PTE Word List for Academic -D

PTE for Academic Words

Group (D) - Spelling Practices

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v.
throw with violence or haste; break, as by throwing or by collision; form or sketch rapidly

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v. Syn. decompose; rot
decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence

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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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v. Syn. pollute
pollute; make dirty or spotty

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n. Syn. representative; deputy; agent
person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy

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n.
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

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a. Syn. thick; compact
thick; crowded closely together; compact

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v. Syn. portray; describe
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe

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v. Syn. dwindle; reduce; decrease
dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so