4000 IELTS Academic Words

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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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accurate  Speak Example sentences
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bite and grind with the teeth
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society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
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suppose; presume; take on; bear
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capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
appetite  Speak Example sentences
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drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
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change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable
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a small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
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instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink
aside  Speak Example sentences
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posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue
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on, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest
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pierce the skin with teeth; seize with the teeth; sting with a stinger; eat into; have a sharp taste
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back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
aspirin  Speak Example sentences
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capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
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suppose; presume; take on; bear
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white crystalline compound drug to relieve pain and reduce fever and inflammation
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a counter where you can obtain food or drink; cafe; strip; stick
attitude  Speak Example sentences
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volume; something contained; material, including text and images
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a way of considering or doing something
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white crystalline compound drug to relieve pain and reduce fever and inflammation
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posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue
benefit  Speak Example sentences
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advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being; welfare; gain
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support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
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of white or pale color; without color; empty; void
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stop motion; curb or restrain
boarding  Speak Example sentences
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invariable; repeating; continually occurring; persistent
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bite and grind with the teeth
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wooden boards collectively; act of entering a ship; supplying with meals and lodgings for pay
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a counter where you can obtain food or drink; cafe; strip; stick
border  Speak Example sentences
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outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden; margin; verge; brink; boundary
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whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
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stop motion; curb or restrain
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money-making; involved in work that is intended for the mass market
breeze  Speak Example sentences
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suppose; presume; take on; bear
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light current of air; gentle wind; progress swiftly and effortlessly
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wooden boards collectively; act of entering a ship; supplying with meals and lodgings for pay
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capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
bucket  Speak Example sentences
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bite and grind with the teeth
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society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
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vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
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informal; purposeless; occurring by chance