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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
arena     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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the material used for filling cushion, mattress, or others
a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids
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bleach     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially based on special knowledge
swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
make white or colorless; blanch
cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
treat violently; abuse; do violence to; disturb; interrupt
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bypass     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
fearful or distasteful anticipation; terror; horror
the channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture
a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together
lack of knowledge or education
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colossal     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built
not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy
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cripple     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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a drawing, especially in a newspaper or magazine, that tells a joke
act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb
share of the money, food, or clothing that has been charitably given
prominent aspect of something
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detect     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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make public; make known to humankind, or people in general
feel; discover the presence of; identify something
carry from one place to another; bear or transport
provide an extensive explanation for words or phrases
cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
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equivalent     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; curved
quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
chief; serving as an essential component
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fickle     Speak
 
(8)
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desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
lasting for a long period;  marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases
belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval
at some distance from the shore
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graphic     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
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interpret     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
seclude; set apart or cut off from others
obtain for services of; arrange for the use of; pledge or promise, especially to marry
decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
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judicial     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or a judge; sanctioned or ordered by a court
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
of an entire group or class; general
having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary
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mingle     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually
overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
breakdown; fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support
feel; discover the presence of; identify something
be all mixed up or jumbled together;
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outline     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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the line that appears to bound an object; the shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
a small part that has been broken off or detached; fraction
wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
hurry; rapidity of action or motion
the first existence or beginning of anything; birth; fountain
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perceive     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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become aware of through the senses; detect
draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.
charge a fee for using;  sound in slowly repeated single tones; announce or summon by ringing a bell
appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
frighten; make timid; fill with fear
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prototype     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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the extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; last struggle of life; death struggle
original work used as a model; original type
public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
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salvage     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with a tracking system
become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
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shabby     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language
broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another
stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
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stern     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
relating to, or adjacent to the sea; relating to marine shipping or navigation
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tremble     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
be at an angle; incline
clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges
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volcano     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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any plant with long, hard, elastic stems;  walking stick
the general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country
quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
child in the first period of life; young babe
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