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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 4
allocate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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prolong; draw out or lengthen in time
assign; distribute according to plan
bring into possession; cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; cause to come
search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
analyze; examine; identify the cause of something
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apprentice     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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works for an expert to learn a trade; beginner; learner
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
island; spot within another of a different color
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browse     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically
establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
graze; skim or glance at casually
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conform     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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be full of; be plentiful
comply with; follow; fit; meet
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy
initiate; invent; bring into being; create
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deflate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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replace or enhance human labor with machines
supplement with great effort; add to; augment
reduce from an inflated condition; release contained air or gas from
form by assembling or combining parts; build; create
twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle
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emigrate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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remove from one country or state to another for residence; migrate from home
surpass; exceed; pass beyond the limits of
throw into disorder; break the array of.
deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
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entangle     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle
destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion
pass over or beyond; surpass
represent; signify; stand for
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exuberant     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
unique; extraordinary; being only one
being beyond what is required or sufficient
high spirited; joyously unrestrained; abundant; luxurious
characterized by unrest or disorder
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fume     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
one who is in charge to deal with others, like an ambassador, who is appointed to represent a government
students visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price
a piece of orange or lemon peel used to give flavor to liquor; something that gives a pleasant taste; appetizer
mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data
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idiom     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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transmitting money, bills, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in the discharge of an obligation
powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
tax on goods coming into a country
defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons
an expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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lucid     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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easily understood; clear; intelligible
likely; precisely suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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misconceive     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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exceed or surpass; leave behind
pollute; make dirty or spotty
leave undone or leave out; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; receive false notion of; misjudge; misapprehend.
quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
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obstinate     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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having supreme rank or power; self-governing; excellent; independent
relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
inactive; lacking the power to move; unable to move or act
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perpendicular     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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coming nearer; approaching
having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
resulting; following as a logical conclusion
vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
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pliable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
likely; precisely suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial
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refugee     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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one who flees to shelter, or place of safety
silvery, moderately hard metallic element
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
spot or stain, as of ink on paper; blur; a weak point or failing
natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person
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shrub     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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dividing line; border; frontier
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
bush; a large plant with a rounded shape formed from many small branches
search for knowledge; systematic investigation
renewal;  growth of lost or destroyed parts or organs
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subtract     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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mark a line below, as words; underscore.
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
remove a part from the whole
force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
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trample     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
exceed or surpass; leave behind
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ventilate     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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freshen; circulate through and freshen
make a clear distinction; distinguish; make sensible decisions; judge wisely
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
change or alter by bringing in something new
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