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IELTS Vocab
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Subjects
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ielts
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Law -rule
jagged
crafty
onstitution
follow on (to/from)
2. To remember
recall
undeniable
defect
abundant
3. Win over to do or believe -convince
rational
persuade
disregard
descend
4. To make a bad situation worse
wary
revision of
aggravate
heal
5. The total number of things that someone or something is able to do
fortify
repertoire
mutate
disaster
6. Cautious
endeavour
sinister
extravagant
wary
7. Impressive
marvelous
wary
reckless
pupil
8. Feed
conduct
nurture
nourish
merit
9. A yard or park covered with grass
fragile
ignite
lawn
prohibit
10. Prohibit - forbid
severity
ban
lubricate
vain attempts
11. Embarrassing - not easily managed - no well-suited to use
awkward
violate
relieve
rash
12. To replace or balance the effect of something bad
innovative
compensate
anticipate
squander
13. Go or come down from a higher place to a lower level
descend
brawl
hazy
wail
14. Misty -smoky -unclear
undertake
ppropriate
betray
hazy
15. Restless - anxious
rash
retreat
delegate (n)
uneasy
16. Stay on
devour
extravagant
linger
mountebank
17. Process in which you make a judgment
mustard
assessment
vain attempts
sanitation
18. To gradually take more of someone's time - possessions - rights etc than you should
hooligan
encroach
ban
undeniable
19. Clothes
clown
inquiry
merchandise
apparel
20. To be very surprised or shocked by something
indifference
be taken aback (by something)
jockey (n)
enthusiasm
21. To threaten to hurt someone or frighten them - especially someone smaller or weaker
weary
abolish
bully (v)
assemble
22. Terrible -frightful
wail
horrid
suspect (n)
greedy
23. Fair or reasonable
legitimate
pierce
fine (v)
surge
24. Cripple - disable - cause to loose an arm -leg or other parts of the body
apparel
serpent
maim
penalize
25. Exaggerate
calamity
overstate
ntamed
verify
26. In complete agreement
follow on (to/from)
miraculous
unanimous
brawl
27. A programme on the radio or on television
ban
broadcast
nimble
submarine
28. The state of being private and away from other people
evolution
seclusion
villain
mutate
29. A harmless substance given to a sick person instead of medicine - without telling them it is not real.
seclusion
placebo
probe
compel
30. Not looking/studying carefully
superficial
infrastructure
suspect (v)
ease something ↔ out
31. To make someone pay money as a punishment
mosquito
superficial
rudimentary
fine (v)
32. The right to vote in national elections
probe
proceed
solemn
suffrage
33. Keeper -gaurd
precede
warden
fervor
serpent
34. Illegal or immoral behaviour or actions - especially by young people
prior
detest
wobble
delinquency
35. Blunder (while speaking) - make a mistake
exempt +from
stumble
detest
alter
36. Swear - curse
measure
repetition
oath
penalize
37. Produce exact copy
replicate
wail
vigor
jerk
38. A tax on goods coming into a country or going out of a country
ariff
brawl
cease
assessment
39. Someone who is hurt or killed in an accident or war
swiftly
precaution
casualty
violate
40. Select
cater for somebody/something
evade
broadcast
opt
41. Based on reasons rather than emotions [≠irrational]
regulation
rational
juvenile
exempt from
42. Get into or through
odour
indifference
penetrate
paternal
43. Praise
commend
lopsided
befall
excel
44. Relating to the quality or standard of something rather than the quantity
pauper
qualitative
mutate
undernourished
45. Give up - leave
vacate
observant
miser
pessimistic
46. The quality of being better
superiority
venture
qualified
hantom
47. Hunger
seclusion
fugitive
starvation
enounce
48. Starvation
imprisonment
ease something ↔ out
trifle
famine
49. Eat hungrily - absorb completely
wail
devour
ranch
scrutinize
50. Find out
squad
detect
robust
strike