Difficult IELTS Words - Group 5

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gaunt  Speak Example sentences
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part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; border, confine, or extreme part of a country
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very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
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put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
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something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present
generous  Speak Example sentences
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injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
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make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation
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more than adequate;liberal in giving or sharing
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physically weak; easily broken
half-brother  Speak Example sentences
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enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement
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brother by one parent, but not by both
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any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
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one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native
hazardous  Speak Example sentences
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uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
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dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
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put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
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session, as of an investigatory committee or a grand jury, at which testimony is taken from witnesses
headline  Speak Example sentences
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have top billing; be the main attraction; serve as the headliner of; publicise prominently in an advertisement
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cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
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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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inferring by deduction or induction; truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; conclusion; deduction
headstrong  Speak Example sentences
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stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding
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very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
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physically weak; easily broken
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dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
hearing  Speak Example sentences
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slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
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something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present
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session, as of an investigatory committee or a grand jury, at which testimony is taken from witnesses
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impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
hinder  Speak Example sentences
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put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
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stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding
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something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present
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container for holding or carrying miscellaneous items, especially a traveling case or bag
hoist  Speak Example sentences
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thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes
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expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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raise; lift; elevate; raise to one's mouth in order to drink
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not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
humdrum  Speak Example sentences
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inferring by deduction or induction; truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; conclusion; deduction
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uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
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not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
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lacking variety or excitement; monotonous