IELTS Vocabulary — Group 14

Sharing similar qualities, beliefs, or origins with someone else.

Having a strong interest, desire, or enthusiasm for something, or very sharp and sensitive.

Needing a great deal of time and hard work, often in a slow or tiring way.

Given or spent in great, extravagant abundance.

Allowed by law or by accepted standards and rules; genuine and reasonable.

Legally responsible for something, or likely to experience or do something.

To stay somewhere or remain present for longer than necessary or expected.

Very high, either physically or in terms of ambition and ideals; sometimes overly proud.

The great size or importance of something.

To help two opposing sides reach an agreement by talking with both of them.

To combine two or more things so that they become one.

Showing great attention to detail; very careful.

Not talking much about your own abilities or achievements, or moderate in size or amount.

To gather up strength, courage, or support in order to do something.

Shared or felt equally by two or more people or groups.

Failing to give something or someone the care or attention that is properly required.

A specialized position or area of activity that particularly suits a person's or organization's skills and interests.

Existing in name only, or so small in amount that it is barely worth mentioning.

Feeling a sentimental longing for a happy time in the past.

In spite of a particular fact, without letting that fact prevent something else from happening.

Required by a rule, law, or custom; compulsory.

Completely unaware of what's happening nearby.

To block a path, road, or process so that movement or progress becomes difficult or impossible.

Burdensome; requiring great effort and difficult to bear.

Not able to be seen through; by extension, difficult to understand or interpret.