IELTS: Advanced Describing Motion Vocabulary Set 1

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(verb) To get up or stand.

arise

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(adverb) In a way that is careful, soft, intricate or light.

delicately

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(verb) To place something in a particular location, often on the ground or on a surface.

deposit

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(verb) To get off from something that you can ride.

dismount

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(noun) The action of putting something out of its usual place.

displacement

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(verb) To get away from.

elude

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(noun) A sudden departure of a large group of people.

exodus

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(noun) The way of walking and holding the body when moving.

gait

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(noun) The act of passing possession of something to another party.

handover

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(verb) To pass by leaping over.

hurdle

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(adjective) Not capable of living and moving.

inanimate

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(verb) To reverse or turn upside down.

invert

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(verb) To carefully move something or someone to a different position.

manoeuvre

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(noun) The quantity of motion possessed by a moving object.

momentum

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(adjective) To continue moving forward.

onward

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(verb) To pass through something and spread all over.

permeate

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(noun) A device that is used to move something forward or to a certain direction.

propeller

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(verb) To move from, retract to, or extend one's distance from an earlier spot.

recede

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(verb) To pull back.

retract

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(verb) Lean over, fall hard.

slump

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(adjective) The state of not moving or being in place.

stationary

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(verb) To take something away from where it has settled; to destroy its stability.

uproot

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Which word has the following synonyms?

stand, rise

arise

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Which word has the following synonyms?

gently, finely, carefully, exquisitely, fine

delicately

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Which word has the following synonyms?

descend

dismount

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Which word has the following synonyms?

dislocation, move, movement, rearrangement, shift

displacement

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Which word has the following synonyms?

avoid, escape, dodge, sidestep

elude

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Which word has the following synonyms?

departure, emigration, flight, evacuation, exit

exodus

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Which word has the following synonyms?

bearing, motion, movement

gait

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Which word has the following synonyms?

relinquishing, surrender, hand-off, giving, ceding

handover

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Which word has the following synonyms?

evade, conquer, vault over, leap over

hurdle

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Which word has the following synonyms?

cold, dull, dead, inactive, inert

inanimate

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Which word has the following synonyms?

alter, capsize, overturn, upend

invert

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Which word has the following synonyms?

impetus, drive, foce, impulsion

momentum

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Which word has the following synonyms?

onwards, beyond, forward

onward

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Which word has the following synonyms?

seep, penetrate, infuse

permeate

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Which word has the following synonyms?

subside, retreat, withdraw

recede

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Which word has the following synonyms?

withdraw, reel in, reverse

retract

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Which word has the following synonyms?

collapse, crash

slump

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Which word has the following synonyms?

immobile, motionless, static, inert

stationary

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Which word has the following synonyms?

displace, extract, exterminate

uproot

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Which word has the following antonyms?

go down, descend

arise

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Which word has the following antonyms?

strongly

delicately

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Which word has the following antonyms?

mount, ride

dismount

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Which word has the following antonyms?

stay, arrival

exodus

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Which word has the following antonyms?

taking, possession, acquirement, conquest

handover

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Which word has the following antonyms?

crash, collide, yield, surrender

hurdle

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Which word has the following antonyms?

animate, living, lively

inanimate

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Which word has the following antonyms?

continue, hold, keep, maintain

invert

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Which word has the following antonyms?

dehydrate, dry, take out

permeate

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Which word has the following antonyms?

prolong, continue, enhance

recede

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Which word has the following antonyms?

extract

retract

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Which word has the following antonyms?

active, mobile, moving, unfixed

stationary

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Which word has the following antonyms?

plant, settle, entrench

uproot

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Everyone must _____ when the judge comes in.

arise

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She touched his hand _____.

delicately

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The garbage truck _____ a lot of trash in the landfill.

deposited

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Bob loves horses, but he still does not know how to _____ from them.

dismount

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The forest fire caused a _____ of both animals and humans living in the area.

displacement

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They chased me down the street, but I was able to _____ them by turning down an alley.

elude

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An _____ of refugees left their war-town country looking for a safe place to live away from all the violence.

exodus

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My grandmother always had a graceful and slow _____.

gait

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After the _____ of the company was complete, employees were forbidden contact with the former owner.

handover

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She will easily _____ over the narrow stream.

hurdle

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I love taking photos of interesting _____ objects.

inanimate

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Ian accidentally _____ his water bottle before making sure the cap was screwed on tight, and so spilled the liquid all onto the floor.

inverted

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We'll have to _____ the bed through the door.

manoeuvre

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The car gained _____ as it barreled down the hill, making it impossible to stop it.

momentum

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The knight trodded _____.

onward

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Her perfume _____ throughout the room when she passed by.

permeated

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The rope was entangled at the boat's _____.

propeller

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The water level began to _____ an hour later.

recede

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A turtle will _____ its neck when it feels it is in danger.

retract

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The man _____ onto the couch after a hard day at work.

slumped

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The cat has been _____ for the past 30 minutes, it has not moved.

stationary

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Accepting my new job across the country meant I had to _____ my family from the town I had called home.

uproot

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