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

Gently rolling hill country, especially in southern England.

An area of a state or country that has its own government to deal with local matters.

An object, picture, or mark in the shape of a cross, used as a sign of the Christian faith or for decoration.

Connected with a particular regiment (a large group of soldiers).

A small piece of metal or plastic that you carry to show people that you work for a particular organization.

Strange, odd, unsolved, inexplicable.

To change the date of something.

Before, beforehand, formerly, earlier.

To give a particular time, value, place, etc., to something.

Antique, old-fashioned, obsolete, outdated, prehistoric.

Causing a lot of disagreement because many people have strong opinions about the subject being discussed.

Mysterious and difficult to understand.

Someone who studies history or the history of a particular thing.

To make someone feel certain that something is true.

Relating to art or culture.

A member of an all-male religious group that lives apart from other people in a monastery.

Near, close, in the neighborhood.

A building where a group of monks or nuns live, which is smaller and less important than an abbey.

Way, technique, means.

To lie over something.

To tell, disclose, make known, expose.

Bright and shiny from being cleaned.

To clean something very thoroughly by rubbing it with a rough material.

Related, linked, connected.