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 Test Questions
IELTS Vocabulary: Level 4
appliance     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination
durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot; network or net
tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
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appreciable     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
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complement     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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digest; convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
complete; consummate; make perfect
burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
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compulsory     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
coming from the side; situated at or extending to the side
capable of being accomplished or brought about
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depict     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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confront; state the opposite of what someone has said
stop and rob a vehicle in transit; seize control of  by the use of force
restrict in movement; circumscribe
completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
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diverse     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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having the form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
differing in some characteristics; various
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erroneous     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
characterized by unrest or disorder
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
containing or derived from error; mistaken
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expulsion     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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one who keeps accounts; one who has charge of keeping books and accounts in an office
act of changing or altering
padded or knitted covering placed especially over a teapot to keep the tea hot; cozy
emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid
expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
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glossary     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist
possession or occupancy of lands or buildings under a lease; temporary possession of what belongs to another
review; look back upon; remember
crime of pirate; robbery committed at sea; unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material
a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
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indifferent     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
weak; lacking firmness
of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
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laudable     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
consisting of or resembling grains; having grainy texture
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mire     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
form, plan, or arrange in mind; transmit or give by will
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narrative     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass
one who, or that which, shows or points out
story; art, technique, or process of telling a story
a person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
anxiety disorder by extreme and irrational fear; dislike
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outdo     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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frighten; fill with terror
write underneath, as one's name; sign to a document; promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount
put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy
go beyond in performance; excel; surpass.
close; squeeze or press together; contract
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preceding     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive
ahead; before; existing or happening before someone or something
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
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quench     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
complete view in every direction.
construct; stand; set up
put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy
anticipate; predict; know about something before it happens
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shutter     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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a long, thin arm of some sea animals, such as the octopus and jellyfish
mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data
a hinged blind for a window
one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left
unfortunate accident; bad luck
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solidarity     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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breathing; the process of inhaling and exhaling; oxidative process occurring within living cells
a chemical used to kill pests
strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
the use of machines and computers that can operate without needing human control
union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
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tourism     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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edge, especially of a round surface; the surface of a solid; circumference
summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature
the practice of traveling for pleasure; the business of providing tours and services for tourists
principles presented for belief, as by religious; the principle of law; an act of teaching; instruction
something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
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untold     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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relaxing; not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected
mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
not told; not related; not revealed
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
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