74. IELTS Minh Huong Vocabulary booster (Cambridge 16, test 1, reading 1)

To make the effort to do something.

Accurately, precisely, correctly.

So, therefore, consequently, as a result.

Existing or happening first, before other people or things.

To continue to live after an accident, war, or illness.

To prove or show very clearly that something exists or is true.

The state of continuing for a period of time, without problems, interruptions, or changes.

To continue over a period of time or in a series, or to make something do this.

A period of 1,000 years.

Unusually good and special.

Drawn, written, or performed in an artificial style that does not look natural or real, but that is still pleasant to look at.

The act of representing someone or something.

Sleek hair or fur is straight, shiny, and healthy looking.

A disjointed activity or system is one in which the different parts do not work well together.

Having or resembling a beak.

Beautiful, attractive, or graceful.

To gradually become hidden by something.

An area of countryside or land of a particular type, used especially when talking about its appearance.

A road, hill etc that slopes at a high angle.

Path, pathway, road, way.

To be all around someone or something on every side.

A pile of earth or stones that looks like a small hill.

A piece of land, usually not belonging to a church, in which dead people are buried.

A well-preserved building or object is old but still in good condition.

The activity or skill of carving something.