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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 2
absorb     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
provide living quarters for; lodge; contain; harbor
weed, cultivate, or dig up with a tool, which has a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
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arrangement     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; the mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
region; remote and undeveloped area
professor; a learned person
composition; a plan for how something will happen
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment; aggravation
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beneath     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary
having all the properties or qualities; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error
skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
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cohesion     Speak
 
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n.  
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portraiture; picture; the likeness of a person, especially one showing the face
a tendency to keep together
story or room directly below the roof of a building, especially a house;
a slight amount or degree of difference; shadow; protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
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conformity     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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similarity in form or character; agreement
a structure erected to commemorate persons or events; memorial
pact or bundle made up and prepared to be carried; some similar things; a full set of playing cards
landmark; significant development
small forest; woodland; a dense collection of trees covering a relatively small area
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dependence     Speak
 
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n.  
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reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
one of the digits of the foot; forepart of a foot or hoof
an article of tableware made of glass
container for liquids, having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring; a player who throws the ball to the batter
attention; curiosity; dividend; yield
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effort     Speak
 
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n.  
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the exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object
the craftsman who weaves cloth
director; the person who has the authority to supervise or direct; janitor or custodian in a building
earnest endeavor; violent or angry disagreement
assigning to a class or category
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eruption     Speak
 
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n.  
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the warning serves; alarm; condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
outbreak;  sudden, often violent outburst
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
occupation requiring special education
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former     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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tight; unaffected by water; made of or covered with a material that doesn't allow water in
preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier
bright red; of a brilliant red color
affected with the disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health
negligent; taking insufficient care; reckless
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harden     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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become hard or harder
move back and away from; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
compute; determine; estimate
disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
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interest     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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act of keeping something within specified bounds; a principle that limits the extent of something
person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual
attention; curiosity; dividend; yield
church; place of worship
proclaim; announces important news; messenger
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leopard     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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stress; tension; condition of being pressed
unceremonious and disorganized struggle; rushing about hastily in an undignified way
objects for sale; goods
a formal expression of preference for a candidate; the number of casting in an election; the result of election
large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
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nonsense     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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cutting away parts to create the desired shape
weapons considered collectively; official symbols of a family
explanation;  performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music
silliness; words or signs having no intelligible meaning
coins collectively
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ounce     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a tiny piece of anything; the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
unit of weight equal to one-sixteenth of a pound
a dish served as the last course of a meal
state of being absent; state of being away
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qualified     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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overwhelming; tempting; charming
different; diverse; several; manifold; changeable; uncertain
restricted; having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task
marked by kindness, mercy, or compassion
wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
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render     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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remove the cover from; expose; disclose
join, or fasten together; associate; combine; unite or link together
give food to; supply with nourishment
deliver; give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
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rigor     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a person engaged in caring for children when the parents are not home
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast
keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security
a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; stripe; vein
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sturdy     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
firm, unyielding,  or determined; having decided purpose
having, or consisting of more than one part; many
robust; strong; substantially made or constructed
away from the correct path or direction, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering
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tranquil     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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lonely; solitary; desolate; gloomy; dismal; affected with ill humor
thorough; concentrated; tending to give force or emphasis
showing what someone thinks or feels; indicative
full of juice; lucrative; richly interesting
free from disturbance; pacific
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universe     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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cosmos; everything that exists anywhere
director; the person who has the authority to supervise or direct; janitor or custodian in a building
image used for worship; the image of divinity; representation or symbol; false notion or conception
flatboat; long, large boat for transporting freight that is unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft
group of people working together, as in spacecraft, ship, plane or train
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