Difficult IELTS Words - Group 3

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n. standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test

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a. relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens

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

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a. increasing by successive addition

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v. become blinded; dim the vision of with intense light

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n. scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops

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n. refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist

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n. failure or falling off in amount or quality

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v. lower in spirits; press down

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v. decree or designate beforehand; fate