Advancing vocabulary ielts optimum

Advancing vocabulary



ielts optimum


1.Detriment - the act of causing harm or damage.


2. dexterous - showing or having skill, especially with your hands.


3. discretion - the freedom or power to decide what should be done in a particular situation


4. facetious - trying to appear funny and clever at a time when other people do not think it is appropriate, and when it would be better to be serious.


5. gregarious - liking to be with other people.


6. optimum - the best possible producing the best possible results.


7. ostentation - an exaggerated display of wealth, knowledge or skill that is made in order to impress people.


8. collapse - a sudden failure of something.


9. scrupulous - careful about paying attention to every detail.


10. sensory - connected with your physical senses.


11. vicarious - felt or experienced by watching or reading about somebody else doing something, rather than by doing it yourself.


12. collaborate - to work together with somebody in order to produce or achieve something.


13. despondent - sad, without much hope.


14. instigate - to make something start or happen, usually something officially


15. resilient - able to recover quickly after something unpleasant such as shock, injury.


16. retrospect - thinking about a past event or situation, often with a different opinion of it from the one you had at the time.


17. rudimentary - dealing with only the most basic matters or ideas.


18. scoff - to talk about somebody /something in a way that makes it clear that you think they are stupid or silly


19. squelch (n) - a quiet sound made by pressing something soft and wet


20. venerate - to have and show a lot of respect for somebody /something especially somebody /something that is considered to be holy or very important.


21. zealot - a person who is extremely enthusiastic about something , especially religion or politics.


22. ambiguous - that can be understood in more than one way , having different meanings.


23. dissident - a person who strongly disagrees with and criticizes their government , especially in a country where this kinds of actions.


24. embellish - to make something more beautiful by adding decorating to it.


25. fritter (v) - waste time or money on things that are not important.


26. inadvertent - done by accident, without being intended.


27. inane - stupid or silly , without no meaning.


28. juxtapose - to put people or things together, especially in order to show a contrast or a new relation between them.

29. Lethargy - the state of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things.

30. sporadic - happing only occasionally or at intervals that are not regular.


31. subsidize


32. berate