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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 2
administer     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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go through an area in search of prey; pursue; walk with a stiff or angry gait; move threateningly
govern; supervise; give or apply medications
deceive; cause someone to believe something that is not true
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
make loose or looser; make less severe or strict
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astray     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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away from the correct path or direction, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering
doubtlessly; in an acknowledged manner; confessedly
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
involving risk or danger; hazardous
imprecise; indistinct; not clearly expressed; inexplicit
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bridle     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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memory; remembrance; the power of recalling ideas to the mind
defensive covering for the head; hat, made of cork, felt, or metal, worn as a uniform of soldiers, firemen
headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins
similarity in form or character; agreement
plan for an anticipated course of action; thing that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface
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coinage     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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a weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing
associate; partner; either of two matching objects
chief; an officer who is in charge of a military operation
support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
coins collectively
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corrosion     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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overbearing pride; haughtiness; manifest feeling of personal superiority in rank, power, or estimation
assigning to a class or category
the joint which connects the foot with the leg; tarsus
the process of corroding, or metal that has been corroded; decay
the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media
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disposed     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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of dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow
of or relating to the system for delivering mail
acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
timid; bashful; easily startled; distrustful
prepared; inclined; be ready; being a particular condition of the body or health
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earthquake     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; groan softly and continuously
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
large timber or post; heap; hair; fiber of wool, cotton; head of an arrow or spear
product made during the manufacture of something else
quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
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fiction     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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competition; the act of competing as for a profit or a prize
unconcern; disinterest; lack of enthusiasm
story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment; criticism
the exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object
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giant     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a substance used to color materials
person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual
a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep
end a marriage; legal dissolution of a marriage
fruit of the oak and beech; a pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, set upright in a boat to sustain sail
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hay     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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the long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea; aviation
an aggressive willingness to compete
marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell
grass or other plants, cut and dried for fodder
a dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
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inquiry     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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fluid; juice; substance in a fluid state
head of a state government
a successful ending of struggle or contest; a defeat of an enemy or opponent
arousing an organism to action
investigation; search for knowledge
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logical     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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completely clear and fine
reasonable; based on known statements or events or conditions
according to the letter or verbal expression; exactly as stated
having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
sentimental; passionate; excitable; easily moved
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nervous     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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productive; fertile; producing results; profitable
agitated; worried and anxious
definitive; decisive; final
reasonable; based on known statements or events or conditions
repeated; recurring at intervals of time
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pebble     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
arousing an organism to action
small smooth rounded rock
song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
treeless grassy plain; extensive area of flat or rolling
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prosperity     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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good fortune; financial success; physical well-being
residence; place to live in; abode
enjoying yourself when you are not working; entertainment
assigning to a class or category
story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house;
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rehearse     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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lighten; cheer; encourage; make or become bright or brighter
ask with earnestness or importunity; ask with submission or humility; beg
blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
practice; drill; engage in preparation for a public performance
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risky     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
involving risk or danger; hazardous
on a ship, train, plane, or other vehicles; in or into a group, organization, or business
acceptable; good or good enough for a particular need or purpose
not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
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squash     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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decorate with needlework; add details to
set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control; discharge; release
crush something into a flat shape
changed from a solid to a liquid state, especially by the application of heat
pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
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telescope     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment; criticism
the craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
a system that provides quantitative information about finances
a magnifier of images of distant objects
altitude; the height of a place above the level of the sea
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voyage     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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an oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning
achievement; fulfillment; something that is successful
the long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea; aviation
distress; uneasiness; mental or bodily distress
applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
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