6000 IELTS Academic Words
| Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes |    |
endeavor 
1
 | a. lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull |
| a. imposed as an obligation or duty; currently holding an office |
| n. earnest activity intended to do or accomplish something; exertion powers to attain an object |
| n. cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain |
endowment
2
| a. courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility |
| n. gift; donation; funds or property donated to an individual or group |
| v. supply land with water artificially; clean a wound with a fluid |
| n. a person who retires from society and lives in solitude; anchoret, especially, one who so lives from religious motives |
enhancement
3
| n. act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation |
| n. completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth |
| a. incapable of being described |
| n. the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director |
entreaty
4
| n. act of endorsing; support; formal and explicit approval; a signature that validates something |
| n. treatment; reception; entertainment |
| a. unthinking; prompted by instinct; spontaneous |
| v. give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone; |
expiration
5
| n. plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies |
| n. the doctrine that is believed to be of great importance |
| n. treatment; reception; entertainment |
| n. act of coming to a close; termination; the act of breathing out; exhalation |
forego
6
| a. incapable of being described |
| v. rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price |
| v. precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on |
| a. lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull |
forgery
7
| n. a person who retires from society and lives in solitude; anchoret, especially, one who so lives from religious motives |
| n. act of forging, especially the illegal production of something counterfeit |
| a. deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual |
| n. an accepted member of a group; one who has special knowledge or access to confidential information |
fraudulent
8
| a. done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent |
| a. of precious stone of rich green color; of a rich green color |
| a. cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to the practice of fraud |
| n. the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director |
fugitive
9
| a. lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive |
| n. act of coming to a close; termination; the act of breathing out; exhalation |
| n. authority; right and power to interpret and apply the law |
| n. the building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls |
gallant
10
| n. authority; right and power to interpret and apply the law |
| a. courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility |
| n. the building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls |
| a. notoriously bad; having an exceedingly bad reputation |