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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 2
affirmative     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity
confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
eager; keen; worried; uneasy, and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair
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apologize     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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sever into two or more parts or pieces; separate into parts; cause to be separate
beg pardon; tell someone that you are sorry for having done something
treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
widen; grow broad or broader
support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
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bean     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media
status of a citizen with rights and duties
various edible seeds; small oval or roundish seed, berry, nut, or lump
act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
a rapid series of short, loud sounds; loosely connected horny sections
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companion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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associate; partner; either of two matching objects
something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds
worker; someone who works with their hands
help, especially money or resources that are given to people
an oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning
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congressman     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
region; territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing; division of territory
change in appearance, nature, disposition, condition, or the like
man who is a member of the U.S. Congress, especially of the House of Representatives
capacity to attract intense interest
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distinguished     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down
prominent; celebrated, well-known, or eminent because of past achievements
common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
inadvertently; by chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially or intrinsically
relative; based on, or involving comparison
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divide     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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sever into two or more parts or pieces; separate into parts; cause to be separate
compute; determine; estimate
bite or chew on with the teeth
contest; try to be more successful than someone else
renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
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feed     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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bring forward; lead forth; offer to view or notice; exhibit; cause to be or to happen
give food to; supply with nourishment
take keen or zestful pleasure in; enjoy the flavor of; give spice or flavor to
emit rays of light; give light; beam with steady radiance; exhibit brightness or splendor
suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
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glisten     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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include; incorporate; be capable of holding
deceive; cause someone to believe something that is not true
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
draw to, or cause to tend to; engage or fix, as the mind, attention; invite or allure
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hide     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control; discharge; release
frighten; alarm; strike with sudden fear
dominate; occupy; have and control fully and exclusively
prevent from being seen or discovered
render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
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implication     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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a boxlike container in a piece of furniture, made so as to slide in and out
dense, soft, often curly hair forming the coat of sheep and certain other mammals
fort; castle; fortified place, especially a large military stronghold, often includes a town
something hinted at or suggested; an act of implying; condition of being implied
large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
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longevity     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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task or assignment undertaken; career
long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
a wave motion; a situation in which prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down
trees usually having narrow leaves
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noisy     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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not sufficient to meet a need; insufficient; poor
enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
continuing or remaining for a long time; enduring; durable
full of loud and nonmusical sounds; clamorous
constituting or affording pleasing views of natural features; beautiful
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plain     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a tendency to keep together
the joint between the hand and the forearm
without elevations or depressions; flat; smooth; not rich; simple; without beauty; not handsome
song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
location; place; site; pinpoint; mark to allow easy recognition
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precision     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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cutting away parts to create the desired shape
structure that gives shape or support; closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines
exactness; accuracy; the number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured
location; place; site; pinpoint; mark to allow easy recognition
articles of merchandise;  style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise
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rehearse     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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lighten; cheer; encourage; make or become bright or brighter
overlay with other cords going round and round it; take or move by a sudden motion; clean completely
terminate; make a break in
revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
practice; drill; engage in preparation for a public performance
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selection     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same direct ancestor and kept distinct
physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
choice; variety; collection
skill; gift; marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment
help, especially money or resources that are given to people
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sticky     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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knowledgeable about literature; of or relating to or characteristic of literature
expressing of praise, admiration, or congratulation;  given free to repay a favor or as an act of courtesy
widespread; far-reaching; wide
glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
in an uncomfortable, nervous, or embarrassed way
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termination     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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choice and use of words in speech or writing
metallic or earthen vessel  for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, or for plant
end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion
exact sameness; the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
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variance     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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writing that is arranged in short lines with a regular rhythm; poetry
lens used to concentrate light on an object; an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid
worker; a person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation
chief; an officer who is in charge of a military operation
an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way
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