IELTS Vocab 1

This is expected to ... regional desertification.

• exacerbate

• devastate

• eliminate

• eradicate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

This medicine is believed to be effective in ... the disease.

• accelerating

• revering

• eliminating

• healing

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

All ... cost-effective financing options will be investigated.

• ubiquitous

• plausible

• disputable

• feasible

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

In the last 200 years cacao bean has been thoroughly democratized and transformed from an elite drink into ... candy bars.

• ancient

• distinctive

• ubiquitous

• straightforward

A deteriorating security situation can have ... consequences for development.

• exhilarating

• distinctive

• lucrative

• detrimental

Which adjective do we use for things that last only for a limited period of time?

• permanent

• temporary

• constant

• lasting

The general public in the UK is usually ... about which party to vote for.

• exhilarated

• humiliated

• exasperated

• perplexed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The focus of each book club is very different as it turns solely on the make-up of the members and their ... .

• performances

• persistence

• predilections

• differences

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

The practice of producing genetically modified foods will probably ... the problem of famine and world hunger.

• alleviate

• exacerbate

• accelerate

• renovate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

By ... the genomes of these plants, this could easily give rise to new diseases in the future.

• halting

• improving

• eradicating

• altering

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E