[OPINION]IELTS Vocabulary: Learn 300 Essential Words for IELTS

💬assertion=> assertions

=> There is concrete evidence to support assertions that the economy is contracting.

=> She challenges the assertion that participation in organized sport teaches children teamwork.

=> He made a confident assertion that the company would grow next year.

-make an assertion

-repeat an assertion

-challenge an assertion

-refute an assertion

----> contention----> statement----> pronouncement----> allegation----> argument

💬conjecture

=> That was merely conjecture, not fact.

=> Ozone creation is a very large scale natural process and the importance of human attempts to reduce it are a matter of conjecture.

-a matter of conjecture

-conjecture about something

-fuel conjecture

-spark conjecture

----> surmise----> supposition----> hunch----> hypothesis----> guesswork

💬contention

=> This evidence supports the contention that the outbreak of violence was prearranged.

=> There is sufficient evidence to support this contention.

=> hey holds the contention that no student should be compelled to pay for tuition fees.

-support contention

-accept contention

-someone's contention

-dispute contention

----> argument----> idea----> hypothesis----> position----> assertion----> opinion

💬dogma=> dogmatic

=> Their religious dogma has blinded them to the real needs of the people.

=> He is fighting to free the country from the grip of dogma.

=> They are now questioning the dogma of the ruling elite.

-accept dogma

-question dogma

-challenge dogma

-religious dogma

----> ideology----> tenet----> creed----> teachings----> gospel

💬stance

=> The Congress has agreed to reconsider its stance on the war.

=> The Swiss frequently maintain a neutral stance in international affairs.

=> His stance towards the news story is similar to mine.

-take a stance

-maintain a stance

-a neutral stance

-an aggressive stance

----> position----> viewpoint----> posture----> attitude

💬sceptic=> scepticsm=> skeptics c.f. septic

=> He was a born sceptic.

=> She now has to convince sceptics that he has a serious plan.

=> Anyone who is sceptical of global warming and its consequences simply need to look at the evidence

-a born sceptic

-silence the sceptics

-persuade the sceptics

-sceptical about

----> critic----> dissenter----> questioner----> devil’s advocate----> cynic----> dissident

💬speculation=> speculations

=> The prime minister has dismissed speculation about his plans to resign.

=> I have published my speculations about the future in my latest book, The World In 2100.

=> There are speculations that he might have died from a blow to the head.

-speculation about

-make a speculation

-fuel speculation

-dismiss speculation

----> guess----> opinion----> hypothesis----> thought----> prediction----> belief