IELTS Academic Words List

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n.
act of deceiving


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n. Syn. announcement; avowal; statement
announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement


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v. Syn. lessen; reduce; abate
lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller


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n. Syn. scarcity; insufficiency
scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health


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n.
failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime


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v.
set free from restraint; set at liberty; release; give or transfer


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n. Syn. offspring
offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race


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a. Syn. hopeless; dangerous
having lost all hope; dangerous; extremely intense


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a. Syn. assiduous; industrious
assiduous; industrious; hard-working


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v. Syn. waste; scatter
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse


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