Difficult IELTS Words - Group 3
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crouch 
1
 | seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness |
| emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid |
| analyze; examine; identify |
| bend down; stoop low; lie close to the ground with the legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear |
curtail
2
| lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller |
| loud, confused, harsh noise; loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound |
| cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part |
| seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness |
decent
3
| view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion |
| pollute; make dirty or spotty |
| adequate, meeting accepted standards |
| act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting |
deduce
4
| lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller |
| lead forth; reach a conclusion by reasoning; trace the origin or derivation of |
| electronic device that restricts current flow chiefly to one direction; semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction |
| drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream |
deflect
5
| to turn aside, to deviate |
| hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect |
| view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion |
| adequate, meeting accepted standards |
deposition
6
| testimony under oath |
| electronic device that restricts current flow chiefly to one direction; semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction |
| adequate, meeting accepted standards |
| emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid |
derive
7
| obtain or receive from a source; trace the origin or development of |
| person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy |
| seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness |
| analyze; examine; identify |
dietary
8
| hard monotonous routine work |
| regulated daily food allowance; rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison |
| to turn aside, to deviate |
| refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist |
dilute
9
| destine to an unhappy end |
| weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water |
| increasing by successive addition |
| hard monotonous routine work |
disdain
10
| keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting |
| view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion |
| person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy |
| reduce level; lower grade of something |