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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
alley     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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path; track; a trodden path
an accepted member of a group; one who has special knowledge or access to confidential information
a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct
gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
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avarice     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression
greediness for wealth; the insatiable desire to gain
fulfillment; awareness; coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
goddess of a rainbow; rainbow; a prismatic play of colors; something that is forming the colored portion of the eye
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
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cautiously     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another
causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating
lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
notoriously bad; having an exceedingly bad reputation
gingerly; carefully; in a conservative manner
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contagious     Speak
 
(4)
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able to produce the desired effect; valid
infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
protected from danger or bad weather
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dreadfully     Speak
 
(5)
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having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
terribly; with alarm; fearfully
not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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exhaust     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
wear out completely; tire; drain of resources or properties; deplete; use up completely
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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flagrant     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; quick to understand
wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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giddy     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in the form of cartoon
stocky; short and thick; low and broad
lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
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implement     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page; add explanatory notes to
something given as security for a loan; pledge or guaranty; article deposited as security
something that completes or makes up a whole or brings to perfection
a turning; circuitous route; deviation from a direct course
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iris     Speak
 
(10)
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stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
painting or drawing included in a book; copy or model that represents in a greatly reduced size
goddess of a rainbow; rainbow; a prismatic play of colors; something that is forming the colored portion of the eye
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membrane     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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noble birth; quality of being noble; noble-mindedness; liberality in giving
any metal, like iron, steel, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive the properties of the lodestone
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
a thin and soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
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optimal     Speak
 
(12)
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reddish color; healthy-looking
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
most advantageous; optimum; ideal
having the supreme legislative power
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
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pallid     Speak
 
(13)
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in a way that is famous for something bad
of or relating to dimensions
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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ply     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
bend; lay on closely, or in folds; work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; press upon
place too much a load on
open up an area or prepare a way; settle a region
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
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renown     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
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rite     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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established ceremony prescribed by a religion
female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
interference; interfering in some course of events
one who enjoys exciting, dangerous activities, often in foreign countries
rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
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shortcut     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of the law; attacking or assaulting
unfair or cruel treatment over a long period of time because of race, religion, or political beliefs
a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
any of various natural, oily, or greasy heat-sensitive substances
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sunburn     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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oppression; cruel government; office or authority of an absolute ruler; absolute power
becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
popular kind of narrative poem adapted for recitation or singing
state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right
redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
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swelling     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles
extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
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victor     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
a container used for storing or putting objects in; reservoir
list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
imaginary circle on the surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon
conqueror; the winner of a game, competition, election, or war
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