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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 1
affect     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
capture or seize, especially after a chase; take by or as if by trapping; reach just in time
give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
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bacon     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
extreme pain; anguish of body or mind
fastening together of one or more threads, cords, ropes; lump or loop formed in the thread; ornamental tie
quartz; glassware made of quartz; high-quality, clear, colorless glass
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blank     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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of white or pale color; without color; empty; void
money-making; involved in work that is intended for the mass market
huge; capable of making one tremble; terrible
having special skill or knowledge; according to principle; formal rather than practical; relating to technique
fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance
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cereal     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as a food
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combat     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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take away or remove; reduce; go or come after and bring or take back
regard with respect; favorable regard
struggle as with an opposing force; fight with
give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
be on the watch respecting; pay attention to; notice with care; see; perceive
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currency     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing, photographs
step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing
disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass
a ball of thread or cord; thread; something guides or directs anything of a doubtful or intricate nature
money; general acceptance or use
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detective     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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space between ranges of mountains; area drained or irrigated by a river; internal angle formed by the intersection
substitute; trade in; give in return for something received
investigator;  usually of the police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence
tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the essence; the best part
money; general acceptance or use
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festival     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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grant; an act of giving to a fund or cause
arm; leg; any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
brightness; something that admits illumination; source of fire; particular aspect of a situation
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
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freak     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
rare and unpredictable event; person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
stream; flow; up-to-date; present
allusion; clue; brief or indirect suggestion
keeper; guardian; watchman; an officer who keeps or guards
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hang     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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get or find back; regain a former condition
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
have doubts about; distrust
suspend; fasten to some elevated point without support from below; hold for support
work or act together toward a common end or purpose
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kidney     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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a small extent of ground; secret scheme or strategy
link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty
the glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body
automobile; means of conveying; medium
a way for travel or transportation
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major     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree
cool; freeze; a feeling of cold
greater in number, quantity, or extent; more important
of or relating to central government; national
having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
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period     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress; event or experience that is intensely distressing
an amount of time; a fixed time during the life of a person or in history
power or quality of pleasing or delighting; attractiveness; item worn for its supposed magical benefit
probability of a specified outcome; likelihood of the occurrence of one thing, as in a contest
all offspring at the same stage from an ancestor; interval between the birth of parents and their offspring
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plug     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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outer boundary length; closed curve bounding a plane area
cellar; a part of a building that is below the level of the first floor
something, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; stopper
some persons associated together in any work; a flock of wild ducks
auxiliary activity; activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation
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psychology     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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utmost height; the highest point of a mountain
piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; sleeveless outer garment
the subject of a speech, essay, thesis, discussion, or conversation
one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
the science that deals with mental processes and behavior
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script     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
prepare text for filming or broadcasting
state clearly; make known formally or officially
climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers
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shift     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
moving from one setting or context to another; moving slightly
a short trip that taken to perform a specified task; mission; embassy
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statue     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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sculpture representing a human or animal
keeper; guardian; watchman; an officer who keeps or guards
a small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
a period of time spent sleeping
groups of cells that make particular parts of the body; soft, thin paper
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trail     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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path or track roughly through a wild or hilly country; overland route
any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger
quality of being wise; knowledge; results of wise judgments
hollow cylindrical shape; underground railway
two words that express opposing concepts; contrariwise; directly facing each other
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violent     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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annual; yearly; annual return of the day on which any notable event took place
not extreme; marked by seriousness or gravity; not affected by the use of drugs;  self-restraint
clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
not permanent; not lasting
turbulent; intensely vivid or loud; by violence or bloodshed
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