Test sheet for IELTS Vocabulary Test Online

address

(1)

v. E.g. Brown planned to address the issue of low-income housing in his speech.

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hand over, give up, give something into another's control
keep in any particular state or condition; keep up or carry on; continue
make a formal speech to; deal with or discuss; direct efforts or attention of
set forth; set out to public view
revoke; call off; omit or delete
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behave

(2)

v. E.g. How we behave is up to us, but Nikolai believes that everything is predetermined by one's particular circumstances.

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perform; conduct oneself in a proper way
attach; append; provide with a name or nickname; label
continue to live; endure or last
rest with confidence; have confidence; depend
drop; sink; lose an upright position suddenly; decrease in size, extent, or range
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compare

(3)

v. E.g. We compare the copy with the original, but there was not much difference.

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examine and note the similarities or differences of
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; subject to laughter or ridicule
be on the watch respecting; pay attention to; notice with care; see; perceive
perform; conduct oneself in a proper way
destroy property or hinder normal operations
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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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of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate
beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor
showing a natural gift for something
having or causing a whirling sensation
prior to or preparing for the main matter; introductory
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fuel

(5)

n. E.g. The newspaper article provided him with fuel for his speech.

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procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
strong feeling or emotion ; fervor
substance that can be consumed to produce energy
path or track roughly through wild or hilly country; overland route
medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; removal of disease or evil
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gentle

(6)

a. E.g. His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh.

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rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
well-born; of a good family or respectable birth; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender
arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
completely lacking of wisdom or good sense
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legal

(7)

a. E.g. I could not rid myself of it by any legal proceedings: for the doctors now discovered that my wife was mad.

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trivial; of small importance; very small
created by, permitted by law; according to the law of works
inside; interior; located within the limits or surface
relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
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motive

(8)

n. E.g. Pat's main motive is to keep the racial divide alive.

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light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France
emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; act of trying on clothes
plan suggested for acceptance; a matter to be dealt with; subject for discussion or analysis
field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
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pry

(9)

v. E.g. Couldn't find any keys, they tried to use an iron bar to pry the lock.

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become decomposed by a natural process; perish slowly; become corrupt
move or force to get something open; make an uninvited inquiry
adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of
allow to have; give on the basis of merit; be willing to concede
free from fear, care, or anxiety; not have reason to doubt
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sketch

(10)

v. E.g. I offered to sketch their portraits; and each, in turn, sat for a pencil outline.

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draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
escape fluid from container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
move or force to get something open; make an uninvited inquiry
drift along; make the surface of level or smooth; move lightly
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spring

(11)

v. E.g. New businesses would spring up rapidly in this area.

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support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify
adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of
develop suddenly; jump; move forward by leaps and bounds
call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; bring great evil upon
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
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tension

(12)

n. E.g. There's a growing mood of transatlantic tension, both real and imagined; a feeling that European capitals and Washington no longer view the world in quite the same way.

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jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
trench made in the earth by digging; any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth
misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
great number; person entertaining guests
action of stretching something tight; anxiety; feelings of hostility
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