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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 4
affiliate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
act as force or influence that balances, checks, or limits an opposite one
associate; cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another
turn to the advantage of; be of service to; profit; promote
trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
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bilingual     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency
vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
ambition; something that you hope to achieve
ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
cliff; an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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compel     Speak
 
(3)
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lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
give, transfer, or deliver formally, as if by signing over into the possession of another
parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
strive in opposition; contest; dispute; struggle for
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consequent     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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of a very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
resulting; following as a logical conclusion
relating to where a person or animal was born; native
offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense
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deplete     Speak
 
(5)
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decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
reach a conclusion; become systemic and spread throughout the body
bump; hit something violently
reach the highest or most decisive point;  rise to the summit
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elated     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
having no tone; unmusical.
ultimate; occurring at an unspecified time in the future
implied or understood though not directly expressed
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
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erode     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify
view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
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extinguish     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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build; put together out of components or parts
unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
pose a threat to; present a danger to;  threaten
quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
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hierarchy     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for making floors
art or science of flying; flight; aeronautics
process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
bill; commercial document issued by a seller to the buyer indicating the products, quantities, and prices
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hubbub     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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shortening something by omitting parts of it
loud noise of many confused voices; tumult; uproar.
act of rising; steep place; insurrection; popular revolt
beginner; person new to a field or activity
deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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invoke     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
resolve anything complex into its elements; separate into parts for examination of each separately
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
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maritime     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly
marked by or given to doubt; questioning
wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
relating to, or adjacent to the sea; nautical
having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
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optimum     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
coming from the side; situated at or extending to the side
most favorable or advantageous
relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
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paradigm     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
story; art, technique, or process of telling a story
a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something
upward slope or grade; movement upward
component or part; citizen, voter
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preceding     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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major; important; outweighing
possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding
no longer current or applicable; antiquated
vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep
ahead; before; existing or happening before someone or something
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prevalent     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
foremost in importance; supreme in rank
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
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rhetoric     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything
act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
the quality produced by the sensation of taste; a variety of tastes attributed to an object
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steamer     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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search for knowledge; systematic investigation
a vessel propelled by steam; steamship or steamboat;  road locomotive for use on common roads
place for making observations on the heavenly bodies; building fitted with instruments for observations of space
one who is an authority on history
laying a tax, or imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by authority; raising of revenue
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tangle     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
a set of principles of right conduct; theory or a system of moral values
the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
the assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
whirling motion; eddy, as of water
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tyrannical     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
of a very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate;
dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
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