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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 5 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
habitual
hair
haircut
hairpin
half
halfway
hall
halve
hammer
hand
handbag
handicapped
handkerchief
handling
handout
handwriting
happen
happening
happily
happiness
happy
hard
hardly
hardness
hardship
hare
harm
hat
hate
hateful
hatred
have
he
head
headache
headline
headmaster
headquarters
health
healthy
hear
heart
heartfelt
hearth
heartily
hearty
heat
heated
heating
heavily
heavy
height
hello
help
hen
herbal
here
hereafter
hereby
herein
hereinafter
hereof
hereto
herewith
hero
heroic
heroine
hesitation
hi
high
highland
highly
highway
hijacker
hill
hillside
hind
hip
hire
historical
history
hit
holder
holding
hole
holiday
holy
home
homeless
homework
homogenous
honest
honesty
honey
honeymoon
honor
honorable
hope
hopeful
hopefully
hopeless
horrify
horse
horsepower
hospital
hostel
hostess
hot
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above-mentioned   Speak
a. mentioned or named earlier in the same text
accept   Speak
v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
adverbial   Speak
a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb
almost   Speak
ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
alphabet   Speak
n. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
n. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
asia   Speak
n. the nations of the Asian continent collectively
n. the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
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addition  Speak
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n. a quantity that is added
n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
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a. any of various alternatives; some other
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n. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
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ad. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
ad. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
adverb  Speak
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v. come into sight or view
v. be issued or published
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n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun
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n. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
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n. a quantity that is added
n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
ago  Speak
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a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past
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ad. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
ad. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
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n. a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
n. a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
ale  Speak
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n. the English language as used in the United States
a. of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
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n. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
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n. the nations of the Asian continent collectively
n. the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
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a. any of various alternatives; some other
amplifier  Speak
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n. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
n. (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
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a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
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n. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
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v. murder; especially of socially prominent persons
v. destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
apparently  Speak
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ad. from appearances alone
ad. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
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ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes
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n. an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
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ad. in an enjoyable manner
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given


Spelling Word: accordingly
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing


Spelling Word: accumulative
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n. an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination


Spelling Word: acrobat
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together


Spelling Word: agree
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n. a feeling of delight at being entertained
n. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention


Spelling Word: amusement
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n. spiritual being attendant upon God
n. person of exceptional holiness


Spelling Word: angel
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