Difficult IELTS Words - Group 7

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a. boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety


Spelling Word: monotonous
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n. dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration


Spelling Word: motif
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a. of one's birth; accompanying or dating from one's birth; native


Spelling Word: natal
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v. cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny


Spelling Word: negate
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n. act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything


Spelling Word: negation
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n. subtle or slight degree of difference; small difference in meaning


Spelling Word: nuance
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n. place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies; building fitted with instruments for making systematic observations of space


Spelling Word: observatory
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v. stop; impede; shut out from view


Spelling Word: obstruct
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v. select as an alternative over another; make a choice or decision


Spelling Word: opt
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v. expel; eject from a position or place; force out


Spelling Word: oust