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 IELTS General Words List
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 6 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
lab
labor
laboratory
lack
lad
ladder
lady
lake
lamp
land
landed
landlady
landlord
language
lantern
large
last
late
lately
later
lathe
latin
latter
lattice
laugh
laughter
lavatory
law
lawful
lawyer
laziness
lazy
le
leader
leaf
leakage
learn
learned
learner
learning
least
leather
leave
lecturer
leeway
left
leftover
leg
lemon
lemonade
lend
lending
length
leninism
lens
less
lessen
lesson
let
letter
level
liar
liberation
librarian
library
lid
lie
lieutenant
life
lifetime
lighten
lighter
lighthouse
lightly
lightning
like
likely
likeness
liking
lily
lime
limit
limitation
limited
linguist
lining
lion
lioness
lip
lipstick
listen
listener
litre
little
live
living
local
loneliness
lonely
lonesome
long
longing
look
lord
lorry
loss
lost
lot
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abroad   Speak
ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
ahead   Speak
ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
aimless   Speak
a. aimlessly drifting
a. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
apple   Speak
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
artist   Speak
n. a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
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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n. a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
n. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
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ad. in an arrogant manner
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n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
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v. make a request or demand for something to somebody
v. direct or put; seek an answer to
acrobatics  Speak
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n. a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
n. the smallest continent; between ...
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v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
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n. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
v. give as judged due or on the basis of merit
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n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
active  Speak
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n. the quality of being at hand when needed
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a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation
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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
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ad. used as intensifiers
ad. in a terrible manner
adjective  Speak
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n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns
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n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
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n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
n. a vaguely specified concern
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n. the month following March and preceding May
adverb  Speak
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n. a favorable omen
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ad. using the voice; not silently
ad. with relatively high volume
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n. the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
n. separation resulting from hostility
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n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun
algebra  Speak
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v. make a request or demand for something to somebody
v. direct or put; seek an answer to
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n. the month following March and preceding May
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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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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
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n. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
v. to stress, single out as important


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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition


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ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes


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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval


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n. a public promotion of some product or service
n. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services


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n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan


Spelling Word: allocation
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