Difficult IELTS Words - Group 5

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format  Speak Example sentences
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bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
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a gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break
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pattern; design; set into a specific pattern
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container for holding or carrying miscellaneous items, especially a traveling case or bag
fossil  Speak Example sentences
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injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
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security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage; immunity from penalty, or the punishment; amnesty
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very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age embedded and preserved in the earth crust.
gear up  Speak Example sentences
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small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
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uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
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building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain
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prepare for an activity
glimpse  Speak Example sentences
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a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
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a short, hurried view
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about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long
granular  Speak Example sentences
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lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
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one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native
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consisting of or resembling grains; having grainy texture
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a short, hurried view
grate  Speak Example sentences
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make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
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loud noise of many confused voices; tumult; uproar.
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gray or white with or as if with age; white or whitish; old, or old-fashioned
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a short, hurried view
gravel  Speak Example sentences
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small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
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prepare for an activity
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having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
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a gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break
graze  Speak Example sentences
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scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
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uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
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one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native
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impose, thrust upon
grossing  Speak Example sentences
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a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage; immunity from penalty, or the punishment; amnesty
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earning as a total income or profit before deductions
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having no result or success
heartstring  Speak Example sentences
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the deepest feelings or affections; one of the nerves or tendons formerly believed to brace and sustain the heart
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obstacle or difficulty to be overcome; movable frame made of interlaced twigs or sticks, or of bars or narrow boards, crossing each other
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injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
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loud noise of many confused voices; tumult; uproar.