Difficult IELTS Words - Group 3

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decrease  Speak Example sentences
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lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller
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having the attention diverted; suffering conflicting emotions; distraught
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keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
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delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
deduce  Speak Example sentences
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dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
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relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens
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lead forth; reach a conclusion by reasoning; trace the origin or derivation of
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questionable; filled with doubt
deficit  Speak Example sentences
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failure or falling off in amount or quality
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obtain or receive from a source; trace the origin or development of
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ornamental tuft or ridge on the head of animal; plume used as decoration on top of helmet; top, as of a hill or wave
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reduce from an inflated condition; release contained air or gas from
delectable  Speak Example sentences
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deduct or subtract from a cost or price; regard with doubt or disbelief
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delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
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hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect
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failure or falling off in amount or quality
descend  Speak Example sentences
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lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller
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throw into disorder; break the array of.
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hard monotonous routine work
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move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood
diagnosis  Speak Example sentences
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act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury
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failure to fulfill an obligation, failure to money when it is due
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throw into disorder; break the array of.
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delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
dialect  Speak Example sentences
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become blinded; dim the vision of with intense light
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person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy
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vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
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delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
differentiate  Speak Example sentences
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lead forth; reach a conclusion by reasoning; trace the origin or derivation of
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set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between
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deduct or subtract from a cost or price; regard with doubt or disbelief
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deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device
discount  Speak Example sentences
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graph; chart; figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement; plan
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heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk
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deduct or subtract from a cost or price; regard with doubt or disbelief
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lack of consistency; difference
discrepancy  Speak Example sentences
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lack of consistency; difference
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decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
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view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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lower in spirits; press down