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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 2
accident     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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secession; retreat or retirement
any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
one who writes a book about somebody's life
coins collectively
an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; sudden, and unexpected event
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announce     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
lighten; cheer; encourage; make or become bright or brighter
herald; give out; proclaim; make known publicly
grip; take hold of or seize firmly with or as if with the hand
enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering
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broaden     Speak
 
(3)
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frighten; alarm; strike with sudden fear
hew; cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax
widen; grow broad or broader
tell of or indicate beforehand; predict
scold harshly; criticize severely
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condensation     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
a device designed to transmit electricity, heat; the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
arrangement; association; alliance
compression; the act or process of changing from a gas to a liquid or solid state
the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
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continental     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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showing respect for the rights of others; open-minded; showing the capacity for endurance
happening at the same time; simultaneous
precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming
generous in providing aid to others; charitable
being or concerning or limited to a continent
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discourage     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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depress; take away hope from
hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection
proceed; move forward; improve; moving forward
list each one; mention one by one
tolerate; carry on through, despite hardships
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endless     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
random; occurring from time to time; infrequent
without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
flat; level; parallel to or in a baseline
difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical
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flag     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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become less intense; sink, or settle from pressure
designate; nominate; choose someone officially for a job or responsibility
sever into two or more parts or pieces; separate into parts; cause to be separate
put at a disadvantage; prevent the progress or free movement of
display announcement  in a place of public view; publish  on a list
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forsake     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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leave someone who needs or counts on you
grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
provide living quarters for; lodge; contain; harbor
fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively
reappear; happen or occur again
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humanitarian     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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meeting for consultation or discussion; exchange of views
obstruction; prevention; act or an instance of hindering, obstructing, or impeding
philanthropic; one devoted to the promotion of human welfare and social reforms
supplement; an act of extending or the condition of being extended
act later than planned; put off; adjournment
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install     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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move heavily or clumsily; cut down timber of
determine votes; examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize
lighten; cheer; encourage; make or become bright or brighter
set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
depress; take away hope from
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legendary     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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mythical; fabled; extremely well known; famous or renowned
in an uncomfortable, nervous, or embarrassed way
overpowering in effect or strength; very great or intense; extreme
lacking education or knowledge; unaware
being or concerning or limited to a continent
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moan     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; sudden, and unexpected event
one that opposes stands in the way of or holds up progress
a device designed to transmit electricity, heat; the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; groan softly and continuously
act or state of attending or heeding; application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought
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persuade     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince
move one way and the other with quick turns; shake to and fro; move in vibrating; cause to vibrate
stand or rest; find support; take a stand and refuse to give way; be persistent
weed, cultivate, or dig up with a tool, which has a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
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proof     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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act of keeping something within specified bounds; a principle that limits the extent of something
group of people working together, as in spacecraft, ship, plane or train
the process of corroding, or metal that has been corroded; decay
a small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
evidence; demonstration; statement or argument used in such a validation
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refute     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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support; preserve; hold aloft; raise
revoke or annul, especially by an official or formal act
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
list each one; mention one by one
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seaport     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
exposition; presentation; large-scale public showing
a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
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sponge     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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the process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body
a large and important church, esp. one that is the center of a large area
chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
soaking up; small absorbent contraceptive pad, used for bathing or cleaning
quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
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theoretical     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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set down as a rule or guide; stated
expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity
not practical or applied; hypothetical; of or based on a theory
not deferred by an interval of time; present; occurring at once; instant
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
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utter     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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make someone have strong feelings of happiness and enthusiasm
enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering
pick; hit lightly with a picking motion; eat like a bird
speak; express; send forth with the voice
guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
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