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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 1
alliance     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union of interests between families, states, parties
act of applying force suddenly; an impelling force or strength
an amount of time; a fixed time during the life of a person or in history
land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass
kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth
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badge     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar
piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; sleeveless outer garment
a distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person
a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
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bother     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
strain or move out of a straight line; curve; turn toward some certain point
express an opinion; remark
make too low an estimate of the quantity; undervalue
blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
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capacity     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden; margin; verge; brink; boundary
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
public display of message; visible mark or indication
shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
a formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom
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constant     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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more than adequate; willing to give and share unstintingly
duplicate; alike; being the exact same one
owed and payable immediately or on-demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
invariable; repeating; continually occurring; persistent
filled to satisfaction with food or drink; containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
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defendant     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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one required to make answer in an action or suit
medical prescription; a set of directions for making or preparing something, especially food
fight; struggle; incompatibility of dates or events
a plane surface, as of the floor of a room; open space in a building; the enclosed space; extent; scope; range
explanatory list of symbols on a map; unverified story handed down from earlier times
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emotion     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance
shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
sign; something visible to represent something else invisible
end; objective; final purpose or aim
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federal     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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causing sadness, compassion, or pity
annual; yearly; annual return of the day on which any notable event took place
of or relating to central government; national
making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding
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flush     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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flow and spread suddenly; flood
call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
offer formally; extend; propose a payment
take away or remove; reduce; go or come after and bring or take back
find or declare guilty
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humble     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious
causing death; very serious and having an important bad effect in the future
harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious
with respect to; by concerning
low or inferior in station or quality; modest
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junk     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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periodically repeated sequence of events; a long period of time; entire round in a circle or a spire
an impure matter that forms on or rises to the surface of a liquid or body of water; worthless people
trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage
a fragment of any solid substance; old iron, or other metal, glass, paper; discarded material
depot; storehouse for goods and merchandise
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minor     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
of lesser importance or stature or rank; not of legal age; limited in size or scope
without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
in every part; in or through all parts; everywhere; during the entire time or extent
informal; purposeless; occurring by chance
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pace     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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official house; large house; an act of dwelling in a place
basic truth or law or assumption; rule or law of nature;  rule of personal conduct
pasteboard for paper boxes; pasteboard box
emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
a single movement from one foot to the other in walking; slow gait; step
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premium     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
rightful concern or responsibility; occupation, work, or trade-in which a person is engaged; commercial enterprise
passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane; the wing of a building
place abounding in trees or shrubs; the wild forest
having or reflecting superior quality or value
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rage     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
cloth; stuff; artifact made by weaving or synthetic fibers; structure; framework
the punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution
quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
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scandal     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage
a publicized incident that brings about disgrace; damage to reputation by disclosure of improper behavior
notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than an impression; favorable estimation
a measure of spatial extent, especially width, height, or length; size; aspect; element
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specific     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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able to feel;  responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others
short in time, duration, length, or extent; concise
just; only; hardly; scarcely
stated explicitly or in detail; definite
unbound; untied; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined
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stake     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
money risked on a gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something
punishment established by law or authority for a crime or offense; fine
sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of the urgent need for action or assistance
two words that express opposing concepts; contrariwise; directly facing each other
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swell     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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astonish; affect with wonder
bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; subject to laughter or ridicule
climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers
keep from departing; take and maintain control over; stop dealing with
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valid     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable
involving advantage or good; greater than zero; very sure; confident
greatly loved; dear to the heart
highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree
dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
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