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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
artificial     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
dramatic; outstanding; arresting attention and producing a vivid impression
gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
made by humans; produced rather than natural.
relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential
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batch     Speak
 
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n.  
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something hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance;  moral stain or blot
traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together
bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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cannon     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health
announcement; explicit  statement; a formal public statement
process of bringing up, nourishing, or maintaining; rearing and training received during childhood
great gun; firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force; loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung
small container; pill in the form of small rounded gelatinous; a shortened version of a written work
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corrupt     Speak
 
(4)
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unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
past due; not paid at the scheduled time; late; delayed
lasting for a long period;  marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
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cradle     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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prize or award offered free or at a reduced price after buying something else; payment for insurance
document certifying the successful completion of a course of study
pattern; beat;  recurring at regular intervals
small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
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dilemma     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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the continuous portion of a circle; something curved in shape
lightweight elastic outer bark, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats
an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
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estimate     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
throw with great force; cast; toss
disturb, especially by minor irritations; irritate
destroy; break up; break into many pieces
stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
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feature     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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the extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; last struggle of life; death struggle
the outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
prominent aspect of something
long, eventful journey; extended adventurous voyage or trip
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huddle     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out
cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially based on special knowledge
become stable or more stable
crouch or curl up; mass; heap;  crowd or draw together
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improvise     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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miss a step and fall or nearly fall; walk unsteadily
move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
prevent from being successful
compose, perform, or do something with little or no preparation
sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
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license     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert
the diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work; diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador
any part of a curved line
branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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ministry     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
act of serving; government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister
the weapon that is thrown or projected;  rocket carrying instruments or warhead
the framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; grating or mesh
a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off
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origin     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
the general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country
implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
descendant; the young of an animal
the first existence or beginning of anything; birth; fountain
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pavement     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
likeness; similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
floor or covering of solid material laid to make a hard and convenient surface for travel
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prerogative     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism
elevation especially above sea level; height
eating or drinking something; the using up of a resource
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
group; class; a collection of things sharing a common attribute
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salvage     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instruments; approve; support
keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete
appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
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siege     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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result; end or consequence; a result of a random trial
written order directing a bank to pay money
region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert
seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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sway     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze
interplay; act together or towards others or with
compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them
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tide     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
periodic rise and fall of the sea level
understanding; feeling; effect or product of perceiving
refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving
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unconditional     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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agreeing with or established by common usage; conventional; habitual
having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
made without condition; absolute; unreserved
sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest
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