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IELTS Vocabulary: Level 5
alacrity     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards
gain information about the enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
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aristocrat     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
imaginary circle on the surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon
one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
large basket, used for moving china or similar wares; box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces
food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet
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boisterous     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
in an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case; perpetually; continually
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
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commissioner     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in biochemical reactions
a person authorized by a commission to perform certain duties; member of a commission
a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
an artist who creates sculptures
cultivation of plants
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disagreeable     Speak
 
(5)
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of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
not agreeing with tastes or expectations
not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
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extant     Speak
 
(6)
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satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
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fester     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
set in opposition to show or emphasize differences; show differences when compared
bend; lay on closely, or in folds; work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; press upon
the drawback, as with fear or pain; spring back
undergo decay; infect, inflame, or corrupt;
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gutter     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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ability to foresee future happenings
a natural appearance of coloured light in the sky, that is usually seen nearest the Arctic or Antarctic
lack of seriousness; the lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; eaves channel; eaves trough
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imperceptible     Speak
 
(9)
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fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
of, relating to, or composed of matter; concerned with the physical, not from intellectual or spiritual
in a way that causes something to be certain; undoubtedly
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institute     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum-like; waver
establish, organize, and set in operation
precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen
baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter
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lyric     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion
follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
part of government which makes laws
quality or condition of being humble; a low estimate of one's self; self-abasement
process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
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morsel     Speak
 
(12)
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conqueror; the winner of a game, competition, election, or war
a little bite or bit of food; a small quantity; a little piece; a fragment
massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color of a gray to brown or black, breaking with fracture and sharp edge
large basket, used for moving china or similar wares; box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces
the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
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outrage     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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touch; feel with the hand; use or hold with the hand; manage in using; deal with
offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
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ply     Speak
 
(14)
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bend; lay on closely, or in folds; work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; press upon
relate to particular cause or source; ascribe; explain
provide with temporary quarters, especially for sleeping; rent a room to
feel or grope about; make awkward attempts to do or find something; play childishly
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
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rat     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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device for gripping and holding; a tense, critical situation
an article of dress, of cloth or other stuff, worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean
a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
any of various long-tailed rodents, similar to but larger than a mouse
spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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sap     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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device for gripping and holding; a tense, critical situation
the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
one that engages in aggression; a person who first attacks
soybean; most highly protein vegetable
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solace     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism to the maintenance of life
the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies
family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
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stapler     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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expression of warm approval; praise
the vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony or approval
feather, especially soft, downy, long, or handsome feather; a token of honor or achievement
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
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telex     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
an artist who creates sculptures
communications system consisting of teletypewriters connected to a telephonic network to send and receive signals
the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
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whimsical     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
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