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

To migrate to English speaking countries, including Australia, UK, Canada, and New Zealand, people are usually asked to take this test. IELTS General Test is easier than IELTS Academic Test in reading and writing, however, test takers should focus on the specialities of separate tests, don't simply compare which is easier to pass. Actually they are independent tests and their scores cannot be converted in any way.

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

This IELTS general words list is compiled to meet with the basic criteria of IELTS general training test. 4000 words are categorized into 11 groups. To speed up studying, the initial page shows word list alone and hides definitions. If you need to look up definition, just click a button to retrieve by word. This design helps to skip known words as fast as possible, because this is a large list and you may know some of them more or less.

So, this is a proven IELTS general vocabulary with smart web technology supporting. It dramatically decreases 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.

In addition, we have to remind IELTS academic test takers that these 4000 IELTS general words are actually 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 vocabularies. Especially, 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. This's why all IELTS test takers need this list.

If you used to study English words through static ebooks, we recommend a basic level ebook IELTS 1200 Words in 30 Days, which can be found from main ebook distributors, such as Apple iBook, Google Books, Amazon Kindle. Besides, this web site also offers a web app with same vocabulary as the ebook to speed up your studying, Try It!

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Before kicking off preparing IELTS general vocabulary, you should understand that general vocabulary is specially 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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Words of Group 3 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
dad
daily
damage
damn
dance
dancer
danger
danish
dare
dark
darken
darkness
darling
dating
daughter
day
daybreak
daylight
daytime
daze
dead
deadline
deafen
dealer
dealing
dear
death
deathly
debit
deceased
deceitful
december
decency
decide
decided
decidedly
decision
decisive
deduction
deep
deepen
deeply
deer
defiant
deflection
degree
delegation
deletion
deliberation
delicacy
delight
delightful
deliverance
delivery
delusive
demand
demanding
democrat
democratic
demurrage
den
denmark
denominate
department
depend
dependability
dependant
depiction
depth
derivation
derrick
describe
designation
designer
desk
desolation
desperation
destroy
detail
detailed
deterioration
detract
devaluation
devalue
develop
developing
development
deviation
devil
devoted
dew
dial
dialog
diamond
diary
dictation
dictatorship
dictionary
die
diesel
difference
different
differential
differently
difficult
difficulty
dig
digit
...
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about   Speak
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
ad. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
acceptable   Speak
a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage
advertisement   Speak
n. a public promotion of some product or service
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
angel   Speak
n. spiritual being attendant upon God
n. person of exceptional holiness
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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ad. in an enjoyable manner
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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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v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
v. allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
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n. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
abroad  Speak
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ad. by bad luck
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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
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a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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n. the state of actually existing objectively
accordingly  Speak
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n. the state of actually existing objectively
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n. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
acre  Speak
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
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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 act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
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n. the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
a. relating to or characteristic of Arabs
act  Speak
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n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
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v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
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n. the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
a. relating to or characteristic of Arabs
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v. bestow a quality on
v. make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
actuality  Speak
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n. the state of actually existing objectively
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n. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
n. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
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v. present with a bias
v. seek indirectly
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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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a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity


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v. put in effect
n. the state of being active


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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


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n. an era of history having some distinctive feature
v. make older


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a. aimlessly drifting
a. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another


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n. the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
n. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)


Spelling Word: airway
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