Difficult IELTS Words - Group 2

n. dividing line; border; frontier

v. refrain from buying or using

v. confront with questions; prepare or position so as to be ready for impact or danger

n. characteristic of being brash; trait of being rash and hasty; tasteless showiness

n. an opening or tear; breaking of waves; a gap or rift

a. marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic; swift; keen or sharp in speech or manner

v. graze; skim or glance at casually

n. short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience

v. cause to curve outward; swell up; stick out; protrude

n. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

n. small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic

a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

n. over-regulated administrative system

v. grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly

n. tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; dig; move through by or as by digging

v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

v. to avoid by using an alternative channel or route

n. event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery

n. silvery, moderately hard metallic element

n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree