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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
anchor     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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try to change or have an influence on things that are not your responsibility, specifically without permission
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; narrate or coordinate
teach; make aware of
bring order and organization to; harmonize
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blaze     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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an opening that permits escape or release; an activity that releases creative energy or emotion
segment; fragment; a small proportion of
person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb
a brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
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clarify     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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upset; throw into confusion or disorder
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin
become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
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corrupt     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
by chance; accidentally
leading; main; primary; first in time or place
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creation     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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fact or state of having been created; the act of investing with a new office or title
margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band
an artificial channel filled with water; tube or duct
a flat float made of logs or planks;  a large number or amount or extent
a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
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distinction     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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someone who has given long service
excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
opinion formed without due examination; leaning toward one side of a question
checklist; a collection of resources
reproductive organ of plants, especially one having showy or colorful parts
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fade     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
disappear; die out; lose color; lose freshness
occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
characterize; differentiate; recognize
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flatter     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them
consider; think about carefully; weigh
cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; mix up
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gist     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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packet; a package of things tied together; a large sum of money
the impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
change something into another form; transform
a solid geometric figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross-section
a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea
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institute     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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the association organized to promote art or science, or education
bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed
properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
scheme for distribution of prizes by chance; gaming in which tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes
packet; a package of things tied together; a large sum of money
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lapse     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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grave or tomb; the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
plan for attaining a particular goal; deliberate, coordinated movement; strategy
disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
understanding; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
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miscarriage     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
the air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring; a magic spell
process of bringing up, nourishing, or maintaining; rearing and training received during childhood
limitation on imports; ration; prescribed number
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occupy     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
inhabit;  live in a certain place; be present in; be inside of
guide; give individual instruction
run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid
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pilgrim     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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acknowledgment at parting;  goodbye; the act of departing or taking leave
traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
swirling current of water, air; flow in a circular current
something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle; small inflammatory dermal tumor or swelling
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reassure     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
mention especially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object
make use of, sometimes unjustly
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remedy     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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element; ingredient; abstract part of something
a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
group; herd; crowd; gather; crowd; throng
judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
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shovel     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism
act of causing anger, resentment, displeasure, or affront; violation or infraction of moral or social code
a tool consisting of a broad scoop, or hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing loose substances
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substantial     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built
happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute
unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
torn; worn; having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline
having the properties of attracting iron or steel; captivating; attractive;  being to draw or pull
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tremble     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
interplay; act together or towards others or with
become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid
develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually
decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
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veteran     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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government under a single ruler
person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb
a close relationship, connection, or link; a secret love affair
a skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures
someone who has given long service
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