07/09/2025
Avoid using the word VERY in IELTS
1. Very afraid → petrified
2. Very angry → irate
3. Very annoying → exasperating
4. Very anxious → distressed
5. Very beautiful → exquisite
6. Very big → gigantic
7. Very busy → swamped
8. Very calm → serene
9. Very cheap → dirt-cheap
10. Very clean → immaculate
11. Very clear → transparent
12. Very clever → brilliant
13. Very cold → frosty
14. Very colorful → vibrant
15. Very confused → baffled
16. Very dangerous → perilous
17. Very deep → profound
18. Very detailed → meticulous
19. Very easy → effortless
20. Very empty → desolate
21. Very excited → thrilled
22. Very famous → renowned
23. Very fancy → extravagant
24. Very far → distant
25. Very fast → swift
26. Very friendly → amiable
27. Very funny → comical
28. Very gentle → tender
29. Very good → superb
30. Very happy → jubilant
31. Very hard → solid
32. Very heavy → hefty
33. Very high → soaring
34. Very hot (object) → scalding
35. Very hot (weather) → blistering
36. Very hungry → famished
37. Very important → crucial
38. Very intelligent → ingenious
39. Very interesting → captivating
40. Very large → colossal
41. Very lazy → sluggish
42. Very long → interminable
43. Very loud → thundering
44. Very mean → malicious
45. Very necessary → essential
46. Very new → brand-new
47. Very nice → delightful
48. Very old → ancient
49. Very open → transparent
50. Very painful → excruciating
51. Very poor → impoverished
52. Very powerful → mighty
53. Very pretty → enchanting
54. Very quick → brisk
55. Very quiet → hushed
56. Very rich → affluent
57. Very risky → hazardous
58. Very rude → impolite
59. Very sad → heartbroken
60. Very scared → horrified
