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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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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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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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advice   Speak
n. a proposal for an appropriate course of action
again   Speak
ad. anew
airline   Speak
n. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
n. a hose that carries air under pressure
apartment   Speak
n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
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
arrow   Speak
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
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accordance  Speak
Exercise
ad. in addition
Exercise
n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights
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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
Exercise
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
adverbial  Speak
Exercise
ad. in addition
Exercise
n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Exercise
v. terminate
v. chop or split with an ax
Exercise
a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb
afloat  Speak
Exercise
v. stop sleeping
v. cause to become awake or conscious
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a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
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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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n. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
aforesaid  Speak
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n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
Exercise
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
Exercise
a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
Exercise
ad. used as intensifiers
ad. in a terrible manner
afraid  Speak
Exercise
a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
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a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
Exercise
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain
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a. relating to or characteristic of art or artists
a. aesthetically pleasing
afterward  Speak
Exercise
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
Exercise
n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Exercise
v. terminate
v. chop or split with an ax
Exercise
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
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ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
ad. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct


Spelling Word: about
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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


Spelling Word: abreast
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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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ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes


Spelling Word: accurately
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a. giving an advantage
a. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness


Spelling Word: advantageous
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n. a public promotion of some product or service


Spelling Word: advertisement
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