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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 2
admire     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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condemn openly; criticize; make known in a formal manner
frighten; alarm; strike with sudden fear
permit to enter; receive; provide the right or a means of entrance to
regard with wonder or astonishment; view with surprise; marvel at
enrage; infuriate; cause to be extremely angry
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approximately     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents
very similarly; roughly
causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple
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brown     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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bright or brilliant; extremely attractive or exciting
compatible; in agreement or harmony with
agitated; worried and anxious
not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
of dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow
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complexity     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a dish served as the last course of a meal
any of various ruminant mammals, of the genus Capra, related to the sheep; scapegoat
act later than planned; put off; adjournment
complication; the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand
stick; a long thin implement made of metal or wood
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contemptuous     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
out of houses; out of doors
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
wanting very much to do or have something
lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
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deformation     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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writing that is arranged in short lines with a regular rhythm; poetry
very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
exactness; accuracy; the number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured
alteration in the shape or dimensions; a change for the worse
easiness; plainness; absence of luxury or showiness; lack of good sense or intelligence; foolishness
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earthquake     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
connection, whether of persons or things; a union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose
taxi; a one-horse vehicle for public hire
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire
dependence; certainty based on experience
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excitement     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training
act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil
state of being emotionally aroused
remnant; remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age
active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force
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grasp     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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designate; nominate; choose someone officially for a job or responsibility
grip; take hold of or seize firmly with or as if with the hand
put at a disadvantage; prevent the progress or free movement of
distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
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hesitant     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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distinguished from others in excellence
straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
round; shaped like or nearly like a circle
bold; brave and taking risks
reluctant, irresolute; tending to wait, or proceed with caution or reservation
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inevitably     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
metropolitan;  of, relating to, or located in a city
unavoidably; in a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent
straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
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juice     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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liquid; the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue
recognition; taste; judgment or opinion, especially a favorable one
very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
the physical force exerted to violate, damage, or abuse
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mock     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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defeat another in competition or conflict; conquer; prevail over
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
speak; express; send forth with the voice
emit rays of light; give light; beam with steady radiance; exhibit brightness or splendor
ratify; consider right or good; think or speak favorably of
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pluck     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
make and administer the public policy and affairs of
pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
not allow; prohibit; prevent
grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
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postulate     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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freedom from risk or danger; safety
end a marriage; legal dissolution of a marriage
one who has legal title to something; owner
a person who establishes an organization, business
essential premise; the underlying assumption
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remainder     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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one who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience; sorcerer; wizard
travel for discovery
remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
act of making copies
performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging; harmony; accord
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shipment     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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confidence; mood or spirit of a group that makes the members wants the group to succeed
a way of access consisting of a set of steps
sending of cargo; an act of sending off something
dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave
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standpoint     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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persistently annoying person; an organism that injures livestock or crops
a tendency to keep together
moving or going forward; proceeding onward; advancing
part or portion; share;  indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent;  distribution; arrangement
a mental position from which things are viewed
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tribe     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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the instance that does not conform to a rule
various edible seeds; small oval or roundish seed, berry, nut, or lump
head of a state government
act of making copies
family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same direct ancestor and kept distinct
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undertaking     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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task or assignment undertaken; career
the enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
picture; drawing; showing by example
skill; gift; marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment
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