Ielts vocabulary Masterclass book + ielts listening & Reading Dictionary: Dominate Proficiency Level Vocabulary for ielts listening, Reading, Writing & Speaking

Gloating:
MEANING: Smug or malicious satisfaction
SENTENCE: After the fight, the winner stood over his opponent and
gloated.
Goad
: MEANING: Prod, incite, so as to stimulate an action or reaction.
SENTENCE: He was trying to goad her into a fight.
Gouge:
MEANING: To scoop out and make grooves or holes
SENTENCE: The water channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water
Grandiloquent
: MEANING: Expressed in lofty language, style, or
manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress.
SENTENCE: The fiesta was a grandiloquent celebration of Spanish glory.
Gregarious
: MEANING: Sociable, friendly
SENTENCE: As a gregarious boy Dave ran up to every person on the
playground and wanted to be their friend.
Grovelling:
MEANING: Behaving in a fawning or servile manner
SENTENCE: Journalists like to describe political leaders as grovelling in
their interactions with others.
Guileless:
MEANING: Innocent and without deception
SENTENCE: The student gave a guileless explanation of his absence from
class.
Gullible:
MEANING: Easily persuaded to believe something; credulous

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SENTENCE: The plan was a deliberate attempt to persuade a gullible
public to spend their money.

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Hackneyed:
MEANING: Commonplace, not fresh or original
SENTENCE: The English teacher criticized her story because of its
hackneyed and unoriginal plot.
Halcyon:
MEANING: Calm; rich; happy
SENTENCE: There were halcyon days all summer.
Harangue:
MEANING: A long verbal attack; pompous speech
SENTENCE: The speaker on the soapbox harangued the government.
Harrowing:
MEANING: Extremely disturbing or distressing
SENTENCE: The trip in the ambulance was harrowing for them both.
Hodgepodge:
MEANING: Jumble of different kinds of things
SENTENCE: The exhibition was a hodgepodge of mediocre art, bad art,
and really bad art; it was disliked by many visitors.