Difficult IELTS Words - Group 5

v. pattern; design; set into a specific pattern

v. decide upon and express in words

n. particular skill; special talent

v. make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation

n. a period of fourteen consecutive days

n. remnant or trace of an organism of a past geologic age embedded and preserved in the earth crust.

a. physically weak; easily broken

n. fundamental structure, as for a written work; skeleton

a. furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy

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

a. sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive

n. bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization

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

v. fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete

n. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles

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

v. provide; supply; equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for

a. having no result or success

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

n. place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment