IELTS Book 6 Test 1 Section 1

Australia's Sporting Success

 Demolish (verb)                                                                                                   Synonym: Annihilate, Dilapidate

To pull or knock down a building                                                                                                                                               Source: https://pixabay.com, 2017      

• The factory is due to be demolished next year      

 To show that an idea or theory is completely wrong

• A recent book has demolished this theory.

 To defeat somebody easily and completely                                                                                                                                           ·        

• They demolished New Zealand 44–6 in the final.   

 Embed (verb)                                                                                                            Synonym: Enclose, Fix

To fix something firmly into a substance or solid object

• The bullet embedded itself in the wall.

 To send a journalist, photographer, etc. to an area where there is fighting, so that he or she can travel with the army and report what is happening

• Embedded reporters in the war zone

 Immune (adjective)                                                                                              Synonym: Invulnerable, Resistant

Immune (to something) that cannot catch or be affected by a particular disease or illness

• Adults are often immune to German measles.                                                                                                                       Source: https://pixabay.com, 2017

 Immune (to something) not affected by something.

• You'll eventually become immune to criticism.

 Immune (from something) protected from something and therefore able to avoid it                                    

• Not even the President’s wife was immune from criticism by the press.

 Replicate (verb)                                                                                                                       Synonym: Copy 

Replicate something (formal) to copy something exactly                                                         

• Subsequent experiments failed to replicate these findings.

• The drug prevents the virus from replicating itself.    

 Saliva (noun)                                                                                                                           Synonym: Drool

The liquid that is produced in your mouth that helps you to swallow food

• Salive plays an important role in food digestion.

 Swivel (noun)                                                                                                                        Synonym: Revolve

Often used as an adjective) A device used to connect two parts of an object 

together, allowing one part to turn around without moving the other

• A swivel chair (one on which the seat turns around without moving the base)

 Unobtrusive (adjective)                                                                                               Synonym: Unassuming

 Not attracting unnecessary attention

• The service at the hotel is efficient and unobtrusive. 

 Wring (verb)                                                                                                                             Synonym: Twist

Wring something (out) to twist and squeeze clothes, etc. in order to get the water out of them                                                              https://pixabay.com, 2017

• She was wringing her clothes to dry them                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Reference: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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