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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
anatomy     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
detailed analysis;  the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged
height; status; high level of respect
grant made by the government to creator the sole right; invention protected by grant
act of paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting or expressing goodwill
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ballad     Speak
 
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n.  
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; the trait of judging wisely and objectively
restraint; avoiding excesses
covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
fame; high-status importance owing to marked superiority; the rise of ground; hill
popular kind of narrative poem adapted for recitation or singing
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celebrity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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the tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil
gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge
a widely known person
unexpected acceleration or hastening; the quantity of water falling to earth
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congenial     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
marked by intense agitation or emotion
insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
compatible; friendly, and pleasant
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
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depreciate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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establish, organize, and set in operation
hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
become worse; decline
revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs
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embryo     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
foolishness; lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight
honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
act of burning something
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fell     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
capable of destroying; lethal
morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth or polished surface; plausible
typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
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heroism     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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single-mast sailing boat
act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting
bravery; qualities of hero or heroine
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immutable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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bending so that one part covers the other
of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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institute     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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provide or raise funds or capital for; supply funds to
occur successively; pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another
establish, organize, and set in operation
give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone;
process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
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loathsome     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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without advance preparation; naturally
protected from danger or bad weather
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
slanting; inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
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neutron     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
gap; a long narrow opening
in time past; long ago; in old time
pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
an elementary particle with 0 charges and mass about equal to a proton
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pagan     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates or is perceived by the sense of smell
one who worships false gods; idolater; person not adhering to any major or recognized religion
cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
protective covering for a knife or sword; dress suitable for formal occasions
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predicament     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a long heroic poem, or similar work of art
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
any metal, like iron, steel, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive the properties of the lodestone
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
part of military force which serves on horseback
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reproof     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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expression of blame or censure; censure for a fault; a reproach
building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
the distant view, especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
grant made by the government to creator the sole right; invention protected by grant
an elementary particle with 0 charges and mass about equal to a proton
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scrap     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
protect from impacts or other disturbing effects; absorb the shock of
hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
avoid cleverly; escape the perception of
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shawl     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds; a religious leader in certain Protestant Churches
withdrawing or retiring; moving back; retreat; state of being withdrawn; seclusion
morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct
seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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subtraction     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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bodily attitude or position, especially one assumed for an artist or a photographer
reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
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temporal     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
unprincipled; lacking honesty
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
expressing devotion or piety; earnest in the religious field
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whimsical     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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prickly; having or covered with protective barbs
crowded; having a lot of people living there
not agreeing with tastes or expectations
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
free, without charge; costing nothing
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