Difficult IELTS Words - Group 8
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| Difficult IELTS Words - Group 8 | View Group Words |
percussion 
1
 | v. disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion |
| n. domestic fowls reared for eating, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese |
| a. full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| a. striking one object against another sharply |
perishable
2
| a. artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body |
| n. state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination |
| a. liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay |
| a. being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected |
plankton
3
| n. sign posted in a public place as an advertisement |
| a. checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical |
| n. all the animals and plants, which live at or near surface of waters; collection of small or microscopic organisms |
| n. sign or notice for display in a public place; small card or plaque, such as nameplate on a door |
pockmark
4
| n. small pit on a surface; mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock |
| v. be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance |
| a. peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
| a. full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
poise
5
| v. be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance |
| n. chemicals used to kill pests, such as rodents or insects |
| n. good fortune in any business or enterprise; success in respect of anything good or desirable |
| v. bring into possession; cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; cause to come |
polluter
6
| n. state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination |
| n. person or organization that causes pollution of the environment; someone who makes unfit for or harmful to living things |
| a. consisting in a point; limited to a point; unexpended; precise |
| n. skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise |
porous
7
| a. capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable |
| n. peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak |
| a. artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body |
| a. full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
poultry
8
| n. the main character in a drama or other literary work; a leading or principal figure |
| n. domestic fowls reared for eating, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese |
| a. after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death |
| n. all the animals and plants, which live at or near surface of waters; collection of small or microscopic organisms |
presumption
9
| n. act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; act of assuming; belief upon incomplete proof |
| v. sweat; excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
| a. peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
| a. liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay |
proficiency
10
| a. stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic |
| n. skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise |
| ad. in a regular periodic manner; intermittently |
| n. state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination |