Difficult IELTS Words - Group 5

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n. part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; border, confine, or extreme part of a country


Spelling Word: frontier
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a. having no result or success


Spelling Word: futile
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a. friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner


Spelling Word: genial
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v. urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to


Spelling Word: goad
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n. small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand


Spelling Word: gravel
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v. scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage


Spelling Word: graze
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n. the deepest feelings or affections; one of the nerves or tendons formerly believed to brace and sustain the heart


Spelling Word: heartstring
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v. walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty; cause to limp


Spelling Word: hobble
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n. great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter


Spelling Word: holocaust
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a. uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write


Spelling Word: illiterate