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IELTS Vocab

Subjects : ielts, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The education and care that you are given as a child - and the way it affects your later development and attitudes






2. To explain something that is difficult to understand






3. Be successfull - have good fortune






4. Request - appeal






5. Someone usually a child who studies very hard






6. Fit






7. Handle or treat skillfully






8. Smell






9. Win over to do or believe -convince






10. Done deliberately and usually intended to cause harm






11. Easily broken - delicate






12. Remove - omit






13. Job or profession






14. Law -rule






15. To remember






16. Thankful






17. To explain the meaning of something






18. To become worse






19. Illness






20. Long and thin






21. Be destroyed - die






22. Person who receives benefit






23. A plan or trick to make something happen






24. Unclear - not certain






25. Vary






26. Praise






27. Not planned or expected






28. Something that you do regularly and in the same way each time [↪ routine]






29. Clever - having new ideas






30. To hit or knock hard against sth






31. Irony - satire






32. A tax on goods coming into a country or going out of a country






33. Light and quick






34. Great - enormous






35. A very bad situation that someone is in






36. Forbid by law or authority






37. Get up on






38. Typical of the way a good mother behaves or feels






39. Not real - but seeming real






40. Quick to notice - watchful






41. Find out






42. Completely unexpected - and often very lucky






43. Clothes






44. Be too hard to understand or solve






45. Someone who rides horses in races






46. Having suitable knowledge - experience - or skills - especially for a particular job






47. A chemical or food that provides what is needed for plants or animals to live and grow






48. Supported by law or authority






49. Hug






50. Sharp points sticking out