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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 1
afford     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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exchange; put in the place of another
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
cite or repeat a passage from; repeat or copy the words of another
pay; provide; have the financial means for; bear the cost of
be compatible with; cause to match; cut to rectangular shape; bring into agreement or balance; settle
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assure     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
tell someone confidently that something is true; guarantee; convince
compute; take account of; have faith or confidence in
support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
come off in flakes or thin small pieces; strip the skin off; get undressed
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bonus     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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act of applying force suddenly; an impelling force or strength
one who performs manual operations on a patient
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order
a way for travel or transportation
an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
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chapter     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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unvarying or habitual method of procedure; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
healthcare facility for outpatient care
limited period of time; point in time at which something ends; termination; deadline
emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop's council; organized branch of some society
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complicated     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; designed for a particular use or function
reasonably large; important in effect or meaning
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
not easily explained; beyond from the usual or expected; not divisible by two
difficult to analyze or understand
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couple     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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pillar; cylindrical or polygonal support for roof; anything resembling, in form or position; upright body or mass
covered and enclosed entrance to the building; the covered passage
a small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
special group delegated to consider some matter
a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
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disaster     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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termination of pregnancy; failure of a plan
outer boundary length; closed curve bounding a plane area
trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
a way for travel or transportation
catastrophe; great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
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fist     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a solemn promise made to God; the promise of fidelity; the pledge of love or affection
pledge that something will happen or that something is true
represent;  advantage, benefit, the interest of someone
small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; closed hand
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found     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
become decomposed by a natural process; perish slowly; become corrupt
suppose; presume; take on; bear
establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence;  melt metal and pour into a mold
invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; debate
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hostage     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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something that resembles or harmonizes with
imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass
medical treatment that involves cutting open a person's body
a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms
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kidnap     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom
move by successive leaps, as toads do; spring or jump on one foot
regard with respect; favorable regard
eradicate; abolish; rule out
suspend; fasten to some elevated point without support from below; hold for support
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media     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a small extent of ground; secret scheme or strategy
surroundings; totality of surrounding conditions
public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television
tutor; teacher; a vehicle carrying many passengers
person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; helper; assistant
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percent     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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long usually narrow room; covered corridor
one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
allusion; clue; brief or indirect suggestion
out of each hundred; per hundred; one part in a hundred
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process     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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sofa; arrange or dispose as in a bed
any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
act of proceeding; continued forward movement; a series of actions
path or track roughly through a wild or hilly country; overland route
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promising     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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likely to develop desirably; affording hope
stated explicitly or in detail; definite
something additional of the same kind
causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
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revenge     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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suspend; fasten to some elevated point without support from below; hold for support
dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly
press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
accept; take on; raise; take into one's family
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severe     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; designed for a particular use or function
concerned with religion; worthy of respect or dedication
preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
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subject     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a piece of cloth; small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
loose, flowing upper garment; ordinary outer dress of woman; official robe of certain professional men
a person who inherits some title or office
something to be treated; course or area of study
talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
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terminal     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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power or quality of pleasing or delighting; attractiveness; item worn for its supposed magical benefit
causing or ending in or approaching death; station
grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as a food
common name for various kinds of vehicles; two-wheeled vehicle; light business wagon
slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
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vengeance     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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the punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution
utmost height; the highest point of a mountain
society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
authorized messenger or representative
act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power; thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem
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