Difficult IELTS Words - Group 3
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crackle 
1
 | setting or marking of boundaries or limits |
| make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises; show liveliness, energy, or intensity |
| spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely |
| quick and skillful; neat in action or performance |
culminate
2
| setting or marking of boundaries or limits |
| ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate |
| reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit |
| decrease fullness of; use up or empty out |
curtail
3
| cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part |
| put food on to a dish ready for eating; distribute or deliver something |
| strong disrelish or distaste; aversion to the taste of food or drink |
| curator; guardian |
custodian
4
| seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness |
| give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; prematurely and voluntarily leave |
| sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze. |
| curator; guardian |
damper
5
| having the attention diverted; suffering conflicting emotions; distraught |
| adequate, meeting accepted standards |
| something that deadens, restrains, or depresses |
| ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate |
decaf
6
| swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure |
| unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view |
| vocabulary that is for a specific group of people |
| coffee with the caffeine removed |
decrepit
7
| differing in some characteristics; various |
| quick and skillful; neat in action or performance |
| make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises; show liveliness, energy, or intensity |
| weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use |
delinquency
8
| move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood |
| hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect |
| scatter; drive away; cause to vanish |
| failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime |
demarcation
9
| scatter; drive away; cause to vanish |
| keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting |
| sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active |
| setting or marking of boundaries or limits |
deter
10
| turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge |
| sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active |
| keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting |
| sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze. |