Difficult IELTS Words - Group 3

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cultivate  Speak Example sentences
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improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
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person of very small size; an animal or a plant much below the ordinary size of its species; star of relatively small size
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principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction
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destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
deed  Speak Example sentences
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destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
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release or throw down in a large mass; empty out a container or vehicle by overturning
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act or action, usually praiseworthy act
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give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; prematurely and voluntarily leave
deficit  Speak Example sentences
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harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss
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make shorter by cutting; interrupt and curtail before the planned end time
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failure or falling off in amount or quality
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act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting
defraud  Speak Example sentences
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deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device
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judgment day; day of the last judgment; day of death
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put food on to a dish ready for eating; distribute or deliver something
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release or throw down in a large mass; empty out a container or vehicle by overturning
delegate  Speak Example sentences
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analyze; examine; identify
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person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy
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sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze.
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make shorter by cutting; interrupt and curtail before the planned end time
demolish  Speak Example sentences
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swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
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bend down; stoop low; lie close to the ground with the legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear
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person of very small size; an animal or a plant much below the ordinary size of its species; star of relatively small size
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raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
devastate  Speak Example sentences
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weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
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put food on to a dish ready for eating; distribute or deliver something
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give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; prematurely and voluntarily leave
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ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
dilute  Speak Example sentences
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fall apart; fold or collapse; crush together or press into wrinkles
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weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
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principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction
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class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect
discord  Speak Example sentences
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act or action, usually praiseworthy act
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move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
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improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
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conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
discrete  Speak Example sentences
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fall apart; fold or collapse; crush together or press into wrinkles
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coin of the United States or Canada worth ten cents
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improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
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separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts