Difficult IELTS Words - Group 5

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n. particular skill; special talent


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


Spelling Word: frontier
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a. very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner


Spelling Word: gaudy
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a. friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner


Spelling Word: genial
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a. horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad


Spelling Word: ghastly
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n. dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer


Spelling Word: glimmer
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n. 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


Spelling Word: habitat
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a. not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance


Spelling Word: haphazard
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a. stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding


Spelling Word: headstrong
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n. thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes


Spelling Word: hedge