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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 2
adversity     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection
acceptance; an agreement that something is true or legal
the final judgment of guilty in criminal case and punishment that is imposed
chief; an officer who is in charge of a military operation
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avenue     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by a horse or tractor
way or opening for entrance or exit place; passage by which a place may be reached; broad street
a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
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by-product     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a large non-rigid bag filled with gas or heated air
product made during the manufacture of something else
obstruction; prevention; act or an instance of hindering, obstructing, or impeding
guidance; direction; authority; position or office of a leader
inquiry; doubt in mind; mental reservation
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competitiveness     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire
an ancestor; forebear; a member of the past generations of one's family or people
gathering; meeting; a group of persons gathered together for a common reason
an aggressive willingness to compete
period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
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consistency     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference
harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
part or portion; share;  indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent;  distribution; arrangement
large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
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demonstration     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration that misleads another to believe a false thing
nib; the horny projecting mouth of a bird
an acute febrile, highly contagious viral disease
proof; an act of showing or making evident
a university student who has not yet received the first degree
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electron     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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point or direct towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
the opponent in a contest; someone who offers opposition
an elementary particle with the negative charge
any of numerous herbaceous plants to eat in a meal
study; investigation; the process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts
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exaggeration     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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nutritive material; a greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep's wool; yellow part of an egg
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
cavity; a depression scratched or carved into a surface
overstatement; the act of making something more noticeable than usual
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guess     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
make something double; bend or lay so that one part covers the other
form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; judge of at random
hold a particular position in a social hierarchy; form or stand in a row or rows
set or keep apart; disunite; divide; disconnect
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ignorant     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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round; shaped like or nearly like a circle
diligent; hard-working; busy, and laborious
unexpected; happening by chance, unintentionally
lacking education or knowledge; unaware
surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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influential     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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open for the public to read; obvious; plain
important; powerful; having or exercising influence or power
out of houses; out of doors
not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others
a measure of temperature used widely in Europe
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lobster     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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any large macrurous crustacean used as a food
church; place of worship
liability; obligation; money or goods or services owed by one person to another
flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
one who proclaims a message publicly
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mock     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
contest; try to be more successful than someone else
argue about prices; bargain something, as over the price of something
pay attention to; listen to, and consider
wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
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oxygen     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless, odorless, tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas
patron; one that buys goods or services
essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
terror; fear; intense dislike
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postulate     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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silvery ductile metallic element
essential premise; the underlying assumption
guidance; direction; authority; position or office of a leader
an oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground; haze
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render     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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deliver; give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
attach; become firmly fixed together, or in position
grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
extend; make or become longer
make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge
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saucer     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
dish; small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup
memory; remembrance; the power of recalling ideas to the mind
the way that someone behaves; manner
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shrill     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
during the current time; presently
difficult to satisfy; careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry
far most; utmost; outmost; most distant from the center or inside
unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
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tolerant     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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bold; brave and taking risks
thankful; appreciative of benefits received
a little; a bit; in a small amount or degree
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple
showing respect for the rights of others; open-minded; showing the capacity for endurance
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unfair     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce
straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents
of or relating to the system for delivering mail
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