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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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abreast   Speak
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
again   Speak
ad. anew
allow   Speak
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
appearance   Speak
n. the act of appearing in public view
n. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
astonishment   Speak
n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
attributive   Speak
a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
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a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
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n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
n. the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
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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
actor  Speak
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a. frightening because of an awareness of danger
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ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
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n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun
after  Speak
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ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
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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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ad. with anxiety or apprehension
agonize  Speak
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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
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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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v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish
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ad. used as intensifiers
ad. in a terrible manner
agricultural  Speak
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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
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ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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n. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
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a. characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
aimless  Speak
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ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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a. aimlessly drifting
a. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
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n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
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ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher


Spelling Word: above
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing


Spelling Word: accumulative
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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


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


Spelling Word: advertisement
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ad. anew


Spelling Word: again
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ad. by bad luck


Spelling Word: alas
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