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IELTS Vocab
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Subjects
:
ielts
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english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Take money - rights -etc. - away by cheating
defraud
aviation
scorn
paternal
2. A noisy violent person who causes trouble by fighting
crumble
persuade
hooligan
hinder
3. Fog -mist
vapor
inuit
venture
scrutinize
4. To try very hard
be taken aback (by something)
ritual
revision of
endeavour
5. Give up - abandon
surrender
impairment
robust
disorder
6. Look forward to - expect
merit
anticipate
placebo
linger
7. Hug
rioter
aviation
cuddle
ingenious
8. Closly packed together -thick
dense
measure
befall
oath
9. To behave in a silly and funny way
clown
mount
invest in
homicide
10. Savage -wild
pioneer
exhaust
fierce
seclusion
11. To come before something else in a series
brutal
equivalent
livelihood
precede
12. Difficult - strict - or severe
stiff
flora
aggravate
endure
13. Decrease
sanitation
aviation
suspect (v)
lessen (v)
14. Aircraft industry - aircraft science
aviation
arctic
regulation
advocate
15. Listening to or watching someone carefully because you are interested
attentive
defect
inquiry
ambiguity
16. Smell
disorder
enounce
odour
audible
17. If become drier and smaller and start to die
detour
declare
wither
emerge
18. Exactly right
juvenile
irritable
accurate
vicissitudes
19. Strong
vicissitudes
revise
robust
superiority
20. Prove to be true - confirm
abundant
tact
verify
ambiguity
21. Relating to the quality or standard of something rather than the quantity
utter
qualitative
deceive
pauper
22. Putting on oil -grease or similar substance
sarcasm
lubricate
livelihood
squad
23. Too hasty or careless
reckless
trout
jockey (n)
rash
24. To breathe air into your nose noisily
nimble
sniff
superiority
fortunate
25. Break down - fail suddenly
clown
collapse
marvelous
juvenile
26. A programme on the radio or on television
perish
undeniable
despite
broadcast
27. To officially force someone to leave a school or organization
dweller
bakelite
expel (v)
impairment
28. Not to be denied
attentive
crumble
famine
undeniable
29. A common river-fish
trout
superiority
vermin
bewildered
30. Small amount - little bit
inquiry
oath
suffragette
trifle
31. Gather together - bring together
persuade
article
assemble
reservation
32. Empty completely - tire out
exhaust
trout
suffragette
betray
33. Native
aforesaid
indigenous
odour
welfare
34. Having suitable knowledge - experience - or skills - especially for a particular job
adequate
placebo
juvenile
qualified
35. Goods
grateful
merchandise
assemble
molest
36. Be too hard to understand or solve
calamity
forage for food
wither
baffle
37. Great - enormous
mount
precedence
vast
budget
38. Good at judging
shrewd
hinder
placebo
underdog
39. Dishonest person who tricks and deceives people
fortify
mountebank
be taken aback (by something)
curriculum
40. Not as important as other things or people in a particular activity - idea - or situation
sneer
aviation
peripheral
moderate temperatures
41. The scientific idea that plants and animals develop and change gradually
expel (v)
versus
evolution
suspect (v)
42. Get away from by trickery or cleverness
evade
heedless
indigenous
vocation
43. Never having happened before - or never having happened so much
delegate (v)
undeniable
livelihood
unprecedented
44. King or queen - ruler
monarch
interpret
fortunate
nocturnal
45. A question you ask in order to get information
sinister
inquiry
pledge
emission
46. Not looking/studying carefully
vulgar
superficial
irritable
temperate
47. Move forward
thrifty
obedience + to
proceed
horrid
48. Select
brawl
matrimony
opt
delegate (v)
49. Clever
ingenious
nourish
repertoire
venture
50. Easily broken - delicate
undernourished
fragile
perceive
linger