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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. Terrible -frightful
weird
tact
paternal
horrid
2. To buy something or spend money or time on something - because it will be useful for you
invest in
phony
aggravate
rash
3. Small animals that are troublesome or destructive
convict (v)
daze
relieve
vermin
4. Swear - curse
oath
executive (n)
moderately
monarch
5. To completely stop something by making it illegal
qualified
outlaw (v)
precede
rudimentary
6. Look angry by lowering the eyebrows - frown
swell
nimble
scowl
betray
7. To explain the meaning of something
eradicate
interpret
reckless
inquiry
8. Not looking/studying carefully
calamity
vigor
superficial
fauna
9. Restless - anxious
perceive
undeniable
rash
uneasy
10. To succeed in learning information that is hidden - or that someone does not want to tell you
neutral
vulgar
acknowledge
ease something ↔ out
11. Hobby
perceive
pastime
juvenile
interpret
12. Liquid from your mouth
cautious
spit
hantom
compel
13. Understand
fragile
crafty
cease
comprehend
14. A programme on the radio or on television
bewildered
embrace
broadcast
nourish
15. Set a penalty for
penalize
deceive
seclusion
probe
16. A trap
verify
ambush
indifference
wary
17. Against
tegen
swell
abolish
crumble
18. Select
declare
opt
resist
follow on (to/from)
19. All the animals living in a particular area
brutal
fauna
ritual
manipulate
20. Not as important as other things or people in a particular activity - idea - or situation
morsel
peripheral
hinder
grateful
21. A noisy violent person who causes trouble by fighting
contrivance
culprit
despite
hooligan
22. Closly packed together -thick
mountebank
fugitive
dense
occupation
23. A criminal - an outcast - an exile
repetition
outlaw (n)
thrust
molest
24. Measures taken beforehand -foresight
precaution
descend
severity
penalize
25. Find out
consider
envy
befall
detect
26. Too much
stiff
repetition
infrastructure
excessive
27. Remove - omit
eliminate
revive
vigor
be taken aback (by something)
28. Strive against -oppose
hazy
strike
chaos
resist
29. Job or profession
attentive
equivalent
executive (n)
vocation
30. Grieve - feel or show sorrow for
bewildered
mourn
mob
commend
31. As much as is needed
impairment
ignite
adequate
dilemma
32. Native
mosquito
sinister
curriculum
indigenous
33. A period of time between two dates or events
panic
expel (v)
span
penalize
34. Look forward to - expect
anticipate
innovative
swell
repetition
35. Fake
mustard
phony
linger
surge
36. Hunger
vain
starvation
temperate
detect
37. A tax on goods coming into a country or going out of a country
reveal
exhaust
miser
ariff
38. Put an end to
nimble
extravagant
abolish
menace
39. In order to
so as
mourn
inuit
show up
40. Signal by a motion of the hand or head
detour
precedence
ignite
beckon
41. Search into - investigate - examine
toil
probe
cartilage
integrate
42. Unclear - not certain
strike
prosecute
ambiguity
ranch
43. To dare - to expose to risk
partial
elucidate
descend
venture
44. A ship - especially a military one - that can stay under water
pioneer
submarine
defect
repetition
45. One who goes first and prepares a way for others
trout
pioneer
navigation
utilize
46. Equal in amount or value
revive
rash
equivalent
span
47. To disobey or do something against an official law
delegate (v)
budget
mob
violate
48. Hug
juvenile
delegate (n)
cuddle
outlaw (n)
49. Vary
cultivation
exempt +from
cease
alter
50. Cruel or unfair control over other people
tyranny
livelihood
matrimony
assess (v)