Difficult IELTS Words - Group 3

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