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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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1. Grieve - feel or show sorrow for
imprisonment
disaster
priority
mourn
2. Not sufficiently fed -malnourished
maim
strike
undernourished
juror
3. Fault -that which is wrong
precaution
defect
inuit
nocturnal
4. An offender - criminal
sinister
crumble
delinquent
greedy
5. Challenging
defiant
serpent
flora
destitute (v)
6. Always wanting more food - money -...
clown
mutate
greedy
deteriorate
7. Tierd
miser
weary
acknowledge
compensate
8. Forbid by law or authority
serpent
prohibit
lopsided
assess (v)
9. Very tired
fugitive
tire out
quench
nimble
10. A common river-fish
menace
eradicate
trout
miserly
11. Great - enormous
vast
tire out
moderately
bully (v)
12. To give part of your power or work to someone
revive
dispute
delegate (v)
expel (v)
13. Follow - proceed along
pursue
imprisonment
superiority
recall
14. Manager
cultivation
weary
executive (n)
compel
15. Sb who is eating in a restaurant
diner
opt
squeeze
grateful
16. If become drier and smaller and start to die
squander
wither
squeeze
suspect (v)
17. To prevent someone from having something
precede
fragile
deprive
disaster
18. Measures taken beforehand -foresight
surge
precaution
hooligan
sneer
19. Clever - having new ideas
oath
envy
innovative
monarch
20. To breathe air into your nose noisily
implement
sniff
ambition
phony
21. A job or profession
occupation
thrust
hooligan
freight
22. You have to pay money because of something you have done
incur
decree
cartilage
manipulate
23. Goodness - worth - value
ambition
disaster
merit
sinister
24. Set a penalty for
precaution
incentive
warden
penalize
25. Getting annoyed quickly or easily [= crabby]
predict
marvelous
irritable
rehabilitate
26. Like those of a kind father towards his children
paternal
vain attempts
perceive
pauper
27. Combine or work together
superiority
integrate
beckon
famine
28. Very strong belief or feeling - eager
disaster
ntamed
fervor
seclusion
29. To make it difficult for something to develop or succeed
submarine
destitute (v)
hinder
indigenous
30. Pull out
extract
ritual
moderately
panic
31. A very large farm
crucial
tyranny
sniff
ranch
32. To threaten to hurt someone or frighten them - especially someone smaller or weaker
cuddle
bully (v)
calamity
rehabilitate
33. In complete agreement
Anarchy
unanimous
sustain
valiant
34. Walker
pedestrian
cuddle
resist
aforesaid
35. Too hasty or careless
measure
rash
blunder
prosper
36. To hit or knock hard against sth
perceive
surge
reform
strike
37. Break down - fail suddenly
surrender
fortify
collapse
reform
38. To explain something that is difficult to understand
delegate (n)
venture
elucidate
maternal
39. A harmless substance given to a sick person instead of medicine - without telling them it is not real.
linger
disorder
client
placebo
40. Begin - start
be taken aback (by something)
exhaust
commence
mistreat
41. [≠optimistic]
underdog
mourn
pessimistic
vaporize
42. Lucky
dilemma
fortunate
implement
oath
43. Ceremony
inuit
cargo
submarine
ritual
44. Cruel or unfair control over other people
incentive
awesome
vacate
tyranny
45. A strong substance that can bend - which is around the joints in your body and in your outer ear
maim
cartilage
abundant
fare
46. Small amount - little bit
ambush
pessimistic
salute
trifle
47. Ability to say the right thing
monarch
bait
compensate
tact
48. Spend foolishly - waste
retreat
trifle
squander
be taken aback (by something)
49. Think out - plan - invent
incur
vigor
comprehend
device
50. Help that is provided for poor people
pauper
monarch
welfare
inuit