Difficult IELTS Words - Group 8
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perishable 
1
 | in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal |
| introduction, usually to a poem or play |
| rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly |
| liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay |
persecute
2
| every three months; in three month intervals |
| prolong; draw out or lengthen in time |
| pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; beset with cruelty or malignity; harass; annoy |
| quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment |
persist
3
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| baffle; confuse |
| continue; insist; persevere |
| rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly |
play around
4
| flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
| vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; extremely steep |
| behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way; work with in a non-serious manner |
| liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay |
pliable
5
| behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way; work with in a non-serious manner |
| temporary; provided for present need only |
| flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
| prolong; draw out or lengthen in time |
poise
6
| be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance |
| sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
| producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
| spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves |
portray
7
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly |
| depict; describe; draw |
| vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; extremely steep |
positron
8
| axis; focus; center |
| elementary particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as an electron but exhibiting a positive charge; positive electron |
| uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability |
| full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
prolific
9
| depict; describe; draw |
| unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; contemptuous in speech or behavior |
| quality or state of being productive; productiveness. |
| producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
prolong
10
| spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves |
| capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable |
| make longer; draw out; lengthen |
| elementary particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as an electron but exhibiting a positive charge; positive electron |