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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
adequate     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
of the universe; vast
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atlas     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a bound volume of maps, charts, or tables
a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group
goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving
checklist; a collection of resources
disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede
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bypass     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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festival or holiday; festive or joyous meal; something highly agreeable; entertainment
trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium
the channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture
the sensation of dryness in the throat
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corrupt     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
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decay     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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take part in something; share in something
cause to be sorrowful; distress
decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
gain or acquire by force;  take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over
disappear; die out; lose color; lose freshness
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disgust     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
government under a single ruler
push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
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encyclopedia     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant; thread made from fibers of the flax plant
faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
part of the leg between the hip and the knee
a reference work containing articles on various topics
soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling
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fluff     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
the framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; grating or mesh
a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
inflated or padded material; light down or fuzz, as on a young bird; superficial entertainment
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haste     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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state of being suitable
excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
border; rim; the amount by which one thing is different from another
distinct feature or element in a problem
hurry; rapidity of action or motion
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janitor     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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any part of a curved line
door-keeper; porter; one who has the care of public building or suites of rooms
a small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
aide; servant; accompanying; a person who participates in a meeting
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likewise     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
similarly; as well; too
easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise
moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
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ministry     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
act of serving; government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister
an opening that permits escape or release; an activity that releases creative energy or emotion
diversity; quality or condition of being various or varied
sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
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optimism     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
condition of being pure; freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; cleanness
small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
determination; resolving to do something; a formal statement of a decision
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pension     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover
seriousness; solemn and dignified feeling; natural force between two massive bodies
quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
condition of being pure; freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; cleanness
something paid or given; payment to a person in consideration of past services
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queer     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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not the less; notwithstanding; despite that; yet
helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective
emitting only a small amount of light; lacking in brightness
selling of goods to consumers
odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric; mysterious; suspicious; questionable
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remedy     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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share of the money, food, or clothing that has been charitably given
a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
a bound volume of maps, charts, or tables
disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder
a document or certificate proving a person's identity or qualifications; warrant
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snatch     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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consider; think about carefully; weigh
express or indicate indirectly; signify
stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
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suspension     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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floor or covering of solid material laid to make a hard and convenient surface for travel
an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions; a body of people associated together
temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
lightweight elastic outer bark, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats
song of praise or patriotism; the song of devotion or loyalty
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terminate     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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inhale air than immediately expel it; make deep single respiration, especially to express  fatigue, exhaustion, grief
stop; bring to an end or halt
be similar to; take after; look like
gain; harvest a crop from; get or derive; obtain as a result of the effort
disappear; die out; lose color; lose freshness
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violate     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw
breakdown; fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support
bring into being; give rise to; produce
stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
treat violently; abuse; do violence to; disturb; interrupt
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