Difficult IELTS Words - Group 5

place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment

inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act

in spite of; contrary to

cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical

uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write

large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill

reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow

make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment

beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage

arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist

scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage

small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand

property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction

search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way

flowing into; mass arrival or incoming

give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing

students visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price

preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope

place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment

make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment

deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion

consisting of or resembling grains; having grainy texture

study of origin and nature of ideas

to carry out, to put into effect

small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand

kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to

merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner

inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act

rate of occurrence; particular occurrence

stop and rob a vehicle in transit; seize control of by use of force

passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship or the like

represent; demonstrate; depict; clarify, as by use of examples or comparisons

property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction

preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope

large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill

students visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price

cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical

inferring by deduction or induction; truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; conclusion; deduction

deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion

very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner