4000 IELTS Academic Words

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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes

dreary

1

	[سليمة] make sure or secure, specifically against loss by a contingent event; give or take insurance on
	[الدرامي الدروباك] gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
	[الحدس] immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning
	[غذائية] eatable; the substance that can be used as a food

encyclopedia

2

	[إبعاد حصرا] without any others being included or involved; purely; strictly
	[المروعة] very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
	[تبرير مهتمة] acute; incisive; sharp; express grief verbally
	[موسوعة] a reference work containing articles on various topics

exaggerate

3

	[قبل كل شيء] leading; main; primary; first in time or place
	[سرية] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
	[المبالغة] represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate; magnify; do something to an excessive degree
	[التحرير] of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor

exclusively

4

	[الهندسة] mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids
	[إبعاد حصرا] without any others being included or involved; purely; strictly
	[التحرير] of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
	[عطور] scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant

explosive

5

	[المروعة] very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
	[التغاضي] ignore; discount; take no notice of
	[المتفجرات] tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
	[أدخل] input; enter; put or set into, between, or among

freight

6

	[الشحن] transport commercially as cargo; load with goods; goods carried by a large vehicle
	[أدخل] input; enter; put or set into, between, or among
	[توسعات] become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
	[الرغوة] white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids

generic

7

	[عام] of an entire group or class; general
	[معهد] the association organized to promote art or science, or education
	[غذائية] eatable; the substance that can be used as a food
	[استثمار] put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result

giggle

8

	[المروعة] very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
	[ضحك] laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; laugh in light, affected, or silly manner
	[توليد] bring into being; give rise to; produce
	[سرية] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable

graphic

9

	[الرسم] represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
	[التغاضي] ignore; discount; take no notice of
	[قارورة] a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass
	[ضحك] laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; laugh in light, affected, or silly manner

grim

10

	[المعارض] formal essay; paper written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at university
	[قاتمة] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
	[فرن] enclosed place in which heat is produced; place or time of punishment or great trial; intensely hot place
	[المجرة] large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities

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