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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 4
affirm     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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find fault or rail with rude clamor; utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between
state something as true; assert; confirm
keep or confine within limits
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boast     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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show off oneself;  speak of with excessive pride
move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
give, transfer, or deliver formally, as if by signing over into the possession of another
freshen; circulate through and freshen
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
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bureaucracy     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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someone who regularly travels from home in a suburb to work in a city
beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
over-regulated administrative system
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criterion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
rushing stream; flood; heavy downpour
standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test
predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
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desolate     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately
having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
easily understood; clear; intelligible
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
active; vigorous;  having or involving a lot of energy
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dividend     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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living quarters provided for public convenience; something that meets a need; convenience
the sum of money to be divided and distributed; share of a sum divided that falls to individuals; a distribute sum
dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality
speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
fundamental structure, as for a written work; skeleton
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exceed     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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explicit     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
temporary; provided for present need only
vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous
precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
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goad     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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make less severe or harsh; moderate
form by assembling or combining parts; build; create
nourish; help grow or develop; foster
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
confront; state the opposite of what someone has said
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infringe     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate
act contrary to, as a law, right, or obligation; annul or hinder
imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in an ornamental way
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
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lucid     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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having no tone; unmusical.
harmonious; euphonic; agreeable to hear; producing agreeable, especially musical, sounds
springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
easily understood; clear; intelligible
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monotonous     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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hardly; barely; only just
helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
relating to where a person or animal was born; native
boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
ready to consent or submit; acceptable
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oblong     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or the region near it
selling or related to selling goods in large quantities; large-scale; on a large scale without careful discrimination
simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally
having greater length than breadth, especially when rectangular
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paraphrase     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
be next to; be contiguous to; border on
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify the thought of others
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pester     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
make an island of; place in a detached situation or a state having no communication with surrounding objects
sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
quote; adduce as an instance
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questionnaire     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
state of poor nutrition
padded or knitted covering placed especially over a teapot to keep the tea hot; cozy
a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information
expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
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shimmer     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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nourish; help grow or develop; foster
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
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speciality     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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an organ of the body or of a plant that produces liquid chemicals that have various purposes
a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
push; driving force; an act of propelling
a tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to keep water for community use
a particular or peculiar case; a distinguishing mark or feature
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symbolize     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
represent; signify; stand for
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
reprocess; use again after processing
bring out; arouse; call forth
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turnover     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries
a large body of ice that flows under its mass, usually downhill
the amount of money turned over in a specified time; the number of people replaced in a business
act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; act of setting a price; estimation
waste material, especially fecal matter that is expelled from body after digestion; matter excreted and ejected
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