6000 IELTS Academic Words
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| Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes |    |
embargo 
1
 | twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle |
| ban on commerce or other activity |
| unclear; vague; lacking precise limits |
| fundamental structure, as for a written work; skeleton |
enrolment
2
| preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope |
| arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist |
| act of enrolling; specifically, the registering, recording, or entering |
| dry period; aridity; a long period of abnormally low rainfall |
ephemeral
3
| change or alter by bringing in something new |
| short-lived; enduring a very short time |
| uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write |
| drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream |
erode
4
| put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust |
| drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream |
| include; surround on all sides; close in |
| eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn |
fallacy
5
| deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception |
| flight over a specific location, usually at low altitude; overpass, as on a highway |
| fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete |
| drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream |
flyover
6
| ban on commerce or other activity |
| put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust |
| flight over a specific location, usually at low altitude; overpass, as on a highway |
| short-lived; enduring a very short time |
framework
7
| precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken |
| a period of fourteen consecutive days |
| sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active |
| fundamental structure, as for a written work; skeleton |
gradual
8
| proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, or from one state to another; regularly progressive |
| science of the relationships between organisms and their environments |
| understandable; clear to the mind |
| not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation |
graph
9
| act of enrolling; specifically, the registering, recording, or entering |
| put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust |
| chart; a drawing illustrating the relations |
| prediction about how something will develop, as for weather |
indefinite
10
| passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship |
| sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active |
| underlying base or foundation, especially for an organization or system |
| unclear; vague; lacking precise limits |