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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 1
apart     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
the smallest possible quantity
separately, regarding space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside
very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
likely to develop desirably; affording hope
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awkward     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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well known or easily recognized
considerate; having intellectual depth; giving close attention
difficult to handle or manage
unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented
of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate
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boutique     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms
a long thin piece of cloth or paper; measuring instrument for length by a narrow strip
small shop within a large department store or supermarket
jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
gain from labor, business, property, or capital
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cherish     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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make or pronounce holy; consecrate; make happy
follow in; go in search of or hunt for
bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger
cut small pieces from; diminish or reduce to shape; break or crack
harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
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confusion     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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some persons associated together in any work; a flock of wild ducks
trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
ray of light; a long piece of metal or wood; long piece fixed or movable in structure, machine, or tool
extreme pain; anguish of body or mind
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order
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defeat     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
work or act together toward a common end or purpose
tell someone confidently that something is true; guarantee; convince
draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities
suppose; presume; take on; bear
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despite     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred
advantageous gain or return; income received from investments or property
determination; formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
the short, thick first digit of a human hand
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fantastic     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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conforming to a type; representative
preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
excellent; extraordinary;  strange in form, conception, or appearance
not perfected; having or caused by an irregular surface
related in fable; devised; invented; not real
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genuine     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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authentic; real; true
not anywhere; not in any place or state
very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
the smallest possible quantity
determined to do or have
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instance     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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an example that is cited to prove a contention or illustrate a point; case or occurrence
misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
explode; burst; gale; a powerful gust of wind or air
imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
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lay     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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make an effort to; try to get; try to discover
make an offer of; propose; offer in words; declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance
assign the roles of; choose at random
line; proceed in one line
put into a certain place; cause to lie down; spread over a surface
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municipal     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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consistent with; based on; using reason
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
cool; freeze; a feeling of cold
metropolitan; civic; having local self-government
less advanced in age than another; younger; lower in standing or rank
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obsessed     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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authentic; real; true
solitary; by oneself, not with any other people
highest in office or rank; principal; head
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern; influenced or controlled by a powerful force
affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt
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plot     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress; event or experience that is intensely distressing
quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
something that resembles or harmonizes with
a small extent of ground; secret scheme or strategy
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release     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
assign the roles of; choose at random
give off; liberate; grant freedom to; make something available
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scent     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something
graph; diagram;  map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators
a distinctive odor that is pleasant; fragrance; perfume
fee for services; a group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration
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signature     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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name written in own handwriting
disaster; event resulting in great loss and misfortune
part of the neck in front of; passage to stomach and lung
portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes
edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
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standard     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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criteria; basis for comparison
act or an instance of buying; something bought
great number; person entertaining guests
swamp; bog; low lying wetland with grassy vegetation
grant; an act of giving to a fund or cause
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technical     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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having special skill or knowledge; according to principle; formal rather than practical; relating to technique
lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing
separately, regarding space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside
seemingly; believed or reputed to be the case
invariable; repeating; continually occurring; persistent
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visual     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
on, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest
of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic
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