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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 4
appliance     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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a publication that appears at fixed intervals
standard of measurement; a geometric function that describes the distances between pairs of points in a space
effort or attempt; the exertion of physical or mental powers toward the attainment of an object
durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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ardent     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
marked by or having equity; just and impartial
expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
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bustle     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
exceed or surpass; leave behind
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
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counterbalance     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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make necessary or indispensable; render unavoidable
come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount
utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
act as force or influence that balances, checks, or limits an opposite one
cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to a broader area or larger number
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decrepit     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
amid; in the middle of; among
weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial
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drudgery     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
a person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause; showing evidence of possession by a god or demon
act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting
hard, monotonous routine work
science of the relationships between organisms and their environments
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evoke     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
pollute; make dirty or spotty
spread out; effuse; issue or emerge in rays or waves
bring out; arouse; call forth
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fastidious     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided
easily seen or understood; obvious; apparent; clear
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gaunt     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
short-lived; enduring a very short time
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
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illustrate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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trade goods or services without the exchange of money
act as force or influence that balances, checks, or limits an opposite one
pay back for some expense incurred
represent; demonstrate; depict; clarify, as by use of examples or comparisons
set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between
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inquire     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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ask a question; seek for truth or information by putting queries
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
make threefold or triple; play or sing the highest part or most acute sounds
form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design
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mesh     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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duplicate copy; one that closely resembles another
opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot; network or net
a group of nations, parties, or persons united for common action
title; chapter heading; text under illustration
act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass
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oar     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat
small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
a publication that appears at fixed intervals
act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance
a mental disorder marked by confusion
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outcry     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past
strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer
a branch that flows into the mainstream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
small  leaf; a leaf-like organ or part
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postage     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms
act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
token that postal fee has been paid; charge for mailing something
security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage; immunity from penalty, or the punishment; amnesty
settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states
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presumption     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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a branch that flows into the mainstream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit
the act of believing that something is true without having any proof; belief upon incomplete proof
pause; break; space between two objects, points, or units
act of rotating or revolving rapidly; state of confusion; tumult
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ruffle     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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bring out; arouse; call forth
come to an end; terminate; lose validity; breathe one's last breath; die
utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
make into a ruff; disturb the surface of; make uneven by agitation; throw into disorder or confusion
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strait     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
arranged in order of time of occurrence
countless; too many to be counted
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
vertical; upright; intersecting at or forming right angles; too steep
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toil     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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candidate; a person who formally requests something, especially a job
degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste
pouring or streaming downwards especially  a heavy or continuous shower
exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment
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vex     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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focus toward; determine position with reference to another point; locate to face the east
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; fill with emotion
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
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