IELTS - English Vocabulary
Laud
Extol
Diffident
Modest or shy
Didactic
Morally instructive
Gullible
Naive
Surreptitious
To do secretly
Digress
To get off
Dissent
To have a difference in opinion or feeling
Elucidate
To make clear by further explanation
Denounce
To speak against publicly
Strut
To walk with a pompous bearing swagger
Acquiesce
أذعن Accept something reluctantly but without protest
Affable
أنيس Agreeable friendly
Deference
احترام مراعاة Humble submission and respect
Disdain
ازدراء arrogant scorn; contempt
Conciliate
استرضى استمال وفق بين To soothe anger
Expedite
الإسراع To quicken
Innovate
الابتكار to make changes; to modernize
Compliance
الالتزام الإذعان Agreement to a command
Autonomy
الحكم الذاتي (n.) self-government, political control
Complacent
الرضا عن النفس Smug, self-satisfied
Disparage
انتقص Insulting manner
Squander
بدد بذر Waste money or time in a reckless manner
Banal
تافه Predictable, cliched, boring
Discern
تبين To distinguish one thing from another
Ameliorate
تحسن To make better; to improve
Adulation
تزلف مداهنة Excessive admiration
Disparity
تفاوت A great difference
Parsimony
تقتير بخل شديدOpposite of prodigal, stingy, reluctant to spend money
Pious
تقي Very religious and devout
Dissonance
تنافر Lack of agreement
Ponderous
ثقيل Slow and clumsy great weight
Avarice
جشع Extreme greed
Aesthetic
جمالي Concerning the appreciation of beauty
Acuity
حدة Sharpness of keenness thought or vision
Euphonious
حسن الوقع فى الأذن Pleasant in sound, agreeable to ear
Anecdote
حكاية \ طرفة Short funny story
Zeal
حماسة حمية تعصب Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause.
Benign
حميدة كريم لطيفGentle kind
Virulent
خبيث سامHarmful dangerous opposite of innocuous
Benevolent
خير Well meaning and kindly.
Desecrate
دنس انتهك قدسية To treat with violent disrespect, violate
Servile
ذليل Overly submissive
Prosaic
ركيك Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty
Novel
رواية \ جديدةNew and interesting
Provincial
ريفي قرويBanal, prosaic, common, narrow-minded
Ascetic
زاهد A person who leads an austere and simple life without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons
Augment
زيادة (v.) to make larger, increase
Credulous
ساذج Gullible easy to fool
Static
ساكن Lacking in movement especially in a viewed as undesirable or uninteresting
Derision
سخرية Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
Ephemeral
سريع الزوال Short lived fleeting
Fastidious
شديد الحساسية Very picky, detailed
Candor
صراحة Honesty
Languid
ضعيف متخاذل Weak or faint
Atrophy
ضمور To waste away from lack of use
Drone
طائرة بلا طيار \دندنة \ ازيز\ ذكر نحلA low continuous humming sound
Protracted
طويل ممتد Drawn out, lengthy
Dogmatic
عقائدي\ يفرض ويقبل فقط رائيه Stubbornly opinionated
Futile
عقيم Hopeless without, affect
Ambiguous
غامض مبهم Open to more than one interpretation
Obscure
غامض مغمور ناء منعزلRelatively unknown, blocked partially hidden
Eccentric
غريب الأطوار شاذ Quirky weird
Profuse
غزير مسرفVery abundant "I offered my profuse apologies"
Innocuous
غير ضار Not harmful or offensive
Immutable
غير قابل للتغيير Unchanging overtime or unable to be changed
Indifferent
غير مبال \ حيادي Having no preference
Philistine
غير مثقف غير مستنير A phoney, a fake, a follower
Listless
فاتر Lacking energy or enthusiasm
Flagrant
فاضح Conspicuously or obviously offensive
Depravity
فساد Corruption, wickedness
Anarchy
فوضى (n) a lack of government and law; confusion
Apprehensive
قلق Anxious or fearful of future
Taciturn
قليل الكلام Reticent, say little
Heretic
كافر ملحد One who goes against accepted religious belief
Reticent
كتوم Not inclined to speak; reserved; reluctant
Indolence
كسل Avoidance of activity or exertion, laziness
Insipid
لا طعم له \غير مشوقBland, boring, banal
Apathy
لا مبالاة lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
Inevitable
لا مفر منه Certain to happen, unavoidable
Enigma
لغز a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
Tentative
مؤقت \ متردد \ تجريبيNot certain or confirmed
Prodigal
مبذر 1) spending money freely or recklessly 2) having or giving something in a lavish scale
Austere
متزمت صارم Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance
Capricious
متقلب Given to sudden unaccountable changes in mood or behavior
Incessant
متواصل Continuing without interruption
Extol
مجد Praise highly
Philanthropist
محسن فاعل خير One who works to benefit mankind
Peripheral
محيطي On the edge, unimportant
Scrupulous
مدقق موسوس كثير الشكوك Proper, conscientious
Pedestrian
مشاة\ ركيك تافه Lacking inspiration or excitement
Dubious
مشكوك فيه Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
Bastion
معقل حصن A projecting part of a fortification
Guile
مكر دهاء خديعة Sly or cunning intelligence
Respite
مهلة \ فترة راحة A brief rest
Contrite
نادم Thoroughly sorry
Cacophonus
ناشز Having a harsh displeasing sound
Paucity
ندرة قلة Scarcity
Assuage
هدأ \ لطفTo ease your pain
Expedient
وسيلة حيلة ناسب ملائم Advantageous
Revere
وقر To honor, to regard with respect
