Difficult IELTS Words - Group 1

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v. applaud; announce with great approval


Spelling Word: acclaim
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v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase


Spelling Word: accumulate
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v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar


Spelling Word: acquaint
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a. elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste


Spelling Word: aesthetic
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v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something


Spelling Word: affix
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a. exposure to air for freshening or drying; exposure to public attention; radio or television broadcast


Spelling Word: airing
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ad. even though; although; notwithstanding


Spelling Word: albeit
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n. highest point; the vertex; usually pointed end of an object; the tip


Spelling Word: apex
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n. candidate


Spelling Word: applicant
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a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle


Spelling Word: arbitrary