English Vocabulary Learning Campaign English Vocabulary Learning Campaign lets you learn English vocabulary from each other in an interactive way through finding and making authentic examples of difficult and academic vocabulary that is frequently used in the English tests like IELTS and TOEFL. Please consider the following to join this educational campaign: Find three authentic…
Cryptic 1100 Words You Need Cryptic 1100 Words You Need /ˈkrɪptɪk/ (adjective) Something that is mysterious, secret, ambiguous, difficult to understand, puzzling, obscure, enigmatic, hidden, hazy, nebulous, vague: (Zoology) serving to conceal an animal in its natural habitat Watch this video on YouTube. This Luxembourg cave is covered in cryptic looking marks left by mining…
Repress 1100 Words You Need Repress 1100 Words You Need /rɪˈpres/ (verb) to hide a feeling and not let it be expressed, curb actions that show feelings, keep inside, block, suppress, cut back, hold back, inhibit, keep a stiff upper lip, conceal to use force to control a group of people or an expression of…
Keep The Pot Boiling 1100 Words Keep The Pot Boiling 1100 Words to keep people interested in something, e.g. a plan or idea, engage someone’s interest or attention, to interest someone, to make sure that someone remains interested and involved in something: Watch this video on YouTube. The diplomat was invited to the negotiating table…
Incredulous 1100 Words You Need Incredulous 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈkred.jʊ.ləs/ (adj) showing disbelief, unwilling to believe, doubtful, skeptical, unbelieving, disbelieving, suspicious, unconvinced, doubting: Watch this video on YouTube. An incredulous voice came out from the walkie-talkie. There was an incredulous tone in his voice. Source: The Book, Top Immortal Emperor in the City I…
Curtail 1100 Words You Need Curtail 1100 Words You Need /kəˈteɪl/ (verb) to reduce the size, length, duration or volume of something, cut short, lessen, truncate, restrict, limit, restrain, cut back, hold back, rein in, inhibit, shorten, decrease, trim: Watch this video on YouTube. Two United Nations human rights experts today urged the Hungarian government…
Out of the frying pan into the fire Out of the frying pan into the fire said when you move from a bad or difficult situation to one which is worse, worsen, get worse, deteriorate, decline, degenerate, go downhill, make something worse, degrade, downgrade, exacerbate, aggravate: Watch this video on YouTube. The Fish and the…
Surmise 1100 Words You Need Surmise 1100 Words You Need /ˈsə.maɪz/ (noun & verb) to guess something without having any evidence to prove it, make guess about something, conjecture, infer, deduce, conclude, assume, construe, presume, suppose, postulate, theorize, hypothesize, speculate, guesswork, inference, deduction, presumption, conclusion, assumption, hypothesis, postulation, supposition, speculation, theory: Watch this video on…
IELTS Essay on Morality IELTS Essay on Morality Essay Question How do you feel about taking a sick day at work when you aren’t ill? Have you ever made unauthorized, personal, long-distance phone calls or taken tools or supplies from work? Have you ever falsified a time card or an expense report? If through a…
Essay Writing on Fame Essay Writing on Fame Essay Question Are honors more likely to come to those who seek them or those who don’t care about fame and think only of their work? How much do fame and accomplishment impress you? Does just knowing you’ve accomplished something worthwhile mean as much to you as…