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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 1
adopt     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
avoid a blow by moving or shifting quickly aside; a shifty or ingenious trick
cut the surface of; cause friction
state clearly; make known formally or officially
accept; take on; raise; take into one's family
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beloved     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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exciting, or tending to horror or fear; hideous
greatly loved; dear to the heart
affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt
greater rank or station or quality; excellent
preceding in the order of time; former; previous
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bent     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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consistent with; based on; using reason
concerned by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
determined to do or have
without consideration; despite everything; anyway
less; requiring to be subtracted; negative
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chip     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
cut small pieces from; diminish or reduce to shape; break or crack
establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence;  melt metal and pour into a mold
insist upon having;  request and expect
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contempt     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
depot; storehouse for goods and merchandise
end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; a wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
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description     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words
an inborn pattern of behavior; nature
settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration
quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
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distress     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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consistent; standardized; clothing of a particular group
an example that is cited to prove a contention or illustrate a point; case or occurrence
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
role of government which makes sure that laws are carried out; administrator
a group of steamships under the same ownership; a group of vessels or vehicles
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episode     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
extreme fear; violent dread; fright
road or path affording passage; line or route along which something moves
someone who pays to get goods or services
a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
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grace     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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side of an object that is opposite its front; hind part; point, or area farthest from the front
elegance and beauty of movement or expression; a short prayer of thanks before a meal
a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
estimate; a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
pleasing, agreeable scent or odor
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insane     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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nearly corresponding; somewhat like; having a general likeness
exhibiting disordered of mind; deranged in mind; very foolish
skillful; handy; agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance; attractive
causing fear, dread, or terror; extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible
wonderful; extraordinarily good
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junk     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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a fragment of any solid substance; old iron, or other metal, glass, paper; discarded material
attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge
place of the dead, or souls after death where sinners suffer eternal punishment; any place of pain and turmoil
a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
light and humorous drama with a happy ending
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match     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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money; general acceptance or use
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
money given as a guarantee or security
a small section of filmed or filed material
something that resembles or harmonizes with
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permanent     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
remaining without essential change
under or below an object or a surface; lower down on the page
causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
in any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event
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plea     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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request for help; excuse or pretext
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
something that is intended; aim or purpose
act of taking something from someone unlawfully; stealing
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receipt     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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pledge that something will happen or that something is true
state of being present; current existence
group of people willing to obey orders
act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
act of receiving;  acknowledgment of goods delivered or money paid
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retreat     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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ability to comprehend; understand and profit from experience; intellect; the power of cognition
mark of damage; a mark left on the skin after injury
substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
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spare     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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give up what is not strictly needed; hold back from; withhold or avoid; save or relieve from action
sail back and forth on the ocean; sail as for the protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, or for pleasure
pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
give advice to someone; suggest
bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
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stroke     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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the action of trying at something
a large extent of land; organized portion of the country
land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass
a blow; light touch; sudden loss of consciousness for brain blood vessel lacking oxygen
a sign posted in public place as an advertisement
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tough     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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evil in principle or practice; contrary to moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin
considerate; having intellectual depth; giving close attention
hard; difficult; feeling physical discomfort or pain; hard to bear
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
exposed; easily discovered; plain
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tube     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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movement; an act of changing location; ability or power to move
request for help; excuse or pretext
causing or ending in or approaching death; station
hollow cylindrical shape; underground railway
the activity of going on an area at regular intervals for security purposes
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