Difficult IELTS Words - Group 3

highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction

make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises; show liveliness, energy, or intensity

decide; judge; sentence; condemn

act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury

rugged and uneven; abounding with broken rocks

class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect

swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure

shrink; reduce in size; become less

pollute; make dirty or spotty

indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically

increasing by successive addition

judgment day; day of the last judgment; day of death

keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting

shrink; reduce in size; become less

give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname; tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood

course; program

release or throw down in a large mass; empty out a container or vehicle by overturning

having the attention diverted; suffering conflicting emotions; distraught

become blinded; dim the vision of with intense light

failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime

make a succession of slight sharp snapping noises; show liveliness, energy, or intensity

dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall

move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood

destine to an unhappy end

unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants

assiduous; industrious; hard-working

remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied

indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically

increasing by successive addition

make shorter by cutting; interrupt and curtail before the planned end time

regulated daily food allowance; rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison

pollute; make dirty or spotty

unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants

one who is in charge to deal with others, like an ambassador, who is appointed to represent a government in relations with other governments

highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction

make shorter by cutting; interrupt and curtail before the planned end time

put food on to a dish ready for eating; distribute or deliver something

swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure

person of very small size; an animal or a plant much below the ordinary size of its species; star of relatively small size

increasing by successive addition