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IELTS Vocab
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Subjects
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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. Thankful
crucial
underdog
acknowledge
grateful
2. Expand
priority
deceive
swell
drastic
3. The protection of public health by removing and treating waste - dirty water etc
audible
sanitation
salute
linger
4. Illness
juvenile
vermin
disorder
fervor
5. Uncover - make known - reveal
enounce
precedence
famine
disclose
6. Difficult - strict - or severe
stiff
greedy
lessen (v)
dispute
7. Become healthy again
tact
acknowledge
heal
fugitive
8. The price you pay to travel somewhere by bus - train - plane etc
be taken aback (by something)
fare
trout
vain
9. A noisy crowl or fight
brawl
famine
lawn
vain attempts
10. Dishonest person who tricks and deceives people
brawl
mountebank
vermin
venue
11. A harmless substance given to a sick person instead of medicine - without telling them it is not real.
mistreat
heedless
verify
placebo
12. Gather together - bring together
roam
envy
assemble
dash
13. A serious argument or disagreement
lessen (v)
plight (of)
dispute
inuit
14. To buy something or spend money or time on something - because it will be useful for you
detect
attentive
hantom
invest in
15. The power you have because of your official position
legitimate
authority
ambush
opt
16. Someone usually a child who studies very hard
horrid
devour
swot (n)
hinder
17. A situation in which there is no effective government in a country or no order in an organization or situation
Anarchy
freight
vocation
authority
18. To breathe air into your nose noisily
delinquent
trifle
sniff
monarch
19. A yard or park covered with grass
lawn
conduct
vigor
nimble
20. To hit or knock hard against sth
flora
strike
homicide
odour
21. In order to
audible
aviation
so as
collapse
22. Move away from the enemy
diner
arouse
retreat
decree
23. Lawyer
hazy
attorney
aviation
peripheral
24. Large snake
serpent
vermin
crafty
accurate
25. Strive against -oppose
resist
venture
persuade
pauper
26. Closly packed together -thick
submarine
dense
cultivation
hazy
27. Be successfull - have good fortune
prosper
assemble
integrate
crucial
28. Get away from by trickery or cleverness
descend
detest
encroach
evade
29. Sth that is done to continue sth that was done before
follow on (to/from)
qualitative
awkward
vaporize
30. Quick to notice - watchful
compensate
mistreat
observant
ease something ↔ out
31. Able to be heard
indifference
audible
disaster
qualitative
32. To change into vapor
bigamy
venue
vaporize
qualified
33. All the plants that grow in a particular place
plight (of)
flora
ban
apparel
34. Having two wives or two husbands at the same time
bigamy
enounce
cease
bakelite
35. To replace or balance the effect of something bad
impairment
compensate
crafty
inquiry
36. Good at judging
legitimate
severity
shrewd
proceed
37. Act of doing or saying again
weird
villain
repetition
exempt +from
38. Cruel or unfair control over other people
maim
integrate
tyranny
aviation
39. Too hasty or careless
rash
dilemma
morsel
uneasy
40. A noisy violent person who causes trouble by fighting
hooligan
spit
imprisonment
be taken aback (by something)
41. Contempt
persuade
severity
ritual
scorn
42. A very large farm
incur
ranch
destitute (v)
deprive
43. Coming before -earlier
pledge
prior
vapor
eradicate
44. Unclear - not certain
underdog
ambiguity
nourish
delinquency
45. Not real - but seeming real
ignite
hantom
reservation
drastic
46. Condemn in public
enounce
qualified
panic
excel
47. Confuse
daze
device
cultivation
dense
48. To make someone pay money as a punishment
fine (v)
vicissitudes
weary
marvelous
49. Eskimo
inuit
swell
deceive
attorney
50. Spend foolishly - waste
squander
probe
lessen (v)
vapor