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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. Fog -mist
vapor
awkward
maim
unprecedented
2. The continuous changes and problems that affect a situation or someone's life
consider
flora
vicissitudes
nocturnal
3. Look angry by lowering the eyebrows - frown
juvenile
scowl
absurd
ease something ↔ out
4. The power you have because of your official position
pauper
acknowledge
plight (of)
authority
5. Mental/visual/cognitive/hearing etc impairment
fortunate
impairment
surpass
nutrient
6. Sth that is done to continue sth that was done before
attentive
priority
detest
follow on (to/from)
7. Stingy - like a miser
assemble
miserly
vicissitudes
drastic
8. Admit to be true
acknowledge
reveal
compensate
roam
9. Irony - satire
chaos
famine
sarcasm
thrust
10. To go around searching for food
forage for food
bait
vigor
lubricate
11. Doubt because you do not agree completely with a plan
reservation
villain
sanitation
equivalent
12. Headless - careless
reckless
bakelite
sniff
trout
13. A large noisy crowd
weary
mob
equivalent
obstacle
14. Always wanting more food - money -...
prior
greedy
phony
jockey (n)
15. To remain alive or continue to exist for a long time
mutate
endure
marvelous
chills
16. Move away from the enemy
sustain
assess (v)
retreat
stiff
17. A very large farm
ranch
mustard
priority
vermin
18. To disobey or do something against an official law
tire out
violate
casualty
welfare
19. Very unsatisfactory - miserable
prosecute
beneficiary
wretched
incentive
20. Make less - reduce the pain of - replace
slender
mob
relieve
wretched
21. Strong
panic
robust
enfranchise
diner
22. Having suitable knowledge - experience - or skills - especially for a particular job
qualified
squad
greedy
plea
23. Follow - proceed along
pursue
penetrate
assessment
revise
24. Hug
detect
seclusion
embrace
menace
25. Decrease
lessen (v)
relieve
wobble
scrutinize
26. Dishonest person who tricks and deceives people
revise
ariff
mountebank
enthusiasm
27. Offender
serpent
culprit
indifference
precedence
28. A chemical substance used to kill insects
collapse
ease something ↔ out
pesticide
hinder
29. Sharp points sticking out
delegate (v)
jagged
homicide
beckon
30. The education and care that you are given as a child - and the way it affects your later development and attitudes
nurture
peripheral
panic
precedence
31. To come before something else in a series
bakelite
evolution
ppropriate
precede
32. Smell
odour
peripheral
assessment
defect
33. In spite of
vermin
consent
despite
ignite
34. Find out
detect
tyranny
utter
bigamy
35. Act of doing or saying again
repetition
juvenile
inquiry
interpret
36. The science or job of planning which way you need to go when you are travelling from one place to another
uneasy
nocturnal
resist
navigation
37. To try very hard
revise
endeavour
hinder
vast
38. More than enough - very plentiful
suffragette
reveal
abundant
invest in
39. Break down - fail suddenly
integrate
collapse
so as
sustain
40. Not very hot or very cold
enounce
innovative
moderate temperatures
wobble
41. Like those of a kind father towards his children
advocate
culprit
strike
paternal
42. Walker
eliminate
juvenile
venture
pedestrian
43. Comparing
versus
arouse
subside
precaution
44. Of no use
hantom
casualty
vain attempts
manipulate
45. Cry loud and long
slender
executive (n)
starvation
wail
46. To explain something
impaired
elucidate
nurture
revive
47. Representative
delegate (n)
suspect (v)
pioneer
tire out
48. A criminal - an outcast - an exile
outlaw (n)
revision of
contrivance
executive (n)
49. Not to be denied
advocate
scrutinize
venue
undeniable
50. Customer
opt
eliminate
incentive
client