Test sheet for IELTS Vocabulary Test Online

agency

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n. E.g. The FDA press office tells me the agency is aware of the incident and is currently investigating.

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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression; favorable estimation
whole number of copies of a work printed and published; single copy; act of editing
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brief

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a. E.g. When my brief career as a pop star ended, I found I had done fairly well.

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beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor
not easily explained; beyond from the usual or expected; not divisible by two
short in time, duration, length, or extent; concise
wonderful; extraordinarily good
highest in office or rank; principal; head
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claim

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n. E.g. They struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day.

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position relative to others; standing
vessel for drawing up water from a well; vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
accomplishment; putting into practice; putting a person to death
demand for something as rightful or due
group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet
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desert

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n. E.g. An outburst of relief as Stardust finally landed in the Utah desert after a four and a half billion kilometre journey that had taken the craft half way out to Jupiter and through the tail of a comet.

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law determining the fundamental political principles of a government; the act of forming something
noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow
stream; flow; up-to-date; present
movement in an arc; clean with a broom; wide scope; winning all
area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
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foster

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v. E.g. Don't forget to foster our children's well-being and education.

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give to understand; imply as a possibility; make known subtly and indirectly
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
overpower; force to yield assent to truth; satisfy by proof; prove guilty
face; confront; meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon
mark the time of; assign a date to
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impressive

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a. E.g. From a distance, downtown Johannesburg looks impressive, a collection of skyscrapers and neon lights.

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making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
causing fear, dread, or terror; extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible
naive; lacking sense or awareness; free from evil or guilt
exhibiting disordered of mind; deranged in mind; very foolish
not anywhere; not in any place or state
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miracle

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n. E.g. "The main miracle is that with money or no money, we have life," said Yadira Rivera.

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dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception
wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
white crystalline compound drug to relieve pain and reduce fever and inflammation
for or composed of women or girls
hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; closed hand
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nowhere

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ad. E.g. She began hunting for them, but they were nowhere to be seen.

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capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding
not anywhere; not in any place or state
conforming to a type; representative
on, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest
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reject

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v. E.g. He would reject the idea of starting a war.

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turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
labor or study imposed by another; undertake; labor
increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity; show a progressively larger illuminated area
allow to have; give on the basis of merit; be willing to concede
eat in the open air; have informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
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ribbon

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n. E.g. Her hair was tied back with a black ribbon.

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light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France
procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
public sale of property to the highest bidder
fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk; narrow strip of fine material used for trimming
an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
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strain

(11)

n. E.g. The strain of flu is known as H2N2 and if caught by one person, could spread very easily to cause a global pandemic.

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substance that can be consumed to produce energy
group of organisms within a species; tension; pressure
soft or small cushion; a kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting
space between ranges of mountains; area drained or irrigated by a river system; internal angle formed by intersection
imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
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term

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n. E.g. The Treasury Department announced plans to sell $50 billion in short term securities next week.

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items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered
state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of
general name applied to various insects
limited period of time; point in time at which something ends; termination; deadline
two words that express opposing concepts; contrariwise; directly facing each other
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