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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. Easily broken - delicate
fragile
arouse
starvation
pioneer
2. To completely stop something by making it illegal
paternal
outlaw (v)
disclose
legitimate
3. Move away from the enemy
vicious
retreat
bully (n)
baffle
4. To become worse
mustard
deteriorate
absurd
ease something ↔ out
5. Long and thin
slender
revise
advocate
conduct
6. In spite of
despite
consider
fugitive
detest
7. Thriving -careful inspending
thrifty
awesome
perish
suspect (n)
8. Closly packed together -thick
subside
anticipate
collapse
dense
9. A noisy crowl or fight
pauper
trout
observant
brawl
10. Become healthy again
elucidate
exempt +from
emission
heal
11. Expand
envy
grateful
squad
swell
12. A roundabout way
vaporize
abundant
detour
pupil
13. Student
scorn
repertoire
penalize
pupil
14. The basic systems and structures that a country or organization needs in order to work properly - for example roads - railways - banks etc:
ntamed
comprehend
infrastructure
outlaw (v)
15. Prohibit - forbid
ban
sneer
mount
detect
16. Clever
scrutinize
awesome
delegate (v)
ingenious
17. The state of being in prison
fauna
imprisonment
manipulate
crafty
18. Prove someone guilty of a crime
pupil
convict (v)
chills
eradicate
19. Special skills or knowledge in a particular subject - learning by experience or training
expertise
vocation
casual
marvelous
20. Like those of a kind father towards his children
ambiguity
paternal
unprecedented
eradicate
21. Something that you do regularly and in the same way each time [↪ routine]
panic
anticipate
ritual
enfranchise
22. Put an end to
mutate
quench
brutal
crafty
23. Combine or work together
integrate
elucidate
observant
brutal
24. Walker
mistreat
eradicate
penetrate
pedestrian
25. Hunger
starvation
attorney
vicissitudes
declare
26. Give up - abandon
weary
quench
aforesaid
surrender
27. Light and quick
harsh
forage for food
nimble
merit
28. To think that something is probably true - especially something bad
suspect (v)
lawn
juvenile
fervor
29. Blunder (while speaking) - make a mistake
bait
bakelite
stumble
maim
30. On neither side of a quarrel or war
neutral
blunder
predict
ambition
31. If something unpleasant or dangerous befalls you - it happens to you
phony
befall
mob
vigor
32. A noisy violent person who causes trouble by fighting
incentive
lessen (v)
hooligan
venture
33. In complete agreement
arouse
unanimous
vicissitudes
evade
34. Make less - reduce the pain of - replace
relieve
cartilage
outlaw (n)
transmit
35. To go around searching for food
pastime
incentive
moderately
forage for food
36. Weak
reveal
feeble
vaporize
declare
37. Swear - curse
oath
cartilage
squad
repetition
38. Mysterious - unearthy
weird
aviation
plight (of)
mob
39. To prevent someone from having something
deprive
contrivance
apparel
impairment
40. Be too hard to understand or solve
livelihood
probe
vicissitudes
baffle
41. To give part of your power or work to someone
arctic
delegate (v)
detest
cease
42. Always wanting more food - money -...
greedy
crucial
recall
lessen (v)
43. Native
ambiguity
detect
endure
indigenous
44. To explain something
elucidate
pastime
assessment
nurture
45. Cruel or unfair control over other people
tyranny
scorn
wobble
detect
46. Get into or through
superiority
penetrate
squander
pedestrian
47. Ability to say the right thing
emerge
tact
rash
jerk
48. Stingy - like a miser
miserly
superficial
cater for somebody/something
reservation
49. To try very hard
brawl
fine (v)
endeavour
homicide
50. A harmless substance given to a sick person instead of medicine - without telling them it is not real.
brutal
vacate
flora
placebo