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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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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
amplifier   Speak
n. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
appear   Speak
v. come into sight or view
v. be issued or published
archaeologist   Speak
n. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
ashtray   Speak
n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
at   Speak
n. a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
n. 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
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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
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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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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. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
accrued  Speak
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a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past
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ad. used as intensifiers
ad. in a terrible manner
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
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n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun
acknowledgment  Speak
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n. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
n. a hose that carries air under pressure
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a. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
a. feeling or showing anger
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n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
n. a statement acknowledging something or someone
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n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
act  Speak
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n. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
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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
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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. a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
n. any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
actress  Speak
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n. a female actor
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n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
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ad. to any degree or extent
a. one or some or every or all without specification
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n. the state of being acceptable and accepted
n. (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
adverbial  Speak
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
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a. capable of erupting
a. having life or vigor or spirit
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a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb
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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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n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights


Spelling Word: accordance
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition


Spelling Word: accrued
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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


Spelling Word: activity
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval


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n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
n. a vaguely specified concern


Spelling Word: affair
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ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time


Spelling Word: after
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