Difficult IELTS Words - Group 2

a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years

n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

v. digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.

a. marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic; swift; keen or sharp in speech or manner

v. serve as or provide a substitute or counterbalance

n. vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink; snack bar or small cafeteria, as on a military installation

ad. in the direction that the hands of a clock move

n. tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; dig; move through by or as by digging

n. an opening or tear; breaking of waves; a gap or rift

v. to avoid by using an alternative channel or route

v. serve as or provide a substitute or counterbalance

a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic

n. act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country

n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

v. refrain from buying or using

v. give certain information to; assure; make certain

n. a stopping or discontinuance of action

n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content

v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of

v. give certain information to; assure; make certain

v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

n. a stopping or discontinuance of action

n. accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on

a. following one after another without interruption; sequential

n. deep opening in the earth surface

a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

v. destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away

n. deep opening in the earth surface

v. practice trickery or fraud; cheat

n. vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink; snack bar or small cafeteria, as on a military installation

n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art

a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious

n. an opening or tear; breaking of waves; a gap or rift

v. refrain from buying or using

n. fastening device; firm grip

n. great, often sudden calamity; complete failure; sudden violent change in the earth's surface

n. an opening or tear; breaking of waves; a gap or rift

v. digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.

v. serve as or provide a substitute or counterbalance