Difficult IELTS Words - Group 8
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periodical 
1
 | guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; dogmatic or dictatorial |
| peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
| publication that appears at fixed intervals |
| introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
periphery
2
| push; driving force; act of propelling |
| steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
| the office, function, or term of a president |
| edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference |
perpendicular
3
| A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something: signed a pledge never to reveal the secret |
| vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; extremely steep |
| steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
| descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations |
pessimism
4
| belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess |
| pass or flow through, as an aperture; permeate; pass or spread through the whole extent of |
| relating to quality; having the character of quality |
| paragraph added to letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer |
plank
5
| pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| bring into possession; cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; cause to come |
| be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance |
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plaque
6
| quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment |
| the office, function, or term of a president |
| deposit of fatty material inside arteries |
| a proposition, plan, or scheme offered for acceptance; an offer of marriage |
pledge
7
| A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something: signed a pledge never to reveal the secret |
| conscious understanding of something; vision ability |
| producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
| descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations |
pliable
8
| flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
| summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature |
| all the animals and plants, which live at or near surface of waters; collection of small or microscopic organisms |
| producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
premeditated
9
| flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
| peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
| deliberate, planned |
| pertaining to science of the function of living organisms |
presidency
10
| deliberate, planned |
| of or pertaining to the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language |
| depict; describe; draw |
| the office, function, or term of a president |