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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 1
alternative     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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loose, flowing upper garment; ordinary outer dress of woman; official robe of certain professional men
one of two or more things, ideas, or courses of action that may be used; option or choice
portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject; speech that is open to the public
vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
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barely     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
extremely small; short note
forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
money-making; involved in work that is intended for the mass market
just; only; hardly; scarcely
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bubble     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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catastrophe; great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
storage compartment for clothes and valuables, usually it has a lock
a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access
foam; dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic; fantastic or impracticable idea or belief
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civil     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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not often; in an unusual degree; exceptionally
arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
able to feel;  responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others
reasonably large; important in effect or meaning
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contract     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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remove the surface from
break apart; cut; divide
become decomposed by a natural process; perish slowly; become corrupt
investigate systematically; examine; search
constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
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couch     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person
a person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject
any system of lines or channels crossing like the fabric of a net; complex, interconnected group or system
summary of a longer discussion;  formal examination;  practice to refresh memory
sofa; arrange or dispose as in a bed
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element     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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drug extracted from coca leaves as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure, that can become addictive
an inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf; a small body of water set off from the main body
act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
a fundamental or essential constituent of a composite entity; basic assumptions or principles of a subject
game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players; ball used in this game
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explode     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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examine and note the similarities or differences of
call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; bring great evil upon
go up or advance; fix onto a backing; put up or launch
erupt; blow up; burst violently as a result of internal pressure
give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
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genetic     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
filled to satisfaction with food or drink; containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
worthy of notice; extraordinary
of or relating to the science of gene; relating to, or influenced by the origin of something
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guarantee     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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surroundings; totality of surrounding conditions
a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms
pledge that something will happen or that something is true
any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
outline; a biographical sketch
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issue     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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state of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character
an event that will inevitably happen in the future
plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy
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mental     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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conforming to a type; representative
something additional of the same kind
affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt
on, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest
involving mind or intellectual process;  affected by disorder of mind
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notable     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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arousing or provoking laughter; ridiculous; amusing; humorous
not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
difficult to handle or manage
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
by vice or defects; defective; imperfect; having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved
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potential     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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improbable; has little chance of being the case or coming about
excellent; extraordinary;  strange in form, conception, or appearance
small in quantity; being of delicate or slender build
pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle between difference
existing in possibility; expected to become or be
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recommendation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
causing or ending in or approaching death; station
making attractive or acceptable; pushing for something
represent;  advantage, benefit, the interest of someone
dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
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scheme     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; a wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
an elaborate and systematic plan of action; chart or outline of a system or object
official house; large house; an act of dwelling in a place
state of being held in high esteem; general estimation in which a person is held by the public
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specific     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; unaccompanied; single
stated explicitly or in detail; definite
bare and pure; completely unclothed
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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spin     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
give or bring back; return to its original condition
continue to live; endure or last
give advice to someone; suggest
turn round rapidly; move round rapidly; move swiftly
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track     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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surroundings; totality of surrounding conditions
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
management; supervision; people who are in charge of management; the activity of government for powers and duties
outer boundary length; closed curve bounding a plane area
road or path affording passage; line or route along which something moves
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tuck     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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give up what is not strictly needed; hold back from; withhold or avoid; save or relieve from action
do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
make one or more folds in; store in a safe spot; put in a snug spot
go mad, go crazy;  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; toss with a sharp movement
get or find back; regain a former condition
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