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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 4
analyse     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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resolve anything complex into its elements; separate into parts for examination of each separately
make rich; richen; improve
slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion
make as big or large as possible
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bead     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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small piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood that is pierced for stringing
book of literary selections by various authors
large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
the former occupant of a post; ancestor or forefather
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commemorate     Speak
 
(3)
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remove from one country or state to another for residence; migrate from home
make less severe or harsh; moderate
utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
commence; go onboard a boat or airplane; begin a journey
serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
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confine     Speak
 
(4)
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excite; stimulate; awaken from or as if from sleep
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
restrict in movement; circumscribe
flow over; cover with, or as with, water or other fluid; spread over; flow over the brim of
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
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defiance     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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highland; upland; relatively flat highland
act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
one occupied with the affairs of government and influential in shaping policy
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discrete     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time
by which; by what; how
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
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engross     Speak
 
(7)
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be located under or below; be the support or basis of; account for
use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device
shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
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flux     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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one who records what is said or done; one legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity
flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
uniting in a league; confederation; league
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain
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gradual     Speak
 
(9)
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temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, or from one state to another; regularly progressive
easily seen or understood; obvious; apparent; clear
putting together; made delicately or elaborately; having been worked or prepared somehow
differed; diversified; various
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indispensable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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old; old-fashioned; antiquated; out of date
relaxing; not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected
adhesive; sticking together; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
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lateral     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
coming from the side; situated at or extending to the side
short-lived; enduring a very short time
wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
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malleable     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
precisely and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
stately; royal; relating to a monarch
rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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nominal     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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striking one object against another sharply
large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
containing or derived from error; mistaken
in name only; insignificantly small
in disrepair, run-down; of very poor quality or condition
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pendulum     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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direct financial aid by the government
act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything
a body suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum
case with shelves for holding books, especially one with glazed doors
speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
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postscript     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer
a vessel propelled by steam; steamship or steamboat;  road locomotive for use on common roads
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
a chemical used to kill pests
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profuse     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
not thorough, constant, or consistent; by chance
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
helper, additional or subsidiary
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shrub     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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bush; a large plant with a rounded shape formed from many small branches
reading and writing; ability to read and write
active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
resident; someone or thing who lives in a place
passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship
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stationary     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved
slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
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tangle     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
guarantee; assurance by the seller; authorization or certification
place for making observations on the heavenly bodies; building fitted with instruments for observations of space
stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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validity     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin
state of poor nutrition
part of a country which fronts another country or an unsettled region; border, or extreme part of a country
quality of having legal force or effectiveness
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