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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
abhor     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
lessen the violence, severity, or extremeness of; preside over
flame up with a bright, wavering light; burst into intense, sudden flame; become suddenly angry
offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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beseech     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
pull, draw, or stretch tight; injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; stretch or force beyond the proper
form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
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casting     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
poison; poisonous secretion of animals, such as snake or spider; spite
a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates or is perceived by the sense of smell
aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
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contradictory     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
in or into a high place; high or higher up
supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
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detour     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
a turning; circuitous route; deviation from a direct course
any of various long-tailed rodents, similar to but larger than a mouse
food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
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exonerate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty
gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
tie, wrap, or gather together; hurry; hasten; dress oneself warmly
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fiend     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards
implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
a turning; circuitous route; deviation from a direct course
universe or universality of created things; ordered, harmonious whole
ability to feel or perceive; keen intellectual perception
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grove     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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ability or power to seize or attain; understanding; comprehension
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
machines or devices that apply pressure or print; collecting and publishing of news; journalism in general
communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
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incumbent     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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relating to an education system in which both men and women attend
imposed as an obligation or duty; currently holding an office
insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
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invigilate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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watch diligently; keep watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating
form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
disorder; move back and forth; mix to make a random order or arrangement
sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
relieve or cure; correct; repair
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manual     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward
causing shock or horror; gruesome
not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
done by, used by, or operated with the hands; of small reference book
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mortar     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
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paltry     Speak
 
(13)
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impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable
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prodigal     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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resisting control or authority; discontented as toward authority
having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in the form of cartoon
very noticeable or certain; distinct; strongly marked
wasteful; reckless with money
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
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rental     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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overprice; a price that is too high
incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
defamatory statement; the act of writing something that smears a person's character
amount paid or collected as rent; the act of renting
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scabbard     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
someone to investigate and report on a case or to ensure fair play
the case for sword blade; sheath
shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge
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sock     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
group of trees smaller than a forest; orchard
outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city
plowshare; short stocking reaching a point between ankle and knee; hard blow or punch; comic drama
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subsistence     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed
humanistic study of language and literature
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
skilled public speaker; a person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
act of purging of sin or guilt; the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
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swine     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation
fog; mist; partially opaque covering; vague or confused state of mind
act of burning something
any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestic species; pig
channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; eaves channel; eaves trough
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weird     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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awesome; astounding; surprising
done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time
easily annoyed; abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange
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