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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 4
accord     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
optical instruments that contain reflecting elements, such as mirrors and prisms; general or comprehensive view
settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states
a large body of ice that flows under its mass, usually downhill
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bookcase     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporate; something that is just and fair
defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons
dampness; moisture; a measurement of how much water there is in the air
wavelike motion; undulation; sound like that of water running over a stony bottom
case with shelves for holding books, especially one with glazed doors
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compile     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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comply with; follow; fit; meet
draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
pollute; make dirty or spotty
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
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conserve     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
forward; send from one person or place to another
deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste
take on; embark on; assume
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deplete     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze.
construct; stand; set up
decay, or to cause something to decay
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
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elapse     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze.
gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
put into effect; supply with tools
graze; skim or glance at casually
slip or glide away; pass away silently
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exemplify     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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shrink; reduce in size; become less
surpass; exceed; pass beyond the limits of
serve as an example of; embody
do harm to; inflict damage; do injustice to
move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
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ferocious     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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city center; one who lives in a city center
easily understood; clear; intelligible
having greater length than breadth, especially when rectangular
fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
temporary; provided for present need only
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hinder     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form
put out or expel from a place; discharge
make useful; find a practical use for; utilize
put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
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idiom     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment
component or part; citizen, voter
large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
an expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees
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loath     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
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mimic     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify
carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving
detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear
copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
include; consist of; be composed of
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observatory     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
place for making observations on the heavenly bodies; building fitted with instruments for observations of space
pouring or streaming downwards especially  a heavy or continuous shower
small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
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outskirt     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits
part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
whirling motion; eddy, as of water
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pliable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
extremely disturbed from emotion
arranged in customary order of the letters of a language
extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
questionable; filled with doubt
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recline     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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cause or permit to lean, incline, rest; place in a recumbent position
restrict in movement; circumscribe
wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob
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reside     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device
travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles; be carried along with something else
move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
dwell; live in a place permanently or for an extended period
trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
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slum     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it
essential quality; reputation; honor
dividing line; border; frontier
tumor; abnormal growth of tissue resulting from uncontrolled, progressive multiplication of cells
a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
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synonym     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a bowl-shaped tool with many small holes, used to separate larger from smaller pieces or solids from a liquid
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature
lack of self-confidence or courage
two words that can be interchanged in a context
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vehement     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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temporary; provided for present need only
being beyond what is required or sufficient
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
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