IELTS Writing Words
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100 IELTS Writing Words
appease: bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
avarice: greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
brusque: abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
callous: emotionally hardened; unfeeling
chide: scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
clandestine: secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
coherent: adhesive; cohesive; sticking together ; logical; sound; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
confidant: a person entrusted with secrets
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avarice: greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
brusque: abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
callous: emotionally hardened; unfeeling
chide: scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
clandestine: secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
coherent: adhesive; cohesive; sticking together ; logical; sound; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
confidant: a person entrusted with secrets
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alacrity 
 | cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness |
| inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive |
| in name only; insignificantly small |
cajole
| remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| hasty, incautious |
| influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering |
| leave someone who needs or counts on you |
decry
| reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
| improperly forward or bold; rude |
| express strong disapproval of; disparage |
| remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
deride
| ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt |
| express strong disapproval of; disparage |
| improperly forward or bold; rude |
| not domestic; wild; existing in wild or untamed state |
despot
| appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property entrusted to one's care; apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust |
| influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering |
| tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop |
| hasty, incautious |
enmity
| ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile |
| high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing |
| casually rude, insolent, impertinent |
| reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
feral
| not domestic; wild; existing in wild or untamed state |
| unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste |
| to plot, scheme |
| appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property entrusted to one's care; apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust |
hypocrisy
| act or practice of a hypocrite |
| greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain |
| good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
| causing shock or horror; gruesome |
inept
| tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop |
| lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish |
| modest and reserved in manner or behavior |
| high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing |
infamy
| notoriety, extreme ill repute |
| restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back |
| to plot, scheme |
| casually rude, insolent, impertinent |
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[Esc] assent; agree without protesting
[Esc] secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated [Esc] having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless [Esc] frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech [Esc] a person entrusted with secrets [Esc] appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property entrusted to one's care; apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust [Esc] ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile [Esc] possessed at birth; inborn [Esc] fearless; indicating or springing from courage [Esc] the solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death