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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
antibiotic     Speak
 
(1)
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud
awesome; astounding; surprising
of or relating to a chemical substance that kills microorganisms and cures infections
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
crowded to capacity; compressed
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auspicious     Speak
 
(2)
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early; preliminary; occurring at the beginning
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
expressing aversion or dislike; disagreeable
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
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brute     Speak
 
(3)
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high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence
monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
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contented     Speak
 
(4)
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unaffected; incapable of being affected
unprincipled; lacking honesty
proximately; directly; without an interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
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desperately     Speak
 
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with great urgency; seriously; severely
with the side forward; to or from a side
filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
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enchantment     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; an instrument of iron for fettering the hand
production of wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or agency of supposed spirits; use of spells or charms
crack, as in earth surface; splitting of skin, caused by cold or exposure; one of the jaws or cheeks; man or boy
decree; authoritative command or order
device for gripping and holding; a tense, critical situation
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fugitive     Speak
 
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extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
without advance preparation; naturally
lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
close in time; about to occur; approaching
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
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hanger     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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one who hangs, or causes to be hanged; loop or strap by which something is hung
the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys
one who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill; milling machine
release of property or person in return for the payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
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hue     Speak
 
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someone to investigate and report on a case or to ensure fair play
deep wide ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ
act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course
color; appearance; particular gradation of color
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inveterate     Speak
 
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deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
kindly; favorable; not malignant
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
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magnificence     Speak
 
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n.  
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state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness
member of working class; blue collar person
small European insectivore, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines
grandeur; splendor; grand or imposing beauty
energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
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ordinance     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a small secluded room; well and tightly constructed
act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
being royal; quality of royal person; share of the product, as a percentage paid to the copyright owner
decree; authoritative command or order
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
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outlandish     Speak
 
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rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
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precept     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
painting or drawing included in a book; copy or model that represents in a greatly reduced size
science of God or religion
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redress     Speak
 
(15)
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an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite
quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
remedy; compensation; an act of correcting error or fault
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rhythmic     Speak
 
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dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
recurring with measured regularity
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
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seismic     Speak
 
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explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
able to produce the desired effect; valid
having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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suburb     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city
incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
goddess of a rainbow; rainbow; a prismatic play of colors; something that is forming the colored portion of the eye
mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
one that engages in aggression; a person who first attacks
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teapot     Speak
 
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one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; seaman or sailor
one that argues for a cause; supporter or defender
being royal; quality of royal person; share of the product, as a percentage paid to the copyright owner
a person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age
pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
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valiant     Speak
 
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vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size
lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
sky blue; light purplish-blue
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