REPRIEVE (VERB): pardon
Synonyms: spare, acquit
Antonyms: charge
Example Sentence:
Under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved.
UTILITARIAN (ADJECTIVE): practical
Synonyms: functional, serviceable
Antonyms: decorative
Example Sentence:
I went inside a utilitarian building.
RAPTURE (NOUN): ecstasy
Synonyms: bliss, euphoria
Antonyms: boredom
Example Sentence:
We listened with rapture as the orchestra played.
ELOQUENT (ADJECTIVE): persuasive
Synonyms: expressive, articulate
Antonyms: inarticulate
Example Sentence:
She delivered an absolutely eloquent speech.
BUNGLE (VERB): mishandle
Synonyms: mismanage, mess up
Antonyms: succeed in
Example Sentence:
He bungled his first attempt to manage a group of professional players.
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🔸Leak
Give out private information to the public.
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Unofficial and unconfirmed information that people are talking about
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Accidentally revealed information that should be secret or private
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Accidentally or intentionally tell someone secret or private information.
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VOCABULARY for THE IELTS READING & WRITING MODULE
🔹interrogation - formal systematic questioning
🔹traipse - walk or tramp about
🔹cascade - rush down in big quantities
🔹mundane - found in the ordinary course of events
🔹revel - take delight in
🔹bask - derive or receive pleasure from
🔹enrapture - hold spellbound
🔹decree - a legally binding command or decision
🔹regime - the governing authority of a political unit
🔹charisma - personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others
🔹monotonous - tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
🔹respite - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
🔹ominous - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
🔹barrack - a building or group of buildings to house military personnel
🔹incriminating - charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
🔹indignation - a feeling of righteous anger
🔹amble - walk leisurely
🔹angst - an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety
🔹flourish - make steady progress
🔹colony - a place where a group of people are concentrated
🔹erode - become ground down or deteriorate
🔹degenerate - unrestrained by convention or morality
🔹mutineer - someone who rebels against an authority
🔹idyll - a charming, peaceful, or idealized episode or situation
🔹confer - have a meeting in order to talk something over
🔹leaflet - a small book usually having a paper cover
🔹converse - carry on a discussion
🔹relish - derive or receive pleasure from
🔹ubiquitous - being present everywhere at once
🔹fanfare - a gaudy outward display
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