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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 4 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
fable
fabrication
fact
factory
fahrenheit
fail
failure
fair
faithfully
false
family
famous
fan
far
farm
farmer
farmhand
farmhouse
farming
farther
fascism
fascist
fast
fat
fate
father
faultless
faulty
favor
favorably
favorite
fbi
fear
fearful
fearless
feasibility
feather
february
feel
feeling
fellow
feminine
fence
ferrous
ferryboat
feudal
feudalism
fever
few
fiddle
field
fiery
fifteen
fifth
fifty
fight
fighter
filing
fill
filling
film
finalize
finally
financier
find
finding
fine
finger
finish
finished
fire
fireman
fireplace
firework
firmly
firmness
first
fish
fisherman
fission
five
fix
flank
flannel
flat
flatten
fleshy
flight
flood
floor
flow
flower
flu
fluid
flute
fly
folk
follow
follower
following
fond
food
foodstuff
fool
foot
football
footing
footstep
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above   Speak
ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher
alas   Speak
ad. by bad luck
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
aristocratic   Speak
a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
arm   Speak
v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
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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act  Speak
Exercise
ad. towards the shore from the water
Exercise
v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
Exercise
ad. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
ad. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
Exercise
a. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
n. a very old person
active  Speak
Exercise
v. come into sight or view
v. be issued or published
Exercise
a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation
Exercise
a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
Exercise
n. the state of actually existing objectively
activity  Speak
Exercise
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
Exercise
n. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
Exercise
a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage
Exercise
a. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
n. a very old person
adverbial  Speak
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n. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
Exercise
v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
Exercise
v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish
Exercise
a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb
advise  Speak
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ad. in addition
Exercise
a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
Exercise
a. frightening because of an awareness of danger
Exercise
v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
v. inform (somebody) of something
agonize  Speak
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n. the act of appearing in public view
n. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
Exercise
n. chair with a support on each side for arms
Exercise
n. an expert who gives advice
Exercise
v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish
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a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage


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v. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain


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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. a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
n. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean


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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 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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