IELTS GENERAL READING MODULE VOCABULARY LIST

IELTS GENERAL READING MODULE VOCABULARY LIST:

➢ Amble - walk leisurely.

➢ Angst - an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety.

➢ Appeal - be attractive to.

➢ Bask - derive or receive pleasure from.

➢ Barrack - a building or group of buildings to house military personnel.

➢ Charisma - personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others.

➢ Cascade - rush down in big quantities.

➢ Colony - a place where a group of people are concentrated.

➢ Confer - have a meeting in order to talk something over. 

➢Converse - carry on a discussion.

➢ Decree - a legally binding command or decision.

➢ Degenerate - unrestrained by convention or morality.

➢ Erode - become ground down or deteriorate.

➢ Enrapture - hold spellbound.

➢ Fanfare - a gaudy outward display.

➢ Flourish - make steady progress.

➢ Idyll - a charming, peaceful, or idealized episode or situation.

➢ Incriminating - charging or suggestive of guilt or blame.

➢ Indignation - a feeling of righteous anger.

➢ Interrogation - formal systematic questioning.

➢ Leaflet - a small book usually having a paper cover.

➢ Mundane - found in the ordinary course of events.

➢ Monotonous - tediously repetitious or lacking in variety.

➢ Mutineer - someone who rebels against an authority.

➢ Ominous - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.

➢ Paternal - related on the father's side.

➢ Paternity - the state of being a father.

➢ Patriarch - the male head of family or tribe.

➢ Patriarchy - a form of social organization in which men hold power.

➢ Patrician - characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.

➢ Patrilineal - based on or tracing descent through the male line.

➢ Patrimony - an inheritance coming by right of birth.

➢ Patriot - one who loves and defends his or her country.

➢ Patriotic - inspired by love for your country.

➢ Patriotism - love of country and willingness to sacrifice.

➢ Patron - a regular customer.

➢ Patronage - the act of providing approval and support.

➢ Patronizing - characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance.

➢ Patronymic - of or derived from a personal or family name.

➢ Patter - plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).

➢ Perpetrate - perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.

➢ Regime - the governing authority of a political unit.

➢ Revel - take delight in.

➢ Relish - derive or receive pleasure from.

➢ Respite - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something.

➢ Repatriate - send someone back to his homeland against his will.

➢ Repatriation - the act of returning to one's country of origin.

➢ Traipse - walk or tramp about.

➢ Ubiquitous - being present everywhere at once.

➢ Untimely - too soon; in a premature manner.

I hope this information will help you to improve your vocabulary!

Good luck for the test.