Difficult IELTS Words - Group 5

part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; border, confine, or extreme part of a country

very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren

put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress

something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present

injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively

make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation

more than adequate;liberal in giving or sharing

physically weak; easily broken

enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement

brother by one parent, but not by both

any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native

uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write

dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks

put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress

session, as of an investigatory committee or a grand jury, at which testimony is taken from witnesses

have top billing; be the main attraction; serve as the headliner of; publicise prominently in an advertisement

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

one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native

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

stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding

very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren

physically weak; easily broken

dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks

slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner

something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present

session, as of an investigatory committee or a grand jury, at which testimony is taken from witnesses

impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent

put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress

stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding

something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present

container for holding or carrying miscellaneous items, especially a traveling case or bag

thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes

expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style

raise; lift; elevate; raise to one's mouth in order to drink

not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance

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

uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write

not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance

lacking variety or excitement; monotonous