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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
arise     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw
make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
come up from a lower to a higher position; come above the horizon; spring up; come into action
spot; locate or identify with precision
incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
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barren     Speak
 
(2)
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tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language
represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
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classical     Speak
 
(3)
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pertaining to one of the poles of the earth; of the poles
belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval
of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
standard and authoritative rather than new or experimental; relating to the ancient Greeks and Romans
unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
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colossal     Speak
 
(4)
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quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
sufficient; enough to meet a purpose
native; originating where it is found
very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
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deprive     Speak
 
(5)
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move to act; incite; give rise to; assist with a reminder
set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
deny; take something take away
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detest     Speak
 
(6)
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dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
fasten; annex; be in contact with
spot; locate or identify with precision
seclude; set apart or cut off from others
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enthusiastic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
by chance; accidentally
having or showing great excitement and interest
moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
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forge     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
gases ejected from an engine as waste products; use up the whole supply of
victim; object of hunt; hunted animal
a bound volume of maps, charts, or tables
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glimpse     Speak
 
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development; a gradual process of change and development
social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
the association organized to promote art or science, or education
glance; a quick look; see briefly; a brief or incomplete view
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initiate     Speak
 
(10)
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be agitated; pass from a liquid to vapor when heated; be  excited with passion; heat in the water
set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
wander; ramble; stroll
begin; originate; admit into membership
grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
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mandatory     Speak
 
(11)
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marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
no fixed or regular course; wandering
adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
obligatory; required or commanded by authority
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank
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minority     Speak
 
(12)
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bellow; rumble; make a loud noise
a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group
having and controlling property
something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor
halves; half of a sphere bounded by a great circle
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outlaw     Speak
 
(13)
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enclosed place in which heat is produced; place or time of punishment  or great trial; intensely hot place
group; class; a collection of things sharing a common attribute
length of time something lasts
an object that goes around the sun
a person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection; fugitive from the law; habitual criminal
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pharmaceutical     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
of or about knowledge of pharmacy or preparing medicines
relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented
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prerogative     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
the craft of making earthenware; ceramic ware made from clay
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resource     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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materials; abilities; available source
additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
revival; renewal; the revival of learning and culture
prominent aspect of something
failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
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solar     Speak
 
(17)
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of or relating to the sun
sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest
near at hand; close in time; about to occur
general; comprehensive; from one end to the other; including everything
not of major importance; of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
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stain     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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soiled or discolored; a symbol of disgrace or infamy; a natural spot of a color different from the gound
gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids
the line that appears to bound an object; the shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
possibility, strong probability; state of being probable
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transparent     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
movable; not fixed; fluid; unstable
common and coarse; relating to the common people with less cultivated or educated; lacking cultivation or refinement
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undoubtedly     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
in addition; moreover; still further
obligatory; required or commanded by authority
unquestionably; without doubt; certainly
of or about knowledge of pharmacy or preparing medicines
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