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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
alacrity     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
one that engages in aggression; a person who first attacks
the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
worship of idols; excessive admiration
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arsenal     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom
the flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument
storage place for military equipment; a stock of weapons
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booming     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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deep and resonant; flourishing; thriving
kindly; favorable; not malignant
unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
for a limited time only
of, relating to, or composed of matter; concerned with the physical, not from intellectual or spiritual
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congenial     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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bending so that one part covers the other
compatible; friendly, and pleasant
extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
awesome; astounding; surprising
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deed     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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quilted bed; bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened
small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
backbone; vertebrate; thorn; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
something that is carried out; act or action; feat or exploit
a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
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ethics     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties; contract; stipulation
an outer garment; dress of rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; dress of state, rank, office
a company which sells goods
morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct
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garb     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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rebellion; uprising; rising against civil or political authority
a sharp-edged cutting instrument used especially for shaving the face or other body parts
costume; clothes of a particular type
act of forging, especially the illegal production of something counterfeit
intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
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helm     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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interference; interfering in some course of events
the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
a longing for something better than the present situation
something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
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incomprehensible     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor
unintelligible; difficult to understand
supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
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ledge     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
recollection; process of remembering
female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged underwater
chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to the maintenance of life
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lull     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm; deceive into trustfulness; become calm
drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
a drawback, as with fear or pain; show fear
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needle     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a container used for storing or putting objects in; reservoir
color; dye with a color
tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting
a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
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penance     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
bravery; courage, and boldness, as in battle
germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
repentance; sorrow; suffering; a means of repairing a sin committed and obtaining pardon for it
large basket, used for moving china or similar wares; box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces
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pioneer     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
be lazy or idle; move, stand, or recline in a relaxed manner
traverse the distance between; cover or extend over an area or time period
hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
open up an area or prepare a way; settle a region
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repress     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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bend; lay on closely, or in folds; work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; press upon
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
move in a way that is cutting or going through something; cultivate; farm; break and turn over earth
put down by force or intimidation; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
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sanctuary     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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flat or level surface; level of development, existence, or achievement
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque
garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
coarse food for cattle or horses
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solace     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a thick sweet sticky liquid
a small, representative system having analogies to the larger system; miniature model of something
pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
act of sending off something; the property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
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splendor     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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act of forging, especially the illegal production of something counterfeit
funding;  money set aside for a specific purpose
detailed analysis;  the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged
magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur
ability to foresee future happenings
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tenement     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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babyhood; the time when someone is a baby or a very young child
recollection; process of remembering
untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
apartment barely meeting minimal standards
a passage from one form or state to another; change
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unruly     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy
old; belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period
refined; made or rendered pure or purer
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