Test sheet for IELTS Vocabulary Test Online

authority

(1)

n. E.g. The laws will reinforce Australia's authority to turn boats away from Australia.

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jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
ceremony held in connection with burial; burial procession accompanying body to grave; end of existence
approach; entry; entrance
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bold

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a. E.g. The release of the bold young newspaper editor-in-chief after five months detention without trial marks a significant victory for those who mounted a vigorous campaign against the injustice he faced.

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very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
virtually; actually; for all practical purpose
brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
ultimately; in the final result or issue; in the end
unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; unwilling to hear or listen; regardless; not to be persuaded
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check

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n. E.g. He paid all his bills by check.

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notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression; favorable estimation
unmarried men; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges
unspecified objects; tangible substance
ticket or slip of identification; written order to bank to pay from deposit
toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
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distress

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n. E.g. Nations have been in distress from the days of Julius Caesar.

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fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something
discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
making attractive or acceptable; pushing for something
state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; thankfulness
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fatal

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a. E.g. An attack by a swarm of the reddish-brown insects can cause allergic reactions which can be fatal in extremely rare cases.

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not anywhere; not in any place or state
relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
consistent with; based on; using reason
small in quantity; being of delicate or slender build
causing death
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hint

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n. E.g. Give me a hint about the big news.

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person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject
trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage
allusion; clue; brief or indirect suggestion
act of refusing or disowning; negation; refusal to admit the truth; refusal to grant; rejection of a request
place on waterway with facilities for loading and unloading ships
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military

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a. E.g. In some countries all the young men have to do a year's military service.

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pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; of whole body of soldiers
of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate
determined to do or have
having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
able to feel; responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others
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nasty

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a. E.g. I was frightened when I saw the nasty gash in her arm.

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difficult to handle or manage
not easily explained; beyond from the usual or expected; not divisible by two
having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
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remove

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v. E.g. The leaving of her mother will remove the last obstacle to their marriage.

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bring to or direct toward a common center; unite more closely; gather into one body
be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
flow in a spurt; rain heavily; supply in large amounts
move away from the position occupied; cause to change place; take away
make less severe or strict; become less tense
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roast

(10)

v. E.g. His former students roast the professor at his 60th birthday.

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cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; subject to laughter or ridicule
remove the surface from
eat in the open air; have informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
move over the surface with pressure and friction; spread a substance thinly over
annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
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tease

(11)

v. E.g. The editor could tease great books from an author's first draft.

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give or bring back; return to its original condition
seek advice or information of; take into account; consider
annoy persistently; harass with persistent criticism; gain by persistent coaxing
determine the size of something; mark, lay out, or establish dimensions; estimate by evaluation or comparison
move over the surface with pressure and friction; spread a substance thinly over
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ward

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n. E.g. The patient lay quietly on his bed in the medical ward.

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aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
destruction; destroy; smash or break forcefully
act of proceeding; continued forward movement; a series of actions
coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
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