Difficult IELTS Words - Group 1

n. essential quality; reputation; honor

a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear

v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

n. quality of being genuine or trustworthy

a. having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial

v. replace or enhance human labor with machines

n. act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls

n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

a. helper, additional or subsidiary

v. turn to advantage of; be of service to; profit; promote

n. fall or slide of a large mass, as of snow or rock, down a mountainside

n. a method or means by which something may be accomplished

v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away

n. thin A bird-like or flying creature

n. design, development, and production of aircraft

v. rouse from sleep;stir the interest of; excite

n. the center around which something rotates; pivot

ad. In or toward the area behind the performing space in a theater, especially the area comprising the dressing rooms

n. single celled organism with no nucleus

n. game played on a court with light long-handled rackets