Difficult IELTS Words - Group 4

a. standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth

v. slip or glide away; pass away silently

a. containing or derived from error; mistaken

v. vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner

v. be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence

a. springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition

a. not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation

v. pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence

v. supplement with great effort; add to; augment

n. search for knowledge; systematic investigation

v. empty or remove the contents of; withdraw or depart from

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

v. be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence

v. seek information by asking a question

v. construct; stand; set up

v. swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing

v. pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence

v. explode; burst out; become violently active

v. cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion

n. exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information; opening section of a fugue

v. cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion

v. plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly

n. person who organizes and operates a business; contractor

v. construct; stand; set up

n. outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely

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

n. ban on commerce or other activity

a. of or relating to finances, usually that of an organization

v. be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence

n. shortage of food; starvation

a. spirited, energetic, full of enthusiasm and joy

v. empty or remove the contents of; withdraw or depart from

v. cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion

n. something over which a body has rights or control

v. supplement with great effort; add to; augment

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

v. pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence

v. swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing

a. difficult to describe, rarely seen

n. expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association