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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
amuse     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste
form or develop in mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
bring order and organization to; harmonize
gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with a tracking system
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bandage     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds
measuring instrument; measure; judge
public records; place where public records are kept
limitation on imports; ration; prescribed number
quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
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chant     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
become stable or more stable
utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
contend by grappling with and striving to trip or throw down an opponent; struggle or strive earnestly
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compartment     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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something appended or added
ability to learn and reason; ability to think abstractly or profoundly
one of parts or spaces into which an area is subdivided; separate room, section, or chamber
fact or state of having been created; the act of investing with a new office or title
implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
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democracy     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of elected people
the direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment; a note from a diplomat
fertile or green spot in a waste or desert
the top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of plant or tree; grain or other product of field while standing
extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
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dine     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory; rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor
disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
eat a principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to
row slowly and gently; move through the water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs
grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
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elaborate     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
while on the contrary; while at the same time
marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
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frantic     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
of the universe; vast
hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
ferocious; savage; extremely severe or violent; terrible
highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
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haven     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun; faint light
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incidentally     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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native; originating where it is found
by chance; accidentally
profitable; producing a good profit
penniless, without any money; financially ruined
necessary; critical; vital; constituting or being part of the essence of something
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liberal     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
causing disagreement or discussion; disputable
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
nevertheless; despite; despite anything to the contrary
open-minded; tolerant; broad-mindedness; having political views favoring reform and progress
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mode     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
aide; servant; accompanying; a person who participates in a meeting
branch of social science that deals with the production and consumption and their management
prevailing style; manner; a way of doing something; fashion or style
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overseas     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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gracious; showing warmth and friendliness
beyond or across the sea; abroad
changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
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planetarium     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
soiled or discolored; a symbol of disgrace or infamy; a natural spot of a color different from the gound
possibility, strong probability; state of being probable
apparatus or model representing the solar system; museum in which images of stars are projected onto a domed ceiling
woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
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pulp     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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fruit flesh;  any soft or soggy mass
woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
man who speaks on behalf of another or others
any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement
the first existence or beginning of anything; birth; fountain
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relapse     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious; worship of a false god; false religion
falling back into a former state, especially becoming worse
floor or covering of solid material laid to make a hard and convenient surface for travel
slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
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shovel     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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small fragment or piece,  especially a small piece of bread or other food; broken or cut off
any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
the diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work; diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador
emulation; copying the actions of someone else
a tool consisting of a broad scoop, or hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing loose substances
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susceptible     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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existing in idea or thought; conception; intellectual; mental;  imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model
sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
beyond or across the sea; abroad
attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
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trivial     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy
humid; moist; slightly wet
never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented
able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
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wager     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
announcement; explicit  statement; a formal public statement
fellow worker; associate; co-worker
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question;  bet; stake
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