IELTS Vocabulary — Group 10 — Quiz

1. Which definition matches Warrant? Not clearly expressed or defined; lacking precise detail. Capable of working successfully or surviving in practice. To gradually become smaller, weaker, or less important over time. To justify or make something necessary or appropriate.

2. Which definition matches Versatile? To gradually weaken or damage something, often secretly or indirectly. Able to adapt easily to many different functions, roles, or situations. To justify or make something necessary or appropriate. To investigate or undo something complicated until it becomes clear, or to fall apart.

3. Which definition matches Unwarranted? To gradually become smaller, weaker, or less important over time. Capable of working successfully or surviving in practice. Forming the hidden basis or true cause of something, even if it isn't immediately obvious. Not justified or deserved; done without a good enough reason.

4. Which definition matches Withstand? Able to adapt easily to many different functions, roles, or situations. To remain strong or unharmed despite pressure, force, or difficulty. A sudden, dramatic change or disruption that affects a whole system or society. Never having happened or existed before, with no earlier example for comparison.

5. Which definition matches Withhold? The point right before something starts or happens; the very edge of a state or action. Never having happened or existed before, with no earlier example for comparison. To refuse to give or reveal something that someone else wants. Capable of working successfully or surviving in practice.

6. Which definition matches Validate? To officially confirm that something is accurate, true, or acceptable. To refuse to give or reveal something that someone else wants. Not justified or deserved; done without a good enough reason. To gradually become smaller, weaker, or less important over time.

7. Which definition matches Volatile? Likely to change suddenly and unpredictably, especially from calm to dangerous. To remain strong or unharmed despite pressure, force, or difficulty. Forming the hidden basis or true cause of something, even if it isn't immediately obvious. To clear someone of blame or prove that a belief or decision was right after all.

8. Which definition matches Yield? Forming the hidden basis or true cause of something, even if it isn't immediately obvious. To gradually become smaller, weaker, or less important over time. To justify or make something necessary or appropriate. To produce a result, or to give way under pressure or demand.

9. Which definition matches Wane? To investigate or undo something complicated until it becomes clear, or to fall apart. The point right before something starts or happens; the very edge of a state or action. Existing or happening over a large area or among many people. To gradually become smaller, weaker, or less important over time.

10. Which definition matches Undermine? The point right before something starts or happens; the very edge of a state or action. Likely to change suddenly and unpredictably, especially from calm to dangerous. The greatest or highest possible degree of something. To gradually weaken or damage something, often secretly or indirectly.