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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
alley     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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monthly payment; a part of a published serial
a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing
the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
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apparition     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
genetics; inheritance; the genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
a heavy textile with a woven design
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clientele     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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something that is carried out; act or action; feat or exploit
clients of professional person; the body of customers or patrons
any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory insects of the family Acrididae
one who conducts someone as an attendant; guard; protection, care, or safeguard on a journey
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
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counteract     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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see briefly; catch sight of
cancel; revoke command or order; order or direct in opposition to; prohibit; forbid
force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
negate; act against
make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
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distasteful     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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expressing aversion or dislike; disagreeable
attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable
lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
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exhaust     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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relate to particular cause or source; ascribe; explain
make a sound quieter and less clear
set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time
wear out completely; tire; drain of resources or properties; deplete; use up completely
bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
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forego     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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a drawback, as with fear or pain; show fear
overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense
precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
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grievous     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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deserving high respect; impressive because of age; profoundly honored
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
not agreeing with tastes or expectations
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indebted     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
global; universal; throughout the world
able to live both on land and in water
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irrevocable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in the form of cartoon
unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good;  god or angel
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
being in low spirits; depressed
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lineage     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
small European insectivore, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines
a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
combination of two or more elements or parts
direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
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moat     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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deep wide ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
card for sending messages by post without an envelope
expression of warm approval; praise
one who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill; milling machine
gorge; deep narrow steep-sided valley
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persuasive     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
in or into a high place; high or higher up
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
with honesty; rightfully; fairly
capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief
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precept     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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courtesy towards women
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
standard or scale of measurement; an instrument for measuring or testing
writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter
small fruit tree with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity
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purification     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a hand tool for driving screws
act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
act of purging of sin or guilt; the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
act of redeeming or condition of having been redeemed; rescue upon payment of ransom
any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus; durable wood of any of these trees or shrubs
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seasoned     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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for a limited time only
covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another
experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby; aged or processed
harmless; innocent; giving no offense
rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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smelt     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
feed to the full; feed luxuriously; glut; indulge with rich food
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spell     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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a drawback, as with fear or pain; show fear
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
bend; lay on closely, or in folds; work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; press upon
read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction
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swelling     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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authority; right and power to interpret and apply the law
prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
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vie     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm; deceive into trustfulness; become calm
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
confirm; prove the truth by a presentation of evidence or testimony
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