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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
aloof     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
imaginative; not based on fact; dubious
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belligerent     Speak
 
(2)
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
imposed as an obligation or duty; currently holding an office
a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
in a way that is famous for something bad
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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civility     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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supplying water to the land to help crops grow
an elementary particle with 0 charges and mass about equal to a proton
pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
act of showing regard for others; courteous behavior; politeness; citizenship
merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
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convincing     Speak
 
(4)
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not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
persuasive; believable;  effective as proof or evidence
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
stocky; short and thick; low and broad
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
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detour     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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some stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
a turning; circuitous route; deviation from a direct course
symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to the maintenance of life
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endowment     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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gift; donation; funds or property donated to an individual or group
scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
a message that helps to remember something
position relative to points of directions; course introducing a new situation
process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
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gait     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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advancing of a claim; assertion; a false or unsupportable quality
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving
an elementary particle with 0 charges and mass about equal to a proton
disorderly accumulation of objects; carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper
lack of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit
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hail     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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pour something down or forth; greet or acclaim enthusiastically
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
watch diligently; keep watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating
throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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impenetrable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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remote from civilization; left desolate or empty; abandoned
not able to be entered; beyond understanding
concerning; relating to; with respect to
subject to punishment by law
showing emotional affliction or disquiet; frequently visited by a ghost
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irritable     Speak
 
(10)
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stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
easily annoyed; abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty
devout; religious; exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
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manacle     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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round dance; a song of joy; a song of praise or joy, especially for Christmas
brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter
act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
written proposal or reminder
handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; an instrument of iron for fettering the hand
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moat     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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clothes, especially of a particular or formal type; dress
the fine granular substance produced in flowers; fine bran or flour
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
deep wide ditch; ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime
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passionate     Speak
 
(13)
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capable of being molded; capable of being shaped or formed; easily influenced
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth or polished surface; plausible
zealous; enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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preoccupation     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments
originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars; any small vessel on the water
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recoil     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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avoid cleverly; escape the perception of
precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
open up an area or prepare a way; settle a region
cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
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rhythmic     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
recurring with measured regularity
stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
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skyrocket     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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thread a cord through the eyelets or around the hooks; add a touch of flavor to
gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
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stifle     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
become worse; decline
occur successively; pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another
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treacherous     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
deserving high respect; impressive because of age; profoundly honored
dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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viscous     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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muddy; swampy; resembling a marsh; boggy; soft and watery
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
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