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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 3
amuse     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
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boost     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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provide an extensive explanation for words or phrases
secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; narrate or coordinate
melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
raise; advance; push or shove upward
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cavity     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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fertile or green spot in a waste or desert
hole; cavern; hollow area within the body
youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed
spring of water issuing from the earth; artificially produced jet or stream of water
crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
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conservative     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
at some distance from the shore
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creation     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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written order directing a bank to pay money
declaration of something to come; foretelling; prediction; knowledge of the future
official examination of the details of a country's population
fact or state of having been created; the act of investing with a new office or title
hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm
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disturbance     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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good form; style; elegance under being fashionable
child in the first period of life; young babe
disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder
position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
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encyclopedia     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless, highly flammable diatomic gas
prevailing style; manner; a way of doing something; fashion or style
a reference work containing articles on various topics
a drawing, especially in a newspaper or magazine, that tells a joke
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fierce     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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ferocious; savage; extremely severe or violent; terrible
in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
pliant; elastic; capable of being bent or flexed; pliable
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imitation     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends
management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
the association organized to promote art or science, or education
emulation; copying the actions of someone else
something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
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impromptu     Speak
 
(10)
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emitting only a small amount of light; lacking in brightness
excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
powerful; having the power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
relating to diplomacy; marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others
without previous preparation
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literature     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving
observer; audience; one who looks on
application of healing art to mental diseases; a branch of medicine of mental and emotional disorders
gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value; art or occupation of a literary writer
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neglect     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill
throw with violence or haste; break, as by throwing or by collision; form or sketch rapidly
shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
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offspring     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism
descendant; the young of an animal
something intended or supposed to represent another thing; sign or symbol; memorial of friendship
any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells
complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease
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perceive     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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change in outward structure or looks; convert
incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
make amends for; reimburse
think long and anxiously;  be in a state of gloomy, serious thought
become aware of through the senses; detect
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pretentious     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
lacking in energy or will;  peacefully resistant in response to injustice
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renowned     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
basic; fundamental; relating to the early stages of studying a subject
famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built
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sentiment     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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thought prompted by passion or feeling; feeling toward or respecting; disposition prompting to action or expression
loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
device or structure for controlling the flow of a fluid
the flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; a short pipe made of clay, used in sewers and drains
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stitch     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
open or straighten something out; unbend; prolong
hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
modify; cause to change; make different; convert
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tolerance     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
success in mastering something difficult; one that has been captivated or overcome
fruit flesh;  any soft or soggy mass
revival; renewal; the revival of learning and culture
capacity for respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain
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unanimous     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions
uniform; in complete agreement
open-minded; tolerant; broad-mindedness; having political views favoring reform and progress
in addition; moreover; still further
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