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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Small amount - little bit
deteriorate
wail
heedless
trifle
2. An action - esp an official one
measure
beckon
strike
delinquent
3. Very strong belief or feeling - eager
pauper
accurate
sanitation
fervor
4. A thick yellow or brown sauce that tastes spicy
outlaw (v)
endeavour
mustard
menace
5. Not planned or expected
alter
freight
casual
panic
6. Stingy - like a miser
paternal
hinder
miserly
despite
7. Sth that makes it difficult to achieve sth
venue
rioter
stumble
obstacle
8. A piece of writing - a thing
article
prosecute
contrivance
endeavour
9. Tierd
nutrient
weary
detest
sustain
10. Produce exact copy
replicate
wary
swot (n)
pauper
11. Challenging
warden
lessen (v)
nocturnal
defiant
12. Misfortune - disaster
crumble
partial
calamity
repertoire
13. A very bad situation that someone is in
nocturnal
incur
reckless
plight (of)
14. Weak
feeble
comprehend
scowl
uneasy
15. To threaten to hurt someone or frighten them - especially someone smaller or weaker
surge
provision
bully (v)
destitute (v)
16. Forbid by law or authority
prohibit
ambush
consider
inquiry
17. The subjects that are taught by a school - college etc
integrate
defect
nurture
curriculum
18. You have to pay money because of something you have done
matrimony
authority
mustard
incur
19. Coarse and savage
suspect (v)
wretched
wither
brutal
20. Someone who uses their strength or power to frighten or hurt someone who is weaker
submarine
beckon
bully (n)
imprisonment
21. Never having happened before - or never having happened so much
excel
unprecedented
client
bewildered
22. Not affected by something - or not having to do it or pay it
bigamy
exempt from
pursue
cuddle
23. Decrease
lessen (v)
grateful
hazy
retreat
24. To completely get rid of something such as a disease or a social problem
disorder
tire out
eradicate
regulation
25. Wander
roam
inuit
submarine
fervor
26. When you provide something that someone needs now or in the future
placebo
executive (n)
cultivation
provision
27. A period of time between two dates or events
vicissitudes
submarine
terrestrial
span
28. Having suitable knowledge - experience - or skills - especially for a particular job
qualified
miser
legitimate
predict
29. Supporter
advocate
chills
invest in
ambition
30. To press something firmly
bait
squeeze
cater for somebody/something
elucidate
31. Irony - satire
vain
surge
fugitive
sarcasm
32. Supported by law or authority
terrestrial
sarcasm
expel (v)
valid
33. The quality of being better
expertise
superiority
convict (v)
incentive
34. Native
crucial
detour
indigenous
collapse
35. Be destroyed - die
retreat
perish
placebo
lessen (v)
36. A careless or stupid mistake
toil
legitimate
blunder
swot (n)
37. Young
plight (of)
rudimentary
mount
juvenile
38. Push with force
outlaw (v)
delegate (v)
thrust
anticipate
39. Offender
placebo
arouse
culprit
precede
40. Someone who is thought to be guilty of a crime
suspect (n)
anticipate
aforesaid
retreat
41. Praise -respect
fauna
salute
defraud
cartilage
42. Like those of a kind father towards his children
dispute
bewildered
paternal
fine (v)
43. To explain something that is difficult to understand
elucidate
undeniable
executive (n)
client
44. Bring back or come back to life or consciousness
repetition
tegen
revive
compel
45. To behave in a silly and funny way
awesome
pastime
clown
dash
46. Done deliberately and usually intended to cause harm
perish
pesticide
intentional
so as
47. Confuse
daze
awesome
fortify
onstitution
48. Great - enormous
precedence
be taken aback (by something)
underdog
vast
49. Tricky - sly
persuade
awesome
fugitive
crafty
50. In order to
superiority
submarine
so as
casualty