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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
assign     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
response to an inquiry or experiment
begin; originate; admit into membership
make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
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blush     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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make white or colorless; blanch
become rosy or reddish;  turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
provide; bestow a quality on
make prominent; emphasize; stress
crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
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chunk     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
province; district; tract; neighborhood; the upper air; sky or heavens; inhabitants of a district
judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb
a thick mass or piece, amount
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conditioning     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
a piece of metal, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks
craft; ship; container for liquids
foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; corruption; pollution
process of modifying a person's behavior; preparation or training, especially athletic training of the body
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crude     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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invigorating; energizing; pleasantly new or different
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded
no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
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diversion     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
device or structure for controlling the flow of a fluid
aide; servant; accompanying; a person who participates in a meeting
a person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection; fugitive from the law; habitual criminal
act of turning aside; pastime; an activity that relaxes or entertains
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ethnic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
relating to races; a group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
chief; serving as an essential component
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fickle     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
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imperative     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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area of theater or concert hall where the audience sits
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
act of defending against attack, danger, or injury
having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
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infant     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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act of passing; passage through or over; line or route of passage
a person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection; fugitive from the law; habitual criminal
any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement
child in the first period of life; young babe
document certifying the successful completion of a course of study
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manufacture     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
adorn; add something to an object or place, especially in order to make it more attractive
make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
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medieval     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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open-minded; tolerant; broad-mindedness; having political views favoring reform and progress
qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
not the less; notwithstanding; despite that; yet
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oversee     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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attacks suddenly; seize something swiftly and eagerly; leap into the air intending to seize someone or something
blame; denounce; express strong disapproval of
cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
become rosy or reddish;  turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
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portable     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or a judge; sanctioned or ordered by a court
more than enough in size or scope or capacity; relatively large
mobile; easily or conveniently transported
capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy
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propaganda     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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materials; abilities; available source
revival; renewal; the revival of learning and culture
majority; the main part; volume; mass
something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles
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renowned     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
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secondary     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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of intellect; showing intellect; requiring the use of the mind, rather than emotions or instinct
relating to, or suggestive of war; connected with the armed forces
humble; less ambitious; moderate
not of major importance; of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
transient; brief; temporary; passing quickly
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stripe     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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a kind or category; band; ribbon
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet; a range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest
a person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection; fugitive from the law; habitual criminal
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
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trend     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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popular taste; the general direction in which something tends to move
insect typically having a slender body with broad, colorful wings
range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
lightweight elastic outer bark, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats
any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement
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volcano     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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written order directing a bank to pay money
thorough physical examination
three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
the distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line
fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
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