My IELTS Vocab list - tarunchhabra/parakalo GitHub Wiki

This list contains words which native people use regularly not the complex words which they don't really use most of the time.

  1. sequester- isolate

B cells in particular play a starring role in this scenario, pumping out neutralizing antibodies that can **sequester ** and disable a pathogen before it even has the chance to enter a host cell.

  1. rouse- to awaken from sleep

The body may **rouse **this reaction in response to microbes like the virus that causes measles, which tends to be a one-and-done infection for most people.

  1. rendezvous - a meeting at an agreed time and place

even a temporary rendezvous between human and microbe can create a conduit for transmission, allowing the pathogen to hop into another susceptible individual.

  1. curtail - reduce in extent or quantity

But even partial protection from the immune system will _**curtail **_the amount of pathogen in a person’s body, and, by extension, the likelihood of transmission.

  1. Usage of 'eventually'

A person’s immunity to a pathogen can wane over the course of months or years**, eventually** dropping below a threshold that leaves them susceptible to disease once again.

X occurred and eventually resulted in Y

  1. sheer- complete (used for emphasis)

The sheer multitude of molecules at work helps explain why “immunity” is such a slippery concept.

  1. discern - to be able to see, recognize, understand, or decide something

  2. instigate - bring about or initiate (an action or event).

Communication is about creating an experience and _**instigating **_a reaction.

  1. wily - (of a person) intelligent, having a very good understanding of situations, possibilities, and people, and often willing to use tricks to achieve an aim

Of course, teachers are wily creatures, always monitoring, and so you will certainly

_**It takes **_a wily philosopher to avoid this trap.

  1. reminisce - to talk or write about past experiences that you remember with pleasure

My grandfather used to **reminisce **about his years in the navy.

It always reminisce me of our childhood holidays.

  1. close-knit - helping and supporting

  2. teething- If a baby or small child is teething, their first teeth are growing, usually causing pain

My sister was up most of the night with her baby who's teething.

The baby is crying because he is teething.

  1. briskly -in a quick, energetic way

She walked **briskly **into town

  1. writhe- to make large twisting movements with the body

The pain was so bad she was writhing in agony.

  1. Profound- very greate

A profound idea.

  1. cognitive- related to processes of thinking and reasoning

Studies show a connection between aerobic exercise and _**cognitive **_ability.

  1. instinct- the way people react or behave

Her first _**instinct **_was to run.

Not everyone has the right instincts

I have a very strong maternal instincts.

  1. endure - to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful

We had to _**endure **_a nine-hour delay at the airport.

  1. all walks of life (idiom)- When people talk about walk(s) of life, they are referring to different types of jobs and different levels of society.

In my job as a nurse, I get to meet people from all walks of life.

  1. make a living

  2. WAY OF LIFE- the way in which you live your life

For me, being vegetarian is not just about diet, it has become a way of LIFE

  1. know vs findout

know= already have the info

find out = get the info

  1. Study = learn about a subject through books or a course

we don't use any preposition with study

wrong: study about law

  1. learn: get new knowledge or skill

I am learning English.

preposition: learn about, learn from learn to

wrong: I have learned a lot with this course

  1. Marxism : a social, political, and economic theory based on the ideas of Karl Marx, who imagined a society where the methods of production would be owned and controlled by all its members

  2. dissertation: a long piece of writing on a particular subject, esp. one that is done for a Ph.D.

synonym: thesis

These _**dissertations **_were produced by graduate students who worked for many years in the city and who have collectively rewritten the history of the city.

  1. lingual- Related to the tongue

linguist- A person skilled in language

Ex: My daughter is a linguist, she speaks six different languages