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1   Overview:
IELTS General Test is to evaluate the English level to fit for daily living and working. To own strong IELTS general vocabulary is the prerequisite to pass the test.

People usually take part in this test to migrate to English speaking countries, such as Australia, UK, Canada, and New Zealand, IELTS General Test is easier than IELTS Academic Test in reading and writing. However, test takers should focus on the specialties of separate tests, but not merely compare which test is easier to pass. Actually, they are independent tests, and there is no way to convert their scores.

IELTS general vocabulary has its attribute: related to living, working, and social activities, which reflect the nature of the test. Most words are from real scenarios, such as shopping in a mall and renting an apartment. These words aren't harsh for native English speakers, but as for ESL (English as Second Language), many people still need to take courses to study or enrich before test day.

This IELTS general words list is compiled to meet with the essential criteria of the IELTS general training test. We categorize the 4000 words into 11 groups. To speed up studying, we show word list alone at the initial page and hides their definitions. If you need to lookup definition, only click a button to retrieve by word. Because this is an extensive list, and you may know some of them more or less, this design helps to skip known words as fast as possible

So, this is a proven IELTS general vocabulary with smart web technology supporting. It dramatically decreases the time to skip known words and helps to focus on new words. If you are preparing IELTS general training test and are looking for a vocabulary, this one is deserved to have a look.

Besides, we have to remind IELTS academic test takers that these 4000 IELTS general words are the base of both academic and general tests. If you are IELTS academic test taker, you should take this list as fundamental vocabulary. Based on it, study other IELTS vocabulary. Notably, students living non-English speaking counties should take this general vocabulary seriously, because most of academic vocabularies exclude common daily words, but some of which occur on both IELTS test papers from time to time. It's why all IELTS test takers need this list.

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Words of Group 4 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
fable
fabrication
fact
factory
fahrenheit
fail
failure
fair
faithfully
false
family
famous
fan
far
farm
farmer
farmhand
farmhouse
farming
farther
fascism
fascist
fast
fat
fate
father
faultless
faulty
favor
favorably
favorite
fbi
fear
fearful
fearless
feasibility
feather
february
feel
feeling
fellow
feminine
fence
ferrous
ferryboat
feudal
feudalism
fever
few
fiddle
field
fiery
fifteen
fifth
fifty
fight
fighter
filing
fill
filling
film
finalize
finally
financier
find
finding
fine
finger
finish
finished
fire
fireman
fireplace
firework
firmly
firmness
first
fish
fisherman
fission
five
fix
flank
flannel
flat
flatten
fleshy
flight
flood
floor
flow
flower
flu
fluid
flute
fly
folk
follow
follower
following
fond
food
foodstuff
fool
foot
football
footing
footstep
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acre   Speak
n. a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
n. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
agreeably   Speak
ad. in an enjoyable manner
alcohol   Speak
n. a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
n. any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
animal   Speak
a. marked by the appetites and passions of the body
n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
april   Speak
n. the month following March and preceding May
archaeologist   Speak
n. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
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abreast  Speak
Exercise
ad. quickly and without warning
Exercise
a. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
ad. alongside each other, facing in the same direction
Exercise
n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
Exercise
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
accustom  Speak
Exercise
v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
Exercise
n. an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
Exercise
v. stop sleeping
v. cause to become awake or conscious
Exercise
ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
actor  Speak
Exercise
n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
Exercise
a. capable of being attributed
Exercise
n. the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
n. separation resulting from hostility
Exercise
ad. in addition
actuality  Speak
Exercise
n. the state of actually existing objectively
Exercise
a. capable of being attributed
Exercise
ad. in circumference
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
Exercise
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
ad. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
advantage  Speak
Exercise
n. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
n. an organic process that takes place in the body
Exercise
a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
Exercise
n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
n. a statement acknowledging something or someone
Exercise
n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
aeroplane  Speak
Exercise
ad. in circumference
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
Exercise
a. completely enveloping
Exercise
a. capable of being attributed
Exercise
n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
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n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights


Spelling Word: accordance
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a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by


Spelling Word: according
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval


Spelling Word: admirable
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a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb


Spelling Word: adverbial
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a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa


Spelling Word: african
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ad. anew


Spelling Word: again
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