English Vocabulary for IELTS - 100 Words

1. Panacea : the goddess of healing

2. aberration : a state or condition markedly different from the norm

3. abhor : find repugnant

4. acquiesce : agree or express agreement

5. alacrity : liveliness and eagerness

6. amiable : diffusing warmth and friendliness

7. appease : make peace with

8. arcane : requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

9. avarice : reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

10. brazen : unrestrained by convention or propriety

11. brusque : rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

12. cajole influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

13. callous emotionally hardened

14. candor : the quality of being honest and straightforward

15. chide : scold or reprimand severely or angrily

16. circumspect : careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk

17. clandestine : conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

18. coerce : cause to do through pressure or necessity

19. coherent : marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts

20. complacency : the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
21. confidant : someone to whom private matters are told

22. connive : form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

23. cumulative : increasing by successive addition

24. debase : make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance

25. decry : express strong disapproval of

26. deferential : showing courteous regard for people's feelings

27. demure : shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way

28. deride : treat or speak of with contempt

29. despot : a cruel and oppressive dictator

30. diligent : quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness

31. elated : exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits

32. eloquent : expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

33. embezzle : appropriate fraudulently to one's own use

34. empathy : understanding and entering into another's feelings

35. enmity : a state of deep-seated ill-will

36. erudite : having or showing profound knowledge

37. extol : praise, glorify, or honor

38. fabricate : put together out of artificial or natural components

39. feral : wild and menacing

40. flabbergasted : as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

41. forsake : leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

42. fractious easily irritated or annoyed

43. furtive : secret and sly or sordid

44. gluttony : habitual eating to excess

45. gratuitous : unnecessary and unwarranted

46. haughty : having or showing arrogant superiority

47. hypocrisy : pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have

48. impeccable : without fault or error

49. impertinent : improperly forward or bold

50. implacable : incapable of being appeased or pacified

51. impudent : improperly forward or bold

52. incisive : demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

53. indolent : disinclined to work or exertion

54. inept : generally incompetent and ineffectual

55. infamy : a state of extreme dishonor

56. inhibit : limit the range or extent of

57. innate : present at birth but not necessarily hereditary

58. insatiable : impossible to satisfy

59. insular : relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island

60. intrepid : invulnerable to fear or intimidation

61. inveterate : habitual

62. jubilant : full of high-spirited delight

63. knell : the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

64. lithe : moving and bending with ease

65. lurid : glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

66. maverick : someone who exhibits independence in thought and action

67. meticulous : marked by precise accordance with details

68. modicum : a small or moderate or token amount

69. morose : showing a brooding ill humor

70. myriad : a large indefinite number

71. nadir : the lowest point of anything

72. nominal : relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name

73. novice : someone new to a field or activity

74. nuance : a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

75. oblivious : lacking conscious awareness of

76. obsequious : attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

77. obtuse : of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees

78. parody : a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style

79. penchant : a strong liking

80. perusal : the act of examining or reading carefully

81. plethora : extreme excess

82. predilection : a predisposition in favor of something

83. quaint : attractively old-fashioned

84. rash : imprudently incurring risk

85. refurbish : improve the appearance or functionality of

86. repudiate : refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

87. rife : excessively abundant

88. salient : conspicuous, prominent, or important

89. serendipity : good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

90. staid : characterized by dignity and propriety

91. superfluous : more than is needed, desired, or required

92. sycophant : a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage

93. taciturn : habitually reserved and uncommunicative

94. truculent : defiantly aggressive

95. umbrage : a feeling of anger caused by being offended

96. venerable : profoundly honored

97. vex : disturb, especially by minor irritations

98. vociferous : conspicuously and offensively loud

99. wanton : a lewd or lascivious person

100. zenith the point above the observer directly opposite the nadir