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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
advocate     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
ability or power to seize or attain; understanding; comprehension
act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of the law; attacking or assaulting
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
one that argues for a cause; supporter or defender
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armor     Speak
 
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n.  
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collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic
pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
the distant view, especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
shield; defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons
stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
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brute     Speak
 
(3)
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relatively; in comparison
most advantageous; optimum; ideal
secretive, not openly shown
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence
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corporal     Speak
 
(4)
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being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
legendary; fictitious; existing in myth
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
belonging or relating to the body; bodily; noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant
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destitute     Speak
 
(5)
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ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
excessively sensitive; susceptible; having an allergy
free, without charge; costing nothing
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
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fairy     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
ability to foresee future happenings
lack of gratitude; forgetfulness of kindness or favors received
act of redeeming or condition of having been redeemed; rescue upon payment of ransom
enchantment; illusion; imaginary supernatural being or spirit
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feverish     Speak
 
(7)
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late; delayed; moving slowly
marked by intense agitation or emotion
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
unconventional in an artistic way
out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty
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heretic     Speak
 
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n.  
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fortress; a fortified place which people could go for shelter during a battle
one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
a gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages; extreme oldness
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inapt     Speak
 
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being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
capable of being molded; capable of being shaped or formed; easily influenced
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
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inordinate     Speak
 
(10)
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lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
exceeding reasonable limits; excessive; not regulated; disorderly
having the supreme legislative power
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meridian     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
imaginary circle on the surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman
part of military force which serves on horseback
backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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morsel     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
coarse food for cattle or horses
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
bringing or coming to an end; cease
follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
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overestimate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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make too high an estimate of
gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
tie, wrap, or gather together; hurry; hasten; dress oneself warmly
set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
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pious     Speak
 
(14)
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late; delayed; moving slowly
devout; religious; exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
light up by or as by fire or flame; of tremendous intensity or fervor
global; universal; throughout the world
mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief
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reconciliation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed
act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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reverence     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
one who sets devices to catch animals
withdrawing or retiring; moving back; retreat; state of being withdrawn; seclusion
profound respect with fear and affection, as for a holy place; showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy
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span     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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confirm; prove the truth by a presentation of evidence or testimony
cancel; make void; repeal or annul
sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
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spinning     Speak
 
(18)
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being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
continued;  maintained at length without interruption or weakening
produced by imagination; characterized by vision or foresight; imaginary; idealistic
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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trash     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals
ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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vaccinate     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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speak clearly and distinctly; utter a speech sound; be jointed; make clear or effective
perform or produce immunity
hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
lean or cause to lean to the side; lean over; itemize
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