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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 4
affirm     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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shrink; reduce in size; become less
make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly
keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
state something as true; assert; confirm
conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; receive false notion of; misjudge; misapprehend.
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array     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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mark a line below, as words; underscore.
set out for display or use; place in orderly arrangement
become active; excite, as to anger or action; stir up; awaken
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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bureaucracy     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data
a person who has responsibility for or looks after something; guardian
over-regulated administrative system
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in a particular activity
great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter
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consolidate     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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prolong; draw out or lengthen in time
make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for; balance
make unable to move or act; impair the progress or functioning of
make laws; create or pass laws
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destine     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
intend or choose someone or something for a particular purpose or end
comply with; follow; fit; meet
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
change an aspect of; alter in form, appearance, substance, position; make different by a partial change; modify
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drawback     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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a small flat compressed cake of some substance; a dose of medicine; simplified computer with the only screen
property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue
disadvantage or inconvenience; shortcoming; refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes
someone who bears the blame for others
act of making a sudden noisy break
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ensue     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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stop and rob a vehicle in transit; seize control of  by the use of force
complete; consummate; make perfect
pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence
refrain from buying or using
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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feasible     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense
vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
capable of being accomplished or brought about
dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
assiduous; industrious; hard-working
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historian     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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underlying base or foundation, especially for an organization or system
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
one who is an authority on history
real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen
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howl     Speak
 
(10)
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dwell on anything in thought; think seriously; keep the mind fixed upon; purpose; plan in the mind
utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
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lodging     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk
accommodation; a temporary place to stay
a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood or cardboard, in which poor people live
an agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
a person who has responsibility for or looks after something; guardian
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mesh     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for making floors
opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot; network or net
person's normal manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry
independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native
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oblique     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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harmful to living things; injurious to health
in disrepair, run-down; of very poor quality or condition
unique; extraordinary; being only one
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
ultimate; occurring at an unspecified time in the future
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outlying     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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relating to, or adjacent to the sea; nautical
containing or derived from error; mistaken
relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement
helper, additional or subsidiary
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plaintive     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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loaded; freighted; oppressed or burdened
by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
short-lived; enduring a very short time
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presumption     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage; immunity from penalty, or the punishment; amnesty
skillfulness in command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; expertise
the act of believing that something is true without having any proof; belief upon incomplete proof
arrangement of parts or elements; outline
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rivet     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
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subsidiary     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
scenic; striking or interesting in an unusual way
coming from the side; situated at or extending to the side
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temperate     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
reactive; readily reacting to people or events; showing emotion
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
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variation     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
commonplace object; object firmly fixed in place
shallow place in a body of water; sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, sandbank, or sandbar
act of changing or altering
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