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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. To examine someone or something very carefully
consider
precedence
obstacle
scrutinize
2. Be successfull - have good fortune
severity
implement
prosper
thrust
3. Very tired
seclusion
reckless
suffragette
tire out
4. King or queen - ruler
monarch
crucial
convict (v)
attorney
5. Make better - improve by removing faults
reform
lessen (v)
follow on (to/from)
outlaw (v)
6. Hug
submarine
awesome
recall
embrace
7. A plan or trick to make something happen
contrivance
advocate
obstacle
horrid
8. Prove to be true - confirm
arouse
sinister
thrifty
verify
9. To work very hard for a long period of time
toil
dweller
linger
miser
10. Praise -respect
salute
casualty
livelihood
commend
11. Brave -courageous
ntamed
prosecute
dispute
valiant
12. Coming before -earlier
so as
robust
prior
enfranchise
13. Show scorn or contempt
sneer
squeeze
squad
despite
14. Swear - curse
extravagant
heedless
oath
lopsided
15. Person who receives benefit
juror
jerk
beneficiary
harsh
16. Having too muh pride in one's ability - looks - etc
degenerated
forage for food
invest in
vain
17. Search into - investigate - examine
descend
probe
utilize
pauper
18. A member of a jury
hinder
juror
emission
defraud
19. Give up - leave
vacate
pedestrian
awesome
dilemma
20. Bring back or come back to life or consciousness
invest in
revive
merchandise
incur
21. A gas or other substance that is sent into the air
emerge
emission
juvenile
salute
22. To officially force someone to leave a school or organization
detour
reveal
expel (v)
irritable
23. Expand
pedestrian
befall
aforesaid
swell
24. Not total
hooligan
squeeze
anticipate
partial
25. Think out - plan - invent
device
tyranny
enfranchise
surge
26. Put an end to
quench
mourn
mount
wretched
27. Doubt because you do not agree completely with a plan
ambiguity
reservation
broadcast
transmit
28. Getting annoyed quickly or easily [= crabby]
consider
merchandise
vicious
irritable
29. Small group
squad
prior
exempt from
overstate
30. As much as is needed
adequate
trifle
bigamy
mistreat
31. Request - appeal
vocation
delinquent
abundant
plea
32. Fog -mist
revision of
vapor
detour
reform
33. Too much
brutal
obedience + to
excessive
linger
34. Like those of a kind father towards his children
paternal
persuade
cuddle
squander
35. Give away to the enemy
betray
adequate
conduct
rudimentary
36. Not affected by something - or not having to do it or pay it
exempt from
seclusion
arouse
livelihood
37. To replace or balance the effect of something bad
executive (n)
pioneer
compensate
maim
38. Freight - the goods that are being carried in a ship or plane
bait
vicissitudes
cargo
grateful
39. When you provide something that someone needs now or in the future
mutate
solemn
provision
vulgar
40. A period of time between two dates or events
resist
span
miserly
reservation
41. Exactly right
nurture
accurate
vaporize
bully (v)
42. A thick yellow or brown sauce that tastes spicy
mustard
deceive
repertoire
qualitative
43. Good at judging
innovative
odour
detect
shrewd
44. Unclear - not certain
ambiguity
utilize
fugitive
despite
45. Large snake
recall
provision
dispute
serpent
46. Quickly
retreat
detect
temperate
swiftly
47. An animal that is nocturnal is active at night
deprive
nocturnal
degenerated
implement
48. To move with a quick sudden movement
pesticide
nocturnal
jerk
thrifty
49. Damaged - not as good as before
peripheral
resist
aggravate
impaired
50. Very unsatisfactory - miserable
emission
qualitative
wretched
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