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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
additive     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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feather, especially soft, downy, long, or handsome feather; a token of honor or achievement
sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling
outward appearance or aspect; mode of dress; false appearance
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
something added to a substance, esp. food, to improve it or to preserve it; supplement
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ballroom     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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large room used mainly for dancing
something that encircles like a belt; zodiac, also, the equator; circumference
shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
bodily attitude or position, especially one assumed for an artist or a photographer
trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
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chivalrous     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
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crook     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
provide with temporary quarters, especially for sleeping; rent a room to
read or examine, typically with great care
bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
plead; file a suit against
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disagreeable     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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late; delayed; moving slowly
made or consisting of wool
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
not agreeing with tastes or expectations
having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
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exceedingly     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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muddy; swampy; resembling a marsh; boggy; soft and watery
vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
unforgettable; worthy of being remembered; very important or remarkable
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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flora     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ
rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
prolonged sounds like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth
complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
someone to investigate and report on a case or to ensure fair play
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grievous     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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neighboring; being in contact at some point or line; joining to
in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
light up by or as by fire or flame; of tremendous intensity or fervor
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
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imagery     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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one that takes the place of another; a replacement
act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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irrelevant     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
not applicable; unrelated; having no connection with
not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of
sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
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magical     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
deserving high respect; impressive because of age; profoundly honored
recurring with measured regularity
proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
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mythical     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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most advantageous; optimum; ideal
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
of, relating to, or composed of matter; concerned with the physical, not from intellectual or spiritual
legendary; fictitious; existing in myth
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pauper     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds; a religious leader in certain Protestant Churches
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
disorderly accumulation of objects; carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper
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postcard     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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card for sending messages by post without an envelope
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
state of having been made use of; the act of using
state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right
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raven     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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profound respect with fear and affection, as for a holy place; showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy
timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length
art of identifying disease; critical analysis of nature of something
large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression
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resilience     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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protection from harm
one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
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spacecraft     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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color; appearance; particular gradation of color
a vehicle for traveling in space
one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
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sue     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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read or examine, typically with great care
gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
occur successively; pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another
the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
plead; file a suit against
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tyrant     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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one that engages in aggression; a person who first attacks
science of God or religion
absolute ruler; sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution
closeness, often affectionate; privacy; familiarity
feather, especially soft, downy, long, or handsome feather; a token of honor or achievement
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vie     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
be lazy or idle; move, stand, or recline in a relaxed manner
appropriate wrongly; use for the wrong purpose; embezzle
abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
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