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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
annoy     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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try to change or have an influence on things that are not your responsibility, specifically without permission
blame; denounce; express strong disapproval of
disturb, especially by minor irritations; irritate
provide; bestow a quality on
look angry; wrinkle one's forehead; regard something with disapproval or distaste
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bruise     Speak
 
(2)
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be complacent toward; give way to; not to oppose or restrain;  yield to the desire of
bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
breakdown; fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support
injure, as by a blow or collision; contuse; fight with the fists
make use of, sometimes unjustly
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captive     Speak
 
(3)
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mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids
receiver; one that receives or is receptive
beginning; forming of an idea; an act of conceiving
device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something
a prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
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compatible     Speak
 
(4)
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penniless, without any money; financially ruined
as it ought to be; properly; regularly
pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
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dense     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
radical; taking effect violently or rapidly
thick; crowded closely together; compact
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distinction     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together
change something into another form; transform
a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
act of being present
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emphasize     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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keep under control; hold back; place limits on
bring into contact with a substance that can cause illness
become worse; decline; fall
injure, as by a blow or collision; contuse; fight with the fists
stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
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fountain     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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spring of water issuing from the earth; artificially produced jet or stream of water
someone who has been nominated for something; candidate
state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
writer for newspapers and magazines
possibility, strong probability; state of being probable
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growl     Speak
 
(9)
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put in; infuse; force or drive fluid into something
gain; harvest a crop from; get or derive; obtain as a result of the effort
throw with great force; cast; toss
hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
utter a deep guttural sound, like an angry dog; give forth an angry, grumbling sound; emit low guttural sound
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intellect     Speak
 
(10)
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ice crystal; weather cold enough to cause freezing; provide with a rough surface or appearance
eating or drinking something; the using up of a resource
ability to learn and reason; ability to think abstractly or profoundly
a device consisting of an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings and a handle
sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
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likewise     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
transient; brief; temporary; passing quickly
interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
similarly; as well; too
closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving a gist of something
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motto     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a sportsman; one who contended for a prize in public games
limitation on imports; ration; prescribed number
periodic rise and fall of the sea level
short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
the relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
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paragraph     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life
the distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line
one who binds himself to answer for another and is responsible for his default; godfather or godmother
flower; blossom; the best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual
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ponder     Speak
 
(14)
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weigh; weigh in mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively
miss a step and fall or nearly fall; walk unsteadily
judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate
spot; locate or identify with precision
twist or turn suddenly and forcibly; move, extract, or force-free by pulling violently
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pretentious     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
mechanized; operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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scatter     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
make amends for; reimburse
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sociology     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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grave or tomb; the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
branch of philosophy which treats the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science
act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
quality or state of being noble; the superiority of mind or character; commanding excellence; eminence
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surplus     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
conducive to sound health or well-being; beneficial
stimulating or exalting to the spirit
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tremble     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate; magnify; do something to an excessive degree
throw with great force; cast; toss
shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
impose something unpleasant; cause
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veto     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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descendant; the young of an animal
door-keeper; porter; one who has the care of public building or suites of rooms
rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against
something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor
making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium
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