20 most common difficult vocabulary words for IELTS speaking

Which word best describes a subtle difference in meaning or expression?

• Profound

• Nuance

• Compelling

• Myriad

To express an idea fluently and coherently is to:

• Refute

• Articulate

• Substantiate

• Contend

If you provide evidence to support a claim, you are:

• Refuting

• Substantiating

• Contending

• Emphasizing

Which word means to prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false?

• Substantiate

• Refute

• Articulate

• Profound

If something is increasing rapidly, it is growing:

• Gradually

• Exponentially

• Significantly

• Superficially

Which word would you use to describe something that is present everywhere?

• Ubiquitous

• Intrinsic

• Notably

• Paradigm

A typical example or model of something is called a:

• Nuance

• Paradigm

• Myriad

• Compelling

If you assert something as a position in an argument, you:

• Substantiate

• Contend

• Refute

• Articulate

Which word means belonging naturally or being essential?

• Intrinsic

• Superficial

• Profound

• Notably

If you do something in a forceful and definite way, you do it:

• Gradually

• Emphatically

• Superficially

• Conversely