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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. Speak - express
consider
utter
excel
squad
2. Decrease
lessen (v)
exhaust
suffrage
interpret
3. Move away from the enemy
vapor
retreat
wither
exempt from
4. Praise
commend
robust
mob
morsel
5. To remember
destitute (v)
curriculum
recall
baffle
6. Ceremony of marriage
tact
matrimony
reservation
undernourished
7. Restless - anxious
devour
precede
emission
uneasy
8. To explain the meaning of something
hazy
interpret
mourn
so as
9. One who is expected to lose
greedy
underdog
alter
acknowledge
10. Be better than - do better than
excel
merchandise
observant
marvelous
11. Most important and that needs attention before anything else
priority
pastime
vicissitudes
culprit
12. Able to be heard
maternal
mountebank
audible
scorn
13. Put an end to
temperate
abolish
jerk
irritable
14. Lawyer
menace
scowl
imprisonment
attorney
15. Someone usually a child who studies very hard
devour
show up
swot (n)
hazy
16. To explain something that is difficult to understand
implement
elucidate
swell
robust
17. Offender
commence
regulation
culprit
odour
18. Great - enormous
decree
paternal
awesome
vast
19. Someone who rides horses in races
perish
retreat
nourish
jockey (n)
20. Understand
apparel
comprehend
ntamed
oath
21. Vary
disorder
suffragette
alter
retreat
22. Lucky
superficial
precedence
welfare
fortunate
23. Someone who uses their strength or power to frighten or hurt someone who is weaker
abolish
expertise
bully (n)
vain attempts
24. A noisy violent person who causes trouble by fighting
suffragette
surpass
hooligan
prosper
25. Stingy - like a miser
miserly
lubricate
dash
fortify
26. Doubt because you do not agree completely with a plan
lessen (v)
reservation
accurate
aggravate
27. Penetrate
pierce
juvenile
prohibit
trifle
28. A yard or park covered with grass
collapse
lawn
placebo
overstate
29. One who goes first and prepares a way for others
temperate
pioneer
article
surge
30. The state of being in prison
imprisonment
delegate (v)
awkward
declare
31. To officially force someone to leave a school or organization
underdog
shrewd
verify
expel (v)
32. Unreasoning fear
mourn
qualitative
panic
decree
33. Someone who is not generous
observant
beneficiary
miser
assess (v)
34. The science or job of planning which way you need to go when you are travelling from one place to another
impaired
violate
navigation
ambush
35. Bring before a court
lawn
prosper
prosecute
brutal
36. The price you pay to travel somewhere by bus - train - plane etc
crafty
fare
excel
tire out
37. Fog -mist
warden
vapor
merit
pessimistic
38. To gradually take more of someone's time - possessions - rights etc than you should
solemn
surpass
indigenous
encroach
39. To move with a quick sudden movement
cuddle
jerk
paternal
hantom
40. Law -rule
onstitution
valiant
squad
rudimentary
41. Flying insect that sucks the blood of people
peripheral
mosquito
elucidate
bully (v)
42. Remove - omit
chaos
eliminate
innovative
penalize
43. Hard plastic
bakelite
sarcasm
wobble
squad
44. Set a penalty for
penalize
expel (v)
equivalent
fragile
45. Clever
ingenious
conduct
suspect (v)
devour
46. Having two wives or two husbands at the same time
bigamy
opt
submarine
wary
47. [≠optimistic]
alter
suffragette
pessimistic
revive
48. Too hasty or careless
observant
resist
innovative
rash
49. Act of doing or saying again
excel
marvelous
repetition
opt
50. Go or come down from a higher place to a lower level
blunder
fortunate
descend
pioneer