Difficult IELTS Words - Group 3

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

a. separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts

v. become blinded; dim the vision of with intense light

v. reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit

a. assiduous; industrious; hard-working

a. increasing by successive addition

v. make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen

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

v. indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically

v. drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream

n. person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy

n. refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist

v. deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device

v. view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion

v. consume; eat greedily; destroy completely

v. indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically

n. great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water

v. consume; eat greedily; destroy completely

v. reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit

n. setting or marking of boundaries or limits

v. become blinded; dim the vision of with intense light

v. weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water

n. disagreement, differences of opinion

v. form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will

n. person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy

v. weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water

a. assiduous; industrious; hard-working

v. view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion

n. pouring or streaming downwards, especially a heavy or continuous shower

n. electronic device that restricts current flow chiefly to one direction; semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction

a. separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts

a. causing disrupt or unrest; characterized by unrest or disorder

n. harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss

v. sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze.

v. detect; perceive

n. pouring or streaming downwards, especially a heavy or continuous shower

n. refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist

v. move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland

n. setting or marking of boundaries or limits

v. scatter; drive away; cause to vanish