Difficult IELTS Words - Group 3

v. bend down; stoop low; lie close to the ground with the legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear

v. move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known

n. ornamental tuft or ridge on the head of animal; plume used as decoration on top of helmet; top, as of a hill or wave

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

a. delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

a. major; important; outweighing

v. reduce level; lower grade of something

n. principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction

n. vocabulary that is for a specific group of people

v. feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret

v. slumber; sleep lightly; be in dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; be drowsy

a. in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition

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

v. lower in spirits; press down

a. major; important; outweighing

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

a. left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty

n. failure to fulfill an obligation, failure to money when it is due

v. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; prematurely and voluntarily leave

n. principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction

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

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

n. a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject

a. questionable; filled with doubt

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

v. pollute; make dirty or spotty

n. vocabulary that is for a specific group of people

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

v. throw out something from one's hand; get rid of

v. dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so

n. vocabulary that is for a specific group of people

a. left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty

n. dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall

a. causing damage or harm; injurious

n. conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things

v. decide; judge; sentence; condemn

n. science of the relationships between organisms and their environments

v. move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known

v. decay

v. swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure