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

Sanguine:
MEANING: Confidently optimistic and cheerful
SENTENCE: The whole family was sanguine about their chances of going
on holiday.
Satiate:
MEANING: Satisfy
SENTENCE: The Japanese meal did not satiate him and he ate a sandwich
when he got home.
Saturate
: MEANING: Soak thoroughly
SENTENCE: The rain saturated the field and caused the river to rise.

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Saturnine:
MEANING: Gloomy, mean, scowling
SENTENCE: Do not be misled by his saturnine appearance; he is not as
gloomy as he looks.
Savour:
MEANING: Appreciate fully; taste something savoury
SENTENCE: As a parent, it's important to take a step back and really
savour the special moments –those children will grow up sooner than you
think.
Scathing:
MEANING: Very harsh or severe
SENTENCE: Joseph suffered scathing criticism from the judge at the
singing competition.
Scrupulous:
MEANING: Careful to do things properly or correctly
SENTENCE: She was scrupulous with repaying her friends straight away
if they lent her money.
Secrete:
MEANING: Conceal, hide; release
SENTENCE: HIs assets had been secreted to Swiss bank accounts
Shard:
MEANING: A broken piece of a brittle artifact
SENTENCE: Shards of glass flew in all directions
Skeptic
: MEANING: One who doubts others unless they have seen
evidence
SENTENCE: She was sceptical about her sister’s claim she had seen a
ghost!
Solicitous:
MEANING: Full of anxiety and concern; showing hovering
attentiveness

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SENTENCE: She was tiny and solicitous, a soft, sweet lady.
Soporific:
MEANING: Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep
SENTENCE: The motion of the train had a somewhat soporific effect.
Spartan:
MEANING: Practicing great self-denial, unsparing and
uncompromising in discipline or judgement
SENTENCE: Her apartment was so spartan that she couldn't even serve us
both soups; she only had one bowl and one spoon.
Spasmodically:
MEANING: In spurts and fits; with spasms
SENTENCE: The newborn giraffe lies in a sodden heap, heaving
spasmodically with its first gulps of air.
Specious:
MEANING: Plausible but false; deceptively pleasing
SENTENCE: Misinformation, falsehoods and specious claims dominate
his public pronouncements.
Sporadic:
MEANING: Recurring in scattered and irregular or
unpredictable instances
SENTENCE: In the last few decades, the west has been subjected to
sporadic terrorist bombings.