IELTS VOCABULARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

known beforehand - predicted arousing anger or interest; annoying - provocative stubbornly unyielding - tenacious harmless - benign impulsive and unpredictable - capricious many and different - diverse complicated, complex - intricate awareness; insight - perception reluctant to draw attention - reticent cause to be alert and energetic - stimulate to expect beforehand - anticipate having too many twists and turns; overly complicated - convoluted give support or one's approval to - endorseimprove, augment - enhance devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause - partisan forbidden - prohibited pompous or pretentious talk or writing - bombast weak and feeble - debilitated having or revealing keen insight and good judgment - discerning to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner - disparage to get rid of; do away with - eliminate pampered, spoiled - indulged original, new - innovative contribute to the progress or growth of - promote a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving - revolution not based on fact or investigation - speculative said or done without having been planned or written in advance - spontaneousindependence; self-determination - autonomy openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness - candid an accommodation in which both sides make concessions - compromise subtly skillful handling of a situation - diplomacy random variety - eclectic incorrect - erroneous