V
ocabulary for IELTS
1. [ C or U ] when someone is punished
Many people think that the death penalty is too severe a punishment for any crime.
FORMAL
It was always our father who administered/meted out punishments.
Drink-driving is one case where severe punishment seems to work as a deterrent.
reckless
/ˈrek.ləs/
adjective
doing something dangerous and not worrying about the risks and the possible results
He was found guilty of reckless driving .
recklessly
/ˈrek.lə.sli/
adverb
recklessness
/ˈrek.lə.snəs/
noun [ U ]
smuggle
/ˈsmʌg.l ̩/
verb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
to take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally
She was caught trying to smuggle 26 kilos of heroin out of/into the country.
They managed to smuggle a videotape of the captive journalists out of the prison.
smuggling
/ˈsmʌg.lɪŋ/
noun [ U ]
The murdered man is thought to have been involved in drug smuggling.
system
/ˈsɪs.təm/
noun
SET
1. [ C ] a set of connected things or devices which operate together
a central-heating system
2. [ C ] a set of computer equipment and programs used together for a particular purpose
The system keeps crashing and no one is able to figure out why.
3. [ C ] a set of organs or structures in the body which have a particular purpose
the immune system
the nervous system
4. [ C ] the way that the body works, especially the way that it digests and passes out waste products
A run in the morning is good for the system - it wakes the body up and gets everything going.
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