Difficult IELTS Words - Group 8

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ad. in a regular periodic manner; intermittently


Spelling Word: periodically
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n. quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment


Spelling Word: perplexity
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v. continue; insist; persevere


Spelling Word: persist
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a. pertaining to science of the function of living organisms


Spelling Word: physiological
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a. expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad


Spelling Word: plaintive
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v. fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply


Spelling Word: plummet
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v. gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively


Spelling Word: pore
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a. full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through


Spelling Word: porous
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n. paragraph added to letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer


Spelling Word: postscript
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n. former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather


Spelling Word: predecessor