Difficult IELTS Words - Group 5

make strong or stronger; prepare oneself for a military confrontation

hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit

a period of fourteen consecutive days

enhance; hoist; raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify

sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships; place of shelter; refuge

arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked

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

start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony

injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively

thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes

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

bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization

a period of fourteen consecutive days

start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony

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

decide upon and express in words

pattern; design; set into a specific pattern

cause to emit a flash of light

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

open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness

building for storing threshed grain; region yielding much grain

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

arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked

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

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

chart; a drawing illustrating the relations

study of origin and nature of ideas

open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness

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

arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked

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

walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty; cause to limp

narrow passage; particularly, a narrow channel of water

hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit

decide upon and express in words

utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress; cry aloud and mournfully

a period of fourteen consecutive days

area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs; place where a person or thing is most likely to be found

hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit