Difficult IELTS Words - Group 8
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perennial 
1
 | quality or state of being productive; productiveness. |
| shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement |
| trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations |
| lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time |
perspire
2
| act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| precedence, established by order of importance |
| sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
| required or necessary as a precondition for something else |
perturb
3
| violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse |
| state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination |
| precedence, established by order of importance |
| disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion |
pit stop
4
| any pause in a journey, to eat or drink, or to use a rest room |
| sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
| deliberate, planned |
| guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; dogmatic or dictatorial |
play around
5
| deliberate, planned |
| behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way; work with in a non-serious manner |
| lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time |
| disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion |
plough
6
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move with force |
| a proposition, plan, or scheme offered for acceptance; an offer of marriage |
| guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; dogmatic or dictatorial |
pockmark
7
| small pit on a surface; mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock |
| act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted |
pragmatic
8
| state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination |
| put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy |
| deliberate, planned |
| guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; dogmatic or dictatorial |
preface
9
| widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted |
| something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay |
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak |
premeditated
10
| seed case for legumes, e.g. peas, beans, peppers;small vehicle |
| deliberate, planned |
| trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations |
| belong; have connection with, or dependence on |