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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 4
adolescence     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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accommodation; a temporary place to stay
long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat
state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; transitional period between youth and maturity
evil deed; wicked action
mineral pitch; black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame
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apt     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
being beyond what is required or sufficient
relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
likely; precisely suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
having the form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
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commemorate     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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find fault or rail with rude clamor; utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke
delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
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congestion     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass
story; art, technique, or process of telling a story
a person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
precision; the subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
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detain     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
help bring about; make less difficult
isolate; separate; divide from the main body
enhance; hoist; raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
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discord     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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one that looks on; spectator
a piece of substantiating evidence; proof; written authorization or certificate
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific; a violent whirlwind
act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance
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evade     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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get away from by artifice; escape by dexterity; avoid giving a direct answer to
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
cause to be interested or curious; captivate
provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
show off oneself;  speak of with excessive pride
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flutter     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy
make whole; combine; make into one unit
move up or climb something; mount
put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
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gaunt     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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differed; diversified; various
perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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inference     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
a hinged blind for a window
failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature
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lull     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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the former occupant of a post; ancestor or forefather
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others
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monotonous     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
questionable; filled with doubt
precisely and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
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orchard     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees
organization of performers and associated personnel
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries
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persist     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up
continue; insist; persevere
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pliable     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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dictatorial; domineering; authoritarian
by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
constantly; always; in every case or on every occasion
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
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prohibit     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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freshen; circulate through and freshen
detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear
move through space, circuit, or system, returning to the starting point
ban; taboo; forbid
unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
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signify     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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bring upon oneself; become liable to; acquire or come into
combine or join together, or to cause things to do this; unite
sink; immerse; put underwater
denote; mean; indicate
pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence
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subtract     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
remove a part from the whole
ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
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supplement     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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represent; demonstrate; depict; clarify, as by use of examples or comparisons
close; squeeze or press together; contract
distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
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voltage     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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students visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price
relation of associate; the companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; state of being together
the difference in electrical charge between two points
defensive covering, as of metal, wood, or leather, worn to protect the body against weapons
any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen
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