Difficult IELTS Words - Group 4

n. ban on commerce or other activity

v. give right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give title to

v. occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger

a. containing or derived from error; mistaken

v. give off; send out; give out as sound

n. the imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres

v. help bring about; make less difficult

v. carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving

v. eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn

n. ban on commerce or other activity

v. make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly

n. act, quality, or power of withstanding hardship or stress

n. trip; usually short journey made for pleasure

n. shortage of food; starvation

v. put out by legal process; expel

v. occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger

v. make equal or equivalent; consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent

v. lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; spend

a. extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt

n. passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition

v. explode; burst out; become violently active

v. lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; spend

n. the imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres

v. give right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give title to

n. corrosion; a gradual decline of something

v. be superior; distinguish oneself

a. extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt

a. having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded

v. undergo decay; infect, inflame, or corrupt;

n. trip; usually short journey made for pleasure

v. lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; spend

a. easily seen or understood; obvious; apparent; clear

a. burning or containing fire

v. go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree

v. eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn

v. give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate

v. explode; burst out; become violently active

v. serve as an example of; embody

n. an object or a representation that functions as a symbol

a. easily seen or understood; obvious; apparent; clear