin and guilt
Piece of cotton drenched in hcl
she looked appealing in drenched dress

Question 6

convene

Answer 6

summon he had convened secret meeting for military personnel

Question 7

squeamish

Answer 7

easily made nauseous
My husband has a weak stomach and becomes squeamish whenever he sees blood.

Because I am squeamish when it comes to violence, I do not watch boxing on television.

My youngest daughter is extremely squeamish when she has to get a shot

Question 8

hustle

Answer 8

Why didn’t you just hustle out of town when I told you she was here?
verb: hustle; 3rd person present: hustles; past tense: hustled; past participle: hustled; gerund or present participle: hustling
1.
force (someone) to move hurriedly or unceremoniously in a specified direction.
“they hustled him into the back of a horse-drawn wagon”
push roughly; jostle.
“they were hissed and hustled as they went in”
synonyms: jostle, push, push roughly, bump, knock, shove, nudge, elbow, shoulder; More
hurry; bustle.
“he had to retag second base and hustle back to first”
synonyms: manhandle, push, shove, thrust, frogmarch, bulldoze; More
2.
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
obtain by forceful action or persuasion.
“the brothers headed to New York to try and hustle a record deal”
coerce or pressure someone into doing or choosing something.
“don’t be hustled into anything”
synonyms: coerce, force, compel, pressure, pressurize, badger, pester, hound, harass, nag, harry, urge, goad, prod, spur; More
sell aggressively.
“he hustled his company’s oil around the country”
obtain by illicit action; swindle; cheat.
“Linda hustled money from men she met”

Question 9

conundrum

Answer 9

a difficult problem that seems to have no solution

Examples of Conundrum in a sentence

Trying to solve this conundrum is really making my head hurt.

The government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to unearth a solution to the fuel conundrum.

Perhaps the answer to the fuel conundrum is mandatory carpooling.
The labor secretary believes outsourcing could be the remedy for our employment conundrum.

There is not a math conundrum that my whiz kid cannot solve. 🔊

Although the mechanic tried to identify the conundrum with the car, he was unable to pinpoint the issue. 🔊

Because she is a puzzle lover, my daughter is going to adore this conundrum book. 🔊

Upset by the conundrum, Janice found it difficult to sleep. 🔊

When I am faced with a conundrum, I often ask my friends for advice. 🔊

The conundrum is that I am stranded in the middle of nowhere without my cell phone.

Question 10

bamboozled

Answer 10

fool or cheat (someone).
“Tom Sawyer bamboozled the neighborhood boys into doing it for him”
synonyms: trick, deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross; More
confound or perplex.
“bamboozled by the number of savings plans being offered”

Question 11

eloquent

Answer 11

fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
He learned to be eloquent on the right occasion in order to be successful.

He made an eloquent plea for peace.

It was an extraordinary achievement, documented in a highly eloquent way.
clearly expressing or indicating something.
“the touches of fatherliness are eloquent of the real man”

Question 12

beckon

Answer 12

physical gesture to call someone over to you or appear inviting
The shop window decorations beckoned

Question 13

pandemonium

Answer 13

wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar.
“pandemonium broke out”
synonyms: bedlam, chaos, mayhem, uproar, madness, havoc, turmoil, tumult, commotion, confusion, disorder, anarchy, furor, frenzy, clamor, din, hubbub, hue and cry, babel, rumpus, fracas, hurly-burly, maelstrom; More

Question 14

sacrosanct

Answer 14

especially of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with.
“the individual’s right to work has been upheld as sacrosanct”
synonyms: sacred, hallowed, respected, inviolable, inviolate, unimpeachable, unchallengeable, invulnerable, untouchable, inalienable, set apart, protected, defended, secure, safe, unthreatened
“the rights of parents are sacrosanct for this government”

Question 15

Flummox

Answer 15

Definition of Flummox

to baffle or make confusing

Examples of Flummox in a sentence

The defense attorney’s questions were designed to flummox the prosecuting witness. 🔊

Because I didn’t study for the final exam, all the questions seemed to flummox me. 🔊

The confusing speech will probably flummox most listeners. 🔊

If you are not familiar with certain technical terms, the engineering article may flummox you. 🔊

The complicated instructions could easily flummox an uneducated person. 🔊

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Other words in the Confused category:
Befuddled
Rambling
Circuitous
Disheveled
Bemused
Discombobulated
Mayhem
Perplex
Flummoxed
Bumfuzzle
Foggy
Snafu
Nebulous
Jumble
Gallimaufry
Bewildered
Hebetate
Perturbed
Discomfit
Aback

Question 16

Proliferate

Answer 16

pread rapidly or increase in number

Examples of Proliferate in a sentence

With the popularity of the Zumba craze, health clubs that feature this exercise class have begun to proliferate in most cities. 🔊

After the monsoon rains, insects of all kinds begin to proliferate and you see people constantly swatting and slapping at the air. 🔊

As cell phones become more and more multi-functional, their use continues to proliferate and you see them and hear them just about everywhere you go. 🔊

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As problems with the business continued to proliferate, Edward decided to chuck it all and go into retirement. 🔊

The great writer told the nosy reporter that if it weren’t for the booze, the ideas for his stories would cease to proliferate. 🔊

On cleaning day, Meg gets angry when she sees the way the dust bunnies tend to proliferate if she doesn’t vacuum every single day. 🔊

Rumors of a breakup began to proliferate when Lynn was spotted about town with a different man. 🔊

Although arguments about global warming and climate change continue to proliferate, it’s becoming pretty clear that something is going on with the planet’s weather patterns. 🔊

The U.S. seems to be the top watchdog to ensure that weapons of mass destruction do not proliferate in any nation. 🔊

Once the weeds began to proliferate, Bella began calling her yard the “wildflower garden.” 🔊

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Other words in the Intelligent category:
Eidetic
Dexterous
Interrogative
Finesse
Profundity
Intelligible
Record
Reasoning
Troubleshoot
Keen
Cognizant
Inquire
Sensible
Dissection
Thought
Investigate
Acquitted
Inquisition
Concentration
Omniscience

Question 17

Infiltrate

Answer 17

to secretly penetrate, enter or gain access

Examples of Infiltrate in a sentence

After the air conditioning unit malfunctioned, a large amount of debris would infiltrate the air and cause sickness to the household. 🔊

In the science fiction movie, the bad strand of virus did infiltrate society and wipe out many of them. 🔊

Cold air would infiltrate the foyer due to a draft caused by a space under the front door. 🔊

After the small child wiped his nose after shaking his friend’s hand, germs would infiltrate his body and make him very sick. 🔊

The mother-in-law despised her new daughter-in-law who felt had decided to infiltrate the family in order to gain a large inheritance. 🔊

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Other words in the Negative Connotation category:
Uproar
Racket
Narrow-Minded
Hysterics
Explosion
Sloppily
Growl
Muddle
Hustle
Preoccupied
Violence
Thrall
Inconsiderate
Shipwreck
Nastiness
Propaganda
Deface
Rumination
Exhaustive
Impulse

Question 18

a deer in (the) headlights

Answer 18

a deer in (the) headlights
Someone caught in a state of paralyzing surprise, fear, or bewilderment. Likened to the tendency of deer to freeze in place in front of an oncoming vehicle. Often used in the phrase “like a deer in the headlights.”
Mary turned into a deer in the headlights when she forgot her lines in the middle of the play.
He froze like a deer in the headlights when I caught him taking money out of the register.
When she asked me to marry her, I could only stand there like a deer in the headlights.

Question 19

Fit as a fiddle

Answer 19

Fit as a fiddle
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
(as) fit as a fiddle
In good health.
Yes, I did have surgery a few months ago, but I’m as fit as a fiddle now.
I just saw Eric recently, and he’s as fit as a fiddle.
See also: fiddle, fit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
fit as a fiddle
Cliché in very good health. (Also: as ~.) You may feel sick now, but after a few days of rest and plenty of liquids, you’ll be fit as a fiddle. Grandson: Are you sure you’ll be able to climb all these stairs? Grandmother: Of course! I feel as fit as a fiddle today.