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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. To make a bad situation worse
plea
provision
wobble
aggravate
2. Offender
serpent
emerge
bait
culprit
3. Irony - satire
rudimentary
sarcasm
cease
abolish
4. Blunder (while speaking) - make a mistake
stumble
nourish
bait
contrivance
5. Sb who is eating in a restaurant
diner
ingenious
versus
compensate
6. A plan or trick to make something happen
suffrage
broadcast
contrivance
pastime
7. Not very hot or very cold
wretched
merit
temperate
ritual
8. Not real - but seeming real
jagged
hantom
bait
imprisonment
9. Get into or through
stiff
deceive
penetrate
prosecute
10. Thriving -careful inspending
exempt from
thrifty
lubricate
predict
11. Very basic
rudimentary
sustain
bigamy
awesome
12. A harmless substance given to a sick person instead of medicine - without telling them it is not real.
defraud
cultivation
placebo
rehabilitate
13. Make stronger
vapor
fortify
lawn
mutate
14. Extreme and sudden
surge
suffragette
drastic
superiority
15. Having too muh pride in one's ability - looks - etc
crumble
impaired
chaos
vain
16. Not total
sustain
fine (v)
partial
roam
17. Restless - anxious
uneasy
crafty
contempt
beneficiary
18. Handle or treat skillfully
pastime
thrust
retreat
manipulate
19. Small group
follow on (to/from)
peripheral
drastic
squad
20. Rude and offensive
vulgar
detect
attentive
unanimous
21. The education and care that you are given as a child - and the way it affects your later development and attitudes
nurture
comprehend
device
aforesaid
22. Supporter
advocate
cease
moderately
article
23. Be destroyed - die
odour
elucidate
perish
undertake
24. More than enough - very plentiful
follow on (to/from)
quench
abundant
decree
25. Promise
qualified
pledge
ppropriate
terrestrial
26. To move with a quick sudden movement
uneasy
expertise
ambiguity
jerk
27. Student
maim
pupil
swot (n)
plea
28. Wild
delegate (n)
ntamed
vulgar
decree
29. Forbid by law or authority
compensate
imprisonment
prohibit
bully (n)
30. Behaviour
oath
scrutinize
conduct
bigamy
31. To make it difficult for something to develop or succeed
prior
acknowledge
lawn
hinder
32. Not planned or expected
clown
encroach
casual
valiant
33. One who takes part in a riot
assess (v)
pesticide
rioter
ntamed
34. Not looking/studying carefully
dilemma
tact
superficial
plight (of)
35. To succeed in learning information that is hidden - or that someone does not want to tell you
casual
vain attempts
moderate temperatures
ease something ↔ out
36. A difficult choice
dilemma
sneer
welfare
mob
37. Illtreat -maltreat
mistreat
detour
resist
spit
38. Move away from the enemy
fortify
mosquito
reform
retreat
39. Force
cultivation
sinister
provision
compel
40. Give up - abandon
span
pierce
swot (n)
surrender
41. Hard plastic
suffragette
bakelite
embrace
prohibit
42. To suddenly move very quickly in a particular direction
embrace
hantom
surge
observant
43. Swear - curse
tire out
expel (v)
inquiry
oath
44. Tierd
assess (v)
onstitution
excel
weary
45. Keeper -gaurd
warden
greedy
sustain
reservation
46. A chemical or food that provides what is needed for plants or animals to live and grow
weird
nutrient
merit
superficial
47. Starvation
defiant
famine
dash
fierce
48. Show scorn or contempt
sneer
sustain
superficial
miser
49. Someone usually a child who studies very hard
squad
ave
accurate
swot (n)
50. Dishonest person who tricks and deceives people
occupation
dispute
mountebank
audible