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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 5 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
habitual
hair
haircut
hairpin
half
halfway
hall
halve
hammer
hand
handbag
handicapped
handkerchief
handling
handout
handwriting
happen
happening
happily
happiness
happy
hard
hardly
hardness
hardship
hare
harm
hat
hate
hateful
hatred
have
he
head
headache
headline
headmaster
headquarters
health
healthy
hear
heart
heartfelt
hearth
heartily
hearty
heat
heated
heating
heavily
heavy
height
hello
help
hen
herbal
here
hereafter
hereby
herein
hereinafter
hereof
hereto
herewith
hero
heroic
heroine
hesitation
hi
high
highland
highly
highway
hijacker
hill
hillside
hind
hip
hire
historical
history
hit
holder
holding
hole
holiday
holy
home
homeless
homework
homogenous
honest
honesty
honey
honeymoon
honor
honorable
hope
hopeful
hopefully
hopeless
horrify
horse
horsepower
hospital
hostel
hostess
hot
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aching   Speak
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain
alcohol   Speak
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
any   Speak
ad. to any degree or extent
a. one or some or every or all without specification
apprize   Speak
v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
artistic   Speak
a. relating to or characteristic of art or artists
a. aesthetically pleasing
aunt   Speak
n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
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abruptly  Speak
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ad. quickly and without warning
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n. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
n. assigning to a cause or source
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n. the English language as used in the United States
a. of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
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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
accent  Speak
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n. an expert who gives advice
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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. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
v. inform (somebody) of something
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v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
according  Speak
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n. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
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a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
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ad. from appearances alone
ad. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
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ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher
admirable  Speak
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
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ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case
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a. relating to or characterized by an aura
a. of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
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a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past
adverb  Speak
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n. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
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n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun
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ad. used as intensifiers
ad. in a terrible manner
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
advertising  Speak
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a. relating to or characterized by an aura
a. of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
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a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past
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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. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
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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


Spelling Word: accent
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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


Spelling Word: acre
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n. a female actor


Spelling Word: actress
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree


Spelling Word: adequately
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n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position


Spelling Word: advantage
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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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