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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
amuse     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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pierce; go through; permeate
occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
raise; advance; push or shove upward
compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
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boil     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
be agitated; pass from a liquid to vapor when heated; be  excited with passion; heat in the water
stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action
hand out; disseminate; allocate
force separation from one's native country
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bulk     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
a prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection
majority; the main part; volume; mass
someone who has been nominated for something; candidate
one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
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conjunction     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium
something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
manners; rules governing socially acceptable behavior
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deficiency     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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material in the surface of the earth
state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health
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dim     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
emitting only a small amount of light; lacking in brightness
having the properties of attracting iron or steel; captivating; attractive;  being to draw or pull
tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
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engage     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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obtain for services of; arrange for the use of; pledge or promise, especially to marry
administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
tie, or confine with a cord, band, or chain; make fast; contract; cohere or stick together
call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
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feast     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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process of modifying a person's behavior; preparation or training, especially athletic training of the body
festival or holiday; festive or joyous meal; something highly agreeable; entertainment
one's relatives; family; kinfolk
any English coin of standard value; coined money
cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
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hurl     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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frighten; make timid; fill with fear
draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.
melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze
express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
throw with great force; cast; toss
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indulge     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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breakdown; fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support
disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
be complacent toward; give way to; not to oppose or restrain;  yield to the desire of
put in; infuse; force or drive fluid into something
pass near-surface of; brush the surface of; glide swiftly along the surface of; read in order to get principal facts
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lottery     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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one whose occupation is the installation, maintenance, repair, or operation of electric equipment and circuitry
body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball
the device, as in a home heating system, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes
scheme for distribution of prizes by chance; gaming in which tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes
offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
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myth     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
the framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; grating or mesh
the top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of plant or tree; grain or other product of field while standing
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of elected people
a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
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origin     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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the first existence or beginning of anything; birth; fountain
excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
apparatus or model representing the solar system; museum in which images of stars are projected onto a domed ceiling
lack of money;  state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
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posture     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
a sportsman; one who contended for a prize in public games
white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids
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reassure     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place
make public; make known to humankind, or people in general
give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
form or develop in mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow
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salvage     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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force separation from one's native country
represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate; magnify; do something to an excessive degree
move to act; incite; give rise to; assist with a reminder
save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
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sociology     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward
fine powdery foodstuff; soft, fine powder
branch of philosophy which treats the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science
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synthetic     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
movable; not fixed; fluid; unstable
useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; given rest and ease; avoiding work or employment; lazy
slightly wet; damp or humid
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trivial     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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acute; incisive; sharp; express grief verbally
modern; belonging to the same period of time
unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless
absolutely; completely or extremely
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weary     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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humble; less ambitious; moderate
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes
qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
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