Difficult IELTS Words - Group 10

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v. make sterile or unproductive; impoverish, as land; exhaust of fertility.


Spelling Word: sterilize
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v. be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power


Spelling Word: supersede
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a. having, caused by, or relating to speed greater than the speed of sound


Spelling Word: supersonic
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n. a sudden rush, flood or increase which is transient


Spelling Word: surge
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n. whirling motion; eddy, as of water


Spelling Word: swirl
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a. having been asserted as true under oath


Spelling Word: sworn
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v. interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly


Spelling Word: tamper
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n. uniting or knitting together confusedly; knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged


Spelling Word: tangle
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n. an ornament made from a bunch of loose threads bound at one end and hanging free at the other


Spelling Word: tassel
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n. person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry


Spelling Word: temperament