Test sheet for IELTS Vocabulary Test Online

awkward

(1)

a. E.g. John Kerry recently spoke of his faith, but he's more awkward about it than the born again President Bush.

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difficult to handle or manage
bare and pure; completely unclothed
lacking strength or vigor ; weak
easy to destroy, delicate, not strong
related in fable; devised; invented; not real
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blame

(2)

v. E.g. Dr David Viner from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Britain says that natural variability in the weather is probably to blame but human influence can't be ruled out.

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get in touch with; reach
condemn; rebuke; find fault with; censure
catch; hold or catch as if in a hole
contend for; call in question; oppose; dispute
make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
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chip

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v. E.g. The snow stopped and they began to chip ice from the windows.

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take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom
emit recurring clicking sounds; do well or as designed
sail back and forth on the ocean; sail as for protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, or for pleasure
move or force to get something open; make an uninvited inquiry
cut small pieces from; diminish or reduce to shape; break or crack
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dizzy

(4)

a. E.g. I am a bit dizzy from the effort of writing and distributing, and receiving the responses.

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extreme; acute; in an extreme degree
relation of direct opposition; very opposed in nature or character or purpose
having or causing a whirling sensation
devastating; ruinous
dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
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economy

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n. E.g. The tribe's main economy is primitive agriculture and its wealth is sometimes counted in people as well as animals.

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gain from labor, business, property, or capital
guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; specific type of economic system
storage compartment for clothes and valuables, usually it has a lock
probability of a specified outcome; likelihood of the occurrence of one thing, as in a contest
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harassment

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n. E.g. The facts seem to indicate that her harassment is the direct result of her employer's discriminatory attitude regarding her disability.

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feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
something, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; stopper
restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
jump; hop; place jumped over or from
agreement between parties concerning the sale of property
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medium

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n. E.g. Certainly Shostakovich was lucky to work in a wordless abstract medium, where interpretation is strongly subjective.

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group of organisms within a species; tension; pressure
duration, continuance, term; end of something
small area set off by walls for special use; booth
point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates
state that is intermediate between extremes
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occasion

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n. E.g. He must buy what he has little occasion for.

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single movement from one foot to the other in walking; slow gait; step
any system of lines or channels crossing like the fabric of a net; complex, interconnected group or system
distinctive odor that is pleasant; fragrance; perfume
significant event that occurs at a critical time; opportunity to do something; event or happening
request for help; excuse or pretext
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recipe

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n. E.g. This cornmeal muffin recipe is extremely simple.

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causing or ending in or approaching death; station
findings of jury on issues of fact for decision; judgment or opinion
vacation spot; act of turning to for assistance
medical prescription; a set of directions for making or preparing something, especially food
act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words
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scale

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v. E.g. We scale the model to be one tenth of actual size.

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feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry
be broadcast on television or radio
pour; sudden drop from an upright position; flow or run out
make an effort to; try to get; try to discover
climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers
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sort

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n. E.g. And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way.

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outer boundary length; closed curve bounding a plane area
stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; amount or object risked in a wager
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
kind or species; a class of;
medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; removal of disease or evil
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terrific

(12)

a. E.g. And that night there came on a terrific storm, with driving rain, awful claps of thunder and blinding sheets of lightning.

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high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
treated with confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; secret
arousing or provoking laughter; ridiculous; amusing; humorous
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
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