Test sheet for IELTS Vocabulary Test Online

band

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n. E.g. The band, made up of four previously unknown young actors, have provoked hysteria across Asia since starring in the Taiwanese TV series.

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small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
orchestra; team; strip; ribbon; belt; unite; ally
kind or species; a class of;
act of removing hair with a razor; thin slice or scraping
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bleed

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v. E.g. All the young soldiers are ready to bleed for the country.

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remove flaws from; perfect or complete
assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
tear or be torn violently; criticize or abuse strongly and violently
emit blood; lose blood; withdraw blood from the body
be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
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constant

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a. E.g. Yemen's state news agency says the president visited the three wounded officials at the Saudi hospital, and expressed happiness about constant progress in their health.

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slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
inside; interior; located within the limits or surface
involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
invariable; repeating; continually occurring; persistent
deserving of blame; adjudged to have committed crime
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curse

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v. E.g. The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip used to curse his passenger.

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call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; bring great evil upon
invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; debate
make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
direct the course of; manage or control; lead or guide
determine the nature of; give a definition; describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain
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fantasy

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n. E.g. This is a typical schoolgirl fantasy.

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one who guides a course of action for others; one who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
dream; daydream; imagination unrestricted by reality
vessel; large cylindrical container
advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
pillar; cylindrical or polygonal support for roof; anything resembling, in form or position; upright body or mass
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instance

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n. E.g. The framework applies equally to all ecosystems and in this instance is adapted for wetlands.

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dream; daydream; imagination unrestricted by reality
preservation; support; continuance; court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another
example that is cited to prove a contention or illustrate a point; case or occurrence
estimate; a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
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junk

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n. E.g. Today's swim isn't so bad except that there was crazy wind on the beach, and these huge waves that brought all the junk on the sea floor up.

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a fragment of any solid substance; old iron, or other metal, glass, paper; discarded material
greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
benefit; something that aids health or happiness
loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; complete confidence
quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
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plague

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n. E.g. This research tells us the ravages of the plague that swept through Europe in the mid 14th century.

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public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
limits within which something can be effective; variety of different things or activities
epidemic disease with a high death rate; annoyance
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recommendation

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n. E.g. The taskforce's main recommendation is to reduce Government operating spending to 29 per cent of gross domestic product by 2012.

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visual representation; representation of a person
unvarying or habitual method of procedure; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing ; sadness; low spirits
making attractive or acceptable; pushing for something
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resent

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v. E.g. What people resent is that CEOs are earning many hundreds of times more than the average employee.

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draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
keep from departing; take and maintain control over; stop dealing with
support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry
hand over, give up, give something into another's control
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string

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n. E.g. If the string is shortened in certain numeric proportions, other sounds will be produced.

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plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
doctrine or scheme of things; general or abstract principles of any science
probability of a specified outcome; likelihood of the occurrence of one thing, as in a contest
trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage
lightweight cord; a collection of objects threaded on a single strand; plant fiber
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vulnerable

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a. E.g. His opponents could not harm Achilles, who was vulnerable only in his heel.

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affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt
susceptible to wounds; capable of being wounded or hurt
authentic; real; true
fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance
causing fear, dread, or terror; extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible
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