Difficult IELTS Words - Group 5

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a. sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive

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a. proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive

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a. stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding

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n. a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other

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n. one who is an authority on history

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ad. to this place; to a prescribed limit; up to this time; as yet; until now

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a. of or pertaining to a portrait or likeness or to portraiture; of the nature of a portrait

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v. kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to

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n. one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native

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v. injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively