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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. Irony - satire
sarcasm
wail
revision of
authority
2. Not planned or expected
oath
deprive
endeavour
casual
3. Illtreat -maltreat
mistreat
reservation
arouse
suffragette
4. An animal that is nocturnal is active at night
compel
expel (v)
pauper
nocturnal
5. Select
morsel
venue
collapse
opt
6. Headless - careless
contempt
reckless
warden
maternal
7. Someone who rides horses in races
consider
jockey (n)
miser
temperate
8. The education and care that you are given as a child - and the way it affects your later development and attitudes
shrewd
ambition
nurture
detest
9. Coarse and savage
brutal
so as
crumble
scowl
10. In complete agreement
awesome
cease
follow on (to/from)
unanimous
11. Someone usually a child who studies very hard
swot (n)
wary
enounce
jagged
12. Search into - investigate - examine
probe
trifle
abundant
morsel
13. Request - appeal
plea
outlaw (n)
indigenous
ariff
14. As much as is needed
adequate
perish
casual
crafty
15. The power you have because of your official position
broadcast
wretched
quench
authority
16. To think that something is probably true - especially something bad
grateful
detour
cartilage
suspect (v)
17. To make it difficult for something to develop or succeed
hinder
ppropriate
shrewd
manipulate
18. Misfortune - disaster
pioneer
chills
provision
calamity
19. Money
devour
lopsided
budget
vicious
20. To come before something else in a series
nocturnal
precede
suffragette
eliminate
21. Able to be heard
ambition
juror
audible
greedy
22. To give a group of people the right to vote
opt
grateful
ranch
enfranchise
23. Challenging
valid
defiant
bigamy
assemble
24. Confused completly - puzzled
toil
aforesaid
bewildered
subside
25. Make free from - freed from
exempt +from
squeeze
hantom
collapse
26. In order to
onstitution
disclose
comprehend
so as
27. To become worse
deteriorate
plea
bewildered
dispute
28. The right to vote in national elections
defect
rioter
flora
suffrage
29. Unclear - not certain
scorn
ambiguity
bigamy
versus
30. Give up - leave
overstate
manipulate
vacate
ambush
31. Damaged - not as good as before
impaired
enfranchise
surrender
moderately
32. Signal by a motion of the hand or head
beckon
bakelite
ambush
calamity
33. Win over to do or believe -convince
vapor
trifle
marvelous
persuade
34. Set a penalty for
scrutinize
penalize
valiant
diner
35. To dare - to expose to risk
clown
venture
dweller
juror
36. A harmless substance given to a sick person instead of medicine - without telling them it is not real.
rudimentary
eradicate
placebo
lubricate
37. Quick to notice - watchful
integrate
span
menace
observant
38. Not as important as other things or people in a particular activity - idea - or situation
provision
peripheral
wail
recall
39. Show scorn or contempt
tire out
betray
contempt
sneer
40. A roundabout way
disregard
detour
ranch
livelihood
41. Tricky - sly
crafty
undernourished
molest
emission
42. A woman who tried to gain the right to vote for women especially as a member of a group in Britain or the US in the early 20th century
sanitation
maternal
consider
suffragette
43. Supporter
stumble
juvenile
advocate
merit
44. A very bad situation that someone is in
irritable
disorder
surrender
plight (of)
45. Lawyer
baffle
prohibit
attorney
assemble
46. The protection of public health by removing and treating waste - dirty water etc
juvenile
cuddle
pupil
sanitation
47. Goods that are carried by ship - train - or aircraft - and the system of moving these goods
expertise
excel
freight
accurate
48. To provide a particular group of people with the things they need or want
vast
ppropriate
cater for somebody/something
freight
49. Find out
commence
follow on (to/from)
detect
authority
50. All the plants that grow in a particular place
flora
span
chills
Anarchy