Ielts vocabulary Masterclass book + ielts listening & Reading Dictionary: Dominate Proficiency Level Vocabulary for ielts listening, Reading, Writing & Speaking

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Abate:
MEANING: Reduce, diminish
SENTENCE: Her stress over spending so much money on her house abated
when the real estate broker told her about the property's current market
value.
Aberrant:
MEANING: Abnormal, deviant
SENTENCE: Running naked down the street might be considered aberrant
behaviour.
Abeyance:
MEANING: Temporary cessation or suspension
SENTENCE: Her thoughts of her lover were in abeyance while she studied
for her exam.
Abridge:
MEANING: Condense or shorten
SENTENCE: Audio books are almost always abridged, since few people
want to listen to a 200-hour story.
Abscond:
MEANING: Leave secretly and hurriedly, often to escape or
avoid arrest
SENTENCE: The tenants absconded owing six months’ rent.
Abstemious
: MEANING: Consuming moderately in something,
especially food and drink
SENTENCE: ‘We only had one course at dinner.’ ‘Very abstemious of
you.’
Abstruse:
MEANING: Difficult to understand

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SENTENCE: The doctor’s handwriting was so abstruse that the patient had
to ask him to print the letter.
Admonish
: MEANING: Reprimand, warn
SENTENCE: She admonished him for pouring a third glass of wine.
Adulterate:
MEANING: Debase a substance by adding another substance
SENTENCE: Cocaine is adulterated and dangerous.
Aesthetic:
MEANING: Concerned with beauty
SENTENCE: There are practical as well as aesthetic reasons for planting
trees; not only do trees give oxygen needed for human and animal life, but
they also add beauty.
Affability:
MEANING: A tendency to be friendly and approachable
SENTENCE: John’s affability helped him in his interview with the
Fulbright Scholarship decision panel; they selected him for the
scholarship.
Affluent
: MEANING: Wealthy, well off
SENTENCE: Judging by the size of the houses and the abundance of trees,
this was an affluent suburb.
Aggrandize:
MEANING: Increase in power, wealth, rank; or enlarge, e.g.
aggrandize an estate.
SENTENCE: Some political leaders may aim to aggrandize their power
without considering the wishes of their own political party.
Aggregate:
MEANING: Gather into a mass or whole; accumulation of a
whole

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SENTENCE: The aggregate wealth of this country is staggering to the
imagination.