IELTS General Vocabulary and Practice

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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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Before kicking off preparing IELTS general vocabulary, you should understand that general vocabulary is especially for IELTS general training test. If there is any confusion, go to the IELTS Official Website, which will help you out and clarify your question.

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baby

back

backdate

background

backing

backlog

backwardness

bad

badly

bag

baggy

baker

bakery

ball

ballooning

banana

bandit

bank

banking

baroness

base

basic

basically

basis

basket

basketball

bat

bath

bathroom

battle

beach

bearish

beast

beautiful

beauty

bed

bedroom

bee

beef

beer

beetle

before

beg

beggar

begin

beginner

beginning

behind

behindhand

being

belief

believe

bell

belong

belt

bench

benevolence

berry

best

betrayal

better

between

beware

beyond

bible

bicycle

bidding

big

bike

binding

biology

bird

birth

birthday

birthplace

biscuit

bishop

bit

bitterly

black

blackboard

blind

blockage

blond

blood

bloody

blouse

blow

blue

boat

body

boiler

boiling

boldness

bomb

bomber

bone

bony

book

booking

booklet

bookshelf

bookstore

boot

born

borrow

bosom

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able

a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity

accurately

ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes

aggravation

n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse

agreed

v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together

anyway

ad. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
ad. in any way whatsoever

awkwardness

n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

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abroad

	ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
	a. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
	a. aimlessly drifting a. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
	ad. in a place across an ocean ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings

action

	n. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) v. to stress, single out as important
	v. put in effect n. the state of being active
	n. a mark to indicate a direction or relation n. a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
	n. a feeling of delight at being entertained n. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

activity

	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
	a. frightening because of an awareness of danger
	n. a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
	n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

advantage

	n. a feeling of delight at being entertained n. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
	n. benefit resulting from some event or action n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
	n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
	a. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input n. something having the property of being analogous to something else

again

	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
	ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
	ad. anew
	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

alcoholic

	v. convert into ashes n. strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
	a. addicted to alcohol a. characteristic of or containing alcohol
	n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
	n. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

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a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage

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v. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain

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n. a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
n. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean

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n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat

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ad. in an enjoyable manner

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a. related by common characteristics or ancestry
a. of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I

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