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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 1
argue     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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connect or join together; combine
be present at; go to; take care of; tend
be fixed as if by sticky substance; join or attach with or as if sticky substance
cause something to happen; set off
invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; debate
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available     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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convenient for use or disposal; not busy, free; obtainable; accessible
arousing or provoking laughter; ridiculous; amusing; humorous
unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; unwilling to hear or listen; regardless; not to be persuaded
clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
occurring or payable every year
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brief     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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short in time, duration, length, or extent; concise
greatly loved; dear to the heart
relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; greatly pleasing or entertaining
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cheer     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
action or manner of throwing something
a group of steamships under the same ownership; a group of vessels or vehicles
wealth in the form of money or property; assets available for use; a city that is the official seat of government
the lightness of spirits or mood; source of joy or happiness; festive food and drink; refreshment
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cooperate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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make a sharp sound; break suddenly as under tension; utter in an angry or sharp tone
find or declare guilty
upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
release; cause the ruin or downfall of; cancel or reverse an action
work or act together toward a common end or purpose
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current     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
unpleasant or disappointing surprise; surprise greatly; effect of such a collision or blow
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
stream; flow; up-to-date; present
middle size aquatic mammal; stamp used for authentication or security
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due     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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owed and payable immediately or on-demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
without an equal; being the only one of its kind
naive; lacking sense or awareness; free from evil or guilt
securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
ingenious; delightfully pretty or dainty
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fabulous     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
by vice or defects; defective; imperfect; having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved
adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic
unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; unwilling to hear or listen; regardless; not to be persuaded
related in fable; devised; invented; not real
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grip     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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fastening together of one or more threads, cords, ropes; lump or loop formed in the thread; ornamental tie
society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
hold fast or firmly; seize as in a wrestling match
act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power; thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem
area of still water; lack of tension; cord, rope, or cable that is hanging loosely; unused capacity; casual trousers
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hardware     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
moving from one setting or context to another; moving slightly
mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms
time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
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kidney     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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dream; daydream; imagination unrestricted by reality
the glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body
particular advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all; right reserved exclusively
battle; a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
the action of stretching something tight; anxiety; feelings of hostility
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marsh     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
quality of being wise; knowledge; results of wise judgments
rent; charter; engage for service under a term of the contract
great number; person entertaining guests
swamp; bog; low lying wetland with grassy vegetation
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obsession     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
public sale of property to the highest bidder
a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
an amount of time; a fixed time during the life of a person or in history
guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
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principal     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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having an opponent; averse of
enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
assured; having or marked by assurance
highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree
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recommendation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
making attractive or acceptable; pushing for something
misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions
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ridge     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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elegance and beauty of movement or expression; a short prayer of thanks before a meal
long, narrow upper section or crest; a chain of hills or mountains
pillar; cylindrical or polygonal support for roof; anything resembling, in form or position; upright body or mass
angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
a fragment of any solid substance; old iron, or other metal, glass, paper; discarded material
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sheet     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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organ situated in the floor of mouth; speech; language; clapper of a bell
bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece; any broad, thin surface
a passageway through or under something, usually underground
auxiliary activity; activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation
passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road
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staff     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth
stem, or body, of a tree; main stem, without the branches; the body of animal apart from the head and limbs
money risked on a gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something
personnel who assist superior to carry out an assigned task
a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
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theory     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing, photographs
one who guards, preserves, or secures; one who has, or is entitled to custody of person or property
hold fast or firmly; seize as in a wrestling match
rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions
doctrine or scheme of things; general or abstract principles of any science
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update     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
supply with recent information; bring up to date; bring to the latest state of technology
give a reduction in price on
convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; hold or support while moving; bear
get rid of; cast off; cause to pour forth
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