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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
abominable     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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known by or familiar with another; informed or familiar
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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bacterium     Speak
 
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n.  
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food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars; any small vessel on the water
forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; one who prepares stone for building purposes
single celled organism with no nucleus
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citadel     Speak
 
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n.  
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noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right
fortress; a fortified place which people could go for shelter during a battle
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cowboy     Speak
 
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n.  
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branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
one that engages in aggression; a person who first attacks
plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ
one who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; one who is reckless or irresponsible
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devastation     Speak
 
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n.  
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shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness
a heavy textile with a woven design
examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
an event that results in destruction;  the state of being decayed or destroyed
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exhaustive     Speak
 
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in a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly
completely neat and clean
treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
crowded to capacity; compressed
strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
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fussy     Speak
 
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring
easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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hanger     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who hangs, or causes to be hanged; loop or strap by which something is hung
guard to protect or defend person; lifeguard
position relative to points of directions; course introducing a new situation
plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies
female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
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inexorable     Speak
 
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not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
free, without charge; costing nothing
concerning; relating to; with respect to
morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; under a legal obligation to someone
hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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lava     Speak
 
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n.  
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hot liquid rock from a volcano that becomes solid as it cools
partial or total darkness; thick shade; gloomy, or dark place; cloudiness or heaviness of mind
machines or devices that apply pressure or print; collecting and publishing of news; journalism in general
a thin and soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
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lumber     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion
bravery; qualities of hero or heroine
outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception
timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length
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operative     Speak
 
(12)
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lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects
of excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; characterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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packed     Speak
 
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crowded to capacity; compressed
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
excessively sensitive; susceptible; having an allergy
continued;  maintained at length without interruption or weakening
unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true
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prospect     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin
perceive intuitively; foresee future; have nature of or being a deity
strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum-like; waver
search for or explore for mineral deposits or oil
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recoil     Speak
 
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v.  
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hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
negate; act against
the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
narrate or tell; count over again
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sapphire     Speak
 
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n.  
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mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
height; status; high level of respect
a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
goddess of a rainbow; rainbow; a prismatic play of colors; something that is forming the colored portion of the eye
supplying water to the land to help crops grow
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sovereign     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
a company which sells goods
one that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
a metal tool with a sharp edge used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal
an optical device for projecting a beam of light
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sundry     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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fearless; indicating or springing from courage
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
most frequent; widespread; predominant
various; miscellaneous; separate; distinct; diverse
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telex     Speak
 
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n.  
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small fruit tree with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity
strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject
protection from harm
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valiant     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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vigorous in the body; strong; powerful; performed with valor or bravery; heroic
recurring with measured regularity
harmless; innocent; giving no offense
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent
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