IELTS General Vocabulary and Practice

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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 8 (Part of words, select list to view all.):

pacific

package

packet

packing

page

pail

pain

painful

paint

painter

palace

panda

panther

paper

papers

parcel

pardon

parent

paris

parish

park

parking

parlor

parrot

part

partially

participation

particular

particularly

partly

partnership

party

pass

passable

passage

passenger

past

paste

patience

patient

pattern

pause

paw

pay

payable

payment

pea

peace

peaceful

peacock

peanut

pear

pearl

peasant

peasantry

pedlar

peep

peg

pen

pencil

penicillin

peninsular

penny

people

pepper

percentage

perfectly

perhaps

permanence

permanently

person

personally

persuasion

pertinence

perturbed

perusal

pessimist

pessimistic

petrol

philosopher

philosophical

phone

photo

photographer

photography

physically

physicist

physics

pianist

pickle

pickpocket

pictorial

picture

pie

piece

pig

pigeon

pilferage

pilgrimage

pink

pint

pipe

pipeline

pity

place

plan

plant

platinum

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above

ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher

active

a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation

adverbial

a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb

afterward

ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

altogether

n. informal terms for nakedness
ad. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

asian

n. a native or inhabitant of Asia
a. of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture

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adequately

	ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
	n. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
	n. benefit resulting from some event or action n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
	v. convert into ashes n. strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

advantage

	a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
	ad. used as intensifiers ad. in a terrible manner
	n. benefit resulting from some event or action n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
	n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses n. a word that modifies something other than a noun

affair

	a. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire n. a very old person
	n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship n. a vaguely specified concern
	n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
	n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations

afraid

	n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain a. causing a dull and steady pain
	a. marked by the appetites and passions of the body n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
	a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
	n. a large number of people united for some specific purpose n. the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

aggravation

	n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
	ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
	ad. in circumference ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
	n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse

all

	ad. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') a. completely given to or absorbed by
	ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
	ad. in a place across an ocean ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
	n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations

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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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n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights

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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

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n. a female actor

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v. bestow a quality on
v. make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of

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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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