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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
architect     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
one who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures
ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends
process of modifying a person's behavior; preparation or training, especially athletic training of the body
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boil     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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be agitated; pass from a liquid to vapor when heated; be  excited with passion; heat in the water
become worse; decline; fall
treat violently; abuse; do violence to; disturb; interrupt
a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
ward off; make an effort to resist; keep off; prevent from entering
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clan     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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lack of money;  state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning
tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
stage; a raised horizontal surface
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consensus     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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specialized knowledge; expert skill
a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea
a place to discuss public concerns; meeting or medium for open discussion
general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
quality or condition of being certain; fact or truth unquestionable established; clearness
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decay     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory; rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor
refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
revise and prepare for publication; select, correct, arrange the matter of, for publication
decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
estimate  value; judge worth of something
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disposition     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators
natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
contest; sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
one whose job is to kill animals for food; one who kills in large numbers; vendor, especially on a train or in theater
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extend     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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draw or pull behind by a chain or line
provide an extensive explanation for words or phrases
grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
open or straighten something out; unbend; prolong
inhabit;  live in a certain place; be present in; be inside of
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fragment     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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a small part that has been broken off or detached; fraction
written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
writer for newspapers and magazines
a place where milk is produced, kept or converted into butter or cheese
margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band
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hydrogen     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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act of making or arriving at a decision; putting an end to; termination
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless, highly flammable diatomic gas
three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
promise or pledge; certainty; self-confidence; freedom from doubt
act of designating or identifying something; condition of having your identity established
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insert     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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fall as if collapsing;  fall quickly and without control
abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty
enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination; bring to an end
stop; bring to an end or halt
input; enter; put or set into, between, or among
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linger     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
darken; exceed in importance; outweigh
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
help to flourish; advance in rank; publicize
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motto     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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stage; a raised horizontal surface
one's relatives; family; kinfolk
fertile or green spot in a waste or desert
hole; cavern; hollow area within the body
short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
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numb     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible; unresponsive; indifferent
marvelous; strange; extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness
favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable
exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
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pedal     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism
feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
grave or tomb; the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear; repetition of a sound
circumstance; the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it
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pretentious     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
of or relating to the sun
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
lasting for a long period;  marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
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scope     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass
range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
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sculpture     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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contentious speech act; argument
a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass
statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
door-keeper; porter; one who has the care of public building or suites of rooms
give a sign of goodwill; compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow; honor
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stitch     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
pierce; go through; permeate
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
make steady progress; prosper; flourish
sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
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tidy     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
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wedge     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells
descendant; the young of an animal
something paid or given; payment to a person in consideration of past services
something given or received as payment as for a service or loss or injury
a piece of metal, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks
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