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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
allergy     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus; durable wood of any of these trees or shrubs
hypersensitivity reaction; abnormally high sensitivity to certain substances
one that argues for a cause; supporter or defender
one who executes, especially one who puts a condemned person to death; an executor
a natural appearance of coloured light in the sky, that is usually seen nearest the Arctic or Antarctic
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aversion     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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an elementary particle with 0 charges and mass about equal to a proton
quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
flat or level surface; level of development, existence, or achievement
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cautiously     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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gingerly; carefully; in a conservative manner
majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
moved by sexual love; loving
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
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corporation     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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act of burning something
business firm; a group of people combined into or acting as one body
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
covering of feathers on the bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress
a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
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destitute     Speak
 
(5)
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terribly; with alarm; fearfully
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
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entreaty     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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treatment; reception; entertainment
a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves, with clusters of small, yellowish-white flowers
the weapon, consisting of a long handle and steel blade or head; spear by horsemen, often decorated with a small flag
short ax used to chop wood
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fig     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
earnest activity intended to do or accomplish something; exertion powers to attain an object
lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
small fruit tree with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity
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groom     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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the most powerful members of society
breaking of contract or duty; breaking of waves or surf; fissure or gap
act of modifying, or state of being modified; modified form or condition; a change
guard to protect or defend person; lifeguard
boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom
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indebted     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
protected from danger or bad weather
having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
insane; mad; wildly or giddily foolish
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insolence     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite
scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
single-mast sailing boat
an artist who creates sculptures
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marshy     Speak
 
(11)
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middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in the form of cartoon
muddy; swampy; resembling a marsh; boggy; soft and watery
remote from civilization; left desolate or empty; abandoned
experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
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microbe     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a long heroic poem, or similar work of art
coarse food for cattle or horses
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
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persistent     Speak
 
(13)
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tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
without advance preparation; naturally
having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in the form of cartoon
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pious     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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free, without charge; costing nothing
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
kindly; favorable; not malignant
supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
devout; religious; exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
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rebel     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
a drawback, as with fear or pain; show fear
color a material, especially by soaking in a coloring solution; take on or impart color
revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs
perceive intuitively; foresee future; have nature of or being a deity
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rider     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
humanistic study of language and literature
restoration; the activity of constructing something again
amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
small fruit tree with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity
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shortcut     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a subtle or slight degree of difference; a small difference in meaning
firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character
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sublime     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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bodily; of material nature; tangible
crowded to capacity; compressed
of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
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syrup     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
act of redeeming or condition of having been redeemed; rescue upon payment of ransom
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
production by a gradual process; the act of working out with great care in detail
a thick sweet sticky liquid
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whisper     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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a gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
bringing or coming to an end; cease
speaking in a quiet voice; soft speech produced without a full voice; secretly expressed belief, rumor, or hint
the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
dignified or magnificent display; splendor
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