Difficult IELTS Words - Group 2

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n. dividing line; border; frontier


Spelling Word: boundary
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n. an opening or tear; breaking of waves; a gap or rift


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


Spelling Word: brisk
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n. over-regulated administrative system


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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


Spelling Word: calorie
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a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action


Spelling Word: caustic
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a. morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest


Spelling Word: chaste
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n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object


Spelling Word: circumference
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v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories


Spelling Word: classify
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ad. in the direction that the hands of a clock move


Spelling Word: clockwise