Difficult IELTS Words - Group 10

wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward

frighten; fill with terror

a broad sequence or range of related qualities, ideas, or activities

subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement

go through or across, often under difficult conditions

a state of peace and quiet

sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements

small electronic device containing a semiconductor and having at least three electrical contacts

branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

shameful or indecent

affect with or as if with a disease; become affected with decay or putrefaction

physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness, fatigue, or hardship; endurance

necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables

three-dimensional work of art, usually of a person or animal

write underneath, as one's name; sign to a document; give consent to; promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount

frighten; fill with terror

affect with or as if with a disease; become affected with decay or putrefaction

of structure; affecting structure; constructional

go through or across, often under difficult conditions

subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement

settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down

increase speed or rate; assume responsibility; volunteer or offer

sink; immerse; put under water

not producing or incapable of producing offspring; lacking imagination, creativity, or vitality

being beyond what is required or sufficient

friction between body and surface on which it moves

able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable

physical or conceptual structure extended or developed from a basic form; part of a building or other structure above the foundation

rough surface quality; structure of interwoven fibers or other elements; feel of a surface or a fabric

happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur

subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement

being beyond what is required or sufficient

restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality

book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms

subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement

physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness, fatigue, or hardship; endurance

frighten; fill with terror

of structure; affecting structure; constructional

make sterile or unproductive; impoverish, as land; exhaust of fertility.

branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for