Difficult IELTS Words - Group 1

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accelerate  Speak Example sentences
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move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
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ambition; longing
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consent or comply passively or without protest; assent
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fall or slide of a large mass, as of snow or rock, down a mountainside
accord  Speak Example sentences
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settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states
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considerable; perceptible
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coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
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act of gathering or amassing, as into a heap or pile
adjacent  Speak Example sentences
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mineral pitch; black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame
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inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
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move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
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adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
advent  Speak Example sentences
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book of literary selections by various authors
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settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states
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applaud; announce with great approval
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coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
aggregate  Speak Example sentences
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condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
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stock or supply, usually of weapons
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gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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In or toward the area behind the performing space in a theater, especially the area comprising the dressing rooms
ambiguity  Speak Example sentences
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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trade goods or services without the exchange of money
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state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
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the act of rising or going upward
append  Speak Example sentences
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attach; add as supplement or appendix
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single celled organism with no nucleus
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lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
appreciable  Speak Example sentences
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game played on a court with light long-handled rackets
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considerable; perceptible
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act of gathering or amassing, as into a heap or pile
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quality of being genuine or trustworthy
arid  Speak Example sentences
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lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants
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consisting of, relating to, or being in water
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state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
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administer; supply; supervise or be in charge of
arsenal  Speak Example sentences
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short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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act of gathering or amassing, as into a heap or pile
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declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly
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stock or supply, usually of weapons