Difficult IELTS Words - Group 5
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fortnight 
1
 | search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way |
| resist and fight to a standoff |
| urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to |
| a period of fourteen consecutive days |
fossil
2
| something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present |
| remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age embedded and preserved in the earth crust. |
| expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style |
| hang about; wait nearby; remain floating |
fulfil
3
| very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren |
| fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete |
| urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to |
| enhance; hoist; raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify |
gape
4
| cultivation of plants |
| injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively |
| given, considering |
| open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness |
geology
5
| science which treats the structure and mineral constitution of the globe |
| chart; a drawing illustrating the relations |
| stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding |
| a period of fourteen consecutive days |
glimpse
6
| proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive |
| stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding |
| a short, hurried view |
| search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way |
gradual
7
| great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter |
| a short, hurried view |
| proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive |
| cultivation of plants |
hold off
8
| obstacle or difficulty to be overcome; movable frame made of interlaced twigs or sticks, or of bars or narrow boards, crossing each other |
| association of people belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits; business corporation |
| resist and fight to a standoff |
| given, considering |
homogeneous
9
| resist and fight to a standoff |
| of the same or similar nature or kind |
| given, considering |
| deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion |
iconic
10
| a period of fourteen consecutive days |
| of or pertaining to a portrait or likeness or to portraiture; of the nature of a portrait |
| great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter |
| science which treats the structure and mineral constitution of the globe |