IMPORTANT WORDS TO ACCELERATE IELTS BAND SCORE

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IMPORTANT WORDS TO ACCELERATE IELTS BAND SCORE

ABANDON: To give up completely - abandoned the sinking ship. Synonyms: relinquish, forgo, forsake

ACADEMIC: Pertaining to school; theoretical academic interests; an academic discussion, with no practical implications.

Synonym: scholastic

ACCELERATE: - To quicken, speed tip - took an accelerated course in order to graduate early. Synonym: expedite (adj. expeditious)

ADVERSITY: a difficult or unpleasant situation

Misfortune - calm in the face of adversity. Synonyms: affliction, mischance, reverses

AGGRESSIVE (noun: AGGRESSION. an unprovoked attack): self-assertive; attacking, offensive - annoyed people by his aggressive attitude;

Synonyms: bumptious, officious, obtrusive

AMBIGUOUS: open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning.

"ambiguous phrases"

    not clear or decided.

"the election result was ambiguous"

Uncertain, vague, capable of being inter- in more than one way - puzzled by the

Ambiguous statement.

Synonyms: hazy, obscure, equivocal, dubious, nebulous

APPREHENSIVE ADJ (verb: APPREHEND): Fearful - Being unprepared, John is apprehensive of the examination.

ARTFUL: Sly; crafty - attained his mean objective by artful measures. Synonyms: cunning, wily, adroit, ingenious, guileful

Antonyms: guileless, ingenuous, artless.

ATHEIST: (N) One who denies that God exists - The atheist declared, "There is no God." Synonyms: infidel, agnostic

ATTRIBUTE (verb): Assign, credit, to allocate

"he attributed the firm's success to the efforts of the managing director -attributed his success to bard work.

Synonym: ascribe

(Noun): An inherent quality -Generosity was his outstanding attribute.

AUTHENTIC: Genuine -proved to be an authentic document. Synonyms: veritable, bona fide

Antonyms, bogus

BANTER: Good-natured teasing or ridicule-The two wits I exchanged banter, to the amusement of the audience.

Synonyms: raillery, chaff

AMUSEMENT   the state or experience of finding something funny.

"we looked with amusement at our horoscopes"

synonyms:

the provision or enjoyment of entertainment.

"An evening's amusement"

synonyms:

entertainment, pleasure, leisure, relaxation, fun, enjoyment

BIASED: ADJ: unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something.

"We will not tolerate this biased media coverage"

 Misled by a biased point of view. Synonyms: bigoted, arbitrary, partial, partisan Antonyms: disinterested, equitable

BIZARRE: very strange or unusual.

"a bizarre situation"

Queer; unusual in appearance- bizarre clothes, outlandish in the extreme. Synonyms: odd, fantastic, grotesque, eccentric

CANDID (noun: CANDOR): Frank, outspoken; impartial a candid reply that could hardly be more forthright.

Synonyms: artless, ingenuous, unbiased

CHRONIC: Continuing a long time; habitual-a. chronic complaint, persisting for years. Synonyms: persistent, unremitting, inveterate, incessant, constant

CIVIL:

  relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.

"civil aviation"

synonyms:	secular, non-religious

courteous and polite.

"they were comparatively civil to their daughter"

synonyms:

polite, courteous, well mannered

 

Of or having to do with citizens or the state - We I civil duties as well as civil

Liberties.

COALITION (verb: COALESCE): Alliance; merging of various units into one unit - three parties forming a coalition to rule the country.

Synonyms: amalgamation, consolidation, fusion

COLLUSION: Working together secretly for an evil purpose - acted in collusion to overthrow the government.

Synonyms: collaboration, conspiracy, conniving, machination

COMPATIBLE: Harmonious; able, to get along together parted company because they were not

compatible.

Synonyms: congruous, consistent

COMPENSATION: Payment for services - just compensation for his labor. Synonyms: stipend, remuneration, recompense, emolument

COMPLACENT: Self-satisfied - looked on his own performance with a complacent smile.