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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 4
adverse     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
most frequent or common; having superior power and influence
in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical
selling or related to selling goods in large quantities; large-scale; on a large scale without careful discrimination
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aspire     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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be full of; be plentiful
reach a conclusion; become systemic and spread throughout the body
start; initiate; induct into office by a formal ceremony
copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
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compress     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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fly aloft, as a bird; mount upward on wings; rise in thought, spirits, or imagination
part; separate or disunite; disengage
utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
close; squeeze or press together; contract
pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
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cultivate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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restrain; keep within close bounds; confine
improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
slip or glide away; pass away silently
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diagram     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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lack of self-confidence or courage
large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
graph; chart; figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement; plan
passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship
harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss
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dominate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
belong; have a connection with or dependence on
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
bump; hit something violently
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erupt     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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ban; taboo; forbid
grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
stop; impede; shut out from view
explode; burst out; become violently active
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
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falter     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force
be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
make threefold or triple; play or sing the highest part or most acute sounds
treat ill; abuse; treat roughly.
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
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harbour     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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loud noise of many confused voices; tumult; uproar.
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships; place of shelter; refuge
container for holding or carrying miscellaneous items, especially a traveling case or bag
dry period; aridity; a long period of abnormally low rainfall
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illuminate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
frighten; fill with terror
remove from one country or state to another for residence; migrate from home
make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of
provide or brighten with light; clear up or make understandable; enlighten
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livestock     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything
highland; upland; relatively flat highland
any animals kept for use or profit
a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information
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mitigate     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
make less severe or harsh; moderate
expel; eject from a position or place; force out
occur at the same time as; correspond
make laws; create or pass laws
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nominal     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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lasting; long-lasting; enduring
merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
in name only; insignificantly small
consisting of, relating to, or being in the water
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permissible     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
varied;  consisting of various types mixed together
stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding
proper to be permitted; allowable; admissible.
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
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postscript     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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the difference in electrical charge between two points
two words that can be interchanged in a context
paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer
one of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, and parallel to it
island; spot within another of a different color
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propel     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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copy the actions, appearance, mannerisms, or speech of; mimic; use or follow as a model
decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
complete view in every direction.
drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
come to an end; terminate; lose validity; breathe one's last breath; die
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signify     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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applaud; announce with great approval
confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve
bring into possession; cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; cause to come
vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
denote; mean; indicate
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strive     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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obtain from another by coercion; get money by threats
endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
prolong; draw out or lengthen in time
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traction     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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friction between body and surface on which it moves
beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
one who is an authority on history
the assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
a great number; many
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variation     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
act of changing or altering
change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin
the dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
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