Difficult IELTS Words - Group 3

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a. rugged and uneven; abounding with broken rocks


Spelling Word: craggy
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v. improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of


Spelling Word: cultivate
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a. increasing by successive addition


Spelling Word: cumulative
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a. mad; crazy; simple; stupid; foolish; gay; playful


Spelling Word: daft
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n. something that deadens, restrains, or depresses


Spelling Word: damper
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n. standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate


Spelling Word: deadlock
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n. refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist


Spelling Word: defiance
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n. failure or falling off in amount or quality


Spelling Word: deficit
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n. setting or marking of boundaries or limits


Spelling Word: demarcation
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v. move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood


Spelling Word: descend