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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 2
ajar     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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sentimental; passionate; excitable; easily moved
unluckily; by bad luck
half-open; slightly turned or opened
showing what someone thinks or feels; indicative
marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment
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assignment     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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explanation;  performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music
an arrangement in a particular order; union
one who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
a bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard; supplementary part; accessory
a task that was given to students; job; distribution; appointment
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beneath     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
continuing or remaining for a long time; enduring; durable
extreme; inordinate; too much
precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming
unexpected; happening by chance, unintentionally
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civilization     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
subsidy; a transaction that provides funds for a business
a human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture
liquid; the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue
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corn     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
someone who leaves one country to settle in another
plants, such as wheat, maize, oats, and barley, that can be used to produce flour
state of refreshing tranquility; an act of making less strict
fort; castle; fortified place, especially a large military stronghold, often includes a town
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disadvantage     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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part; nature;  description of a person's attributes, traits, or abilities
shoulder firearm with a long barrel
drawback; defect; hinder; unfavorable condition or circumstance
one of the large landmasses of the earth
professor; a learned person
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engulf     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to
get greater distance; make more in advance
changed from a solid to a liquid state, especially by the application of heat
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
pick; hit lightly with a picking motion; eat like a bird
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equipment     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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low footwear that can be on and off easily; one who slips or slides because of loss of traction
the power of a country to control its own government
the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a particular purpose
the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals
an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; sudden, and unexpected event
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flexibility     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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moderation or limitation; controlling force; loss of freedom; control of feelings
house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
enemy; one who entertains hatred, grudge; adversary
quality of being adaptable or variable
one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claim; one who competes; rival
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hinterland     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
region; remote and undeveloped area
honor or esteem; admire; aspect; detail or point
glue; paste; the substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
outbreak;  sudden, often violent outburst
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industrious     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; not bright or brilliant
containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
diligent; hard-working; busy, and laborious
innumerable; infinite; too many to count
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liver     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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compression; the act or process of changing from a gas to a liquid or solid state
the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
someone who tells a story
increase by natural growth or addition; concentration
a large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right chest
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occasional     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
failing to be careful enough or to give enough attention to your responsibilities; inattentive
sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
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plate     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a magnifier of images of distant objects
a flat piece of metal; thick sheet of metal; small, usually circular, the vessel of metal or wood for the food table
fort; castle; fortified place, especially a large military stronghold, often includes a town
expression of deep sorrow because someone has died
process of making things clearer or easier to understand
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qualified     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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affected with madness; insane; deranged
restricted; having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task
of tens; numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten
capable; able to do something well
of molecules;  relating to simple or basic structure or form
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refute     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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diagnose; study, or examine something in detail to discover more about it
vary; go in different directions from the same point
disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
give up temporarily; yield; give up voluntarily; defer
accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
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sharpen     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively
succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp
make pointed; make sharp or sharper
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starvation     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
similarity in form or character; agreement
grass or other plants, cut and dried for fodder
organ or seat of the intellect; understanding or imagination
film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; of or derived from documents
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terribly     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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full of loud and nonmusical sounds; clamorous
dreadfully; frightfully; to a great extent; very much
dependable; stocky; euphemisms for fat
clearly; without question and beyond doubt
concordant; accordant; suitable and fitting
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urge     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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force in an indicated direction; stimulate or prompt action
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
join, or fasten together; associate; combine; unite or link together
form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; judge of at random
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
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