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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 9 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
quality
quantity
quarrel
quart
queen
question
queue
quick
quicken
quickly
quiet
quietly
quietness
quit
quite
quiz
rabbit
race
racial
radial
radio
radioactive
radioactivity
radish
radium
rag
railroad
railway
rain
raincoat
rainfall
rainy
raise
rake
rapid
rapidly
rascal
rash
rate
rather
ratification
re
reach
reaction
reactor
reader
reading
ready
real
realism
realist
realistic
reality
realize
really
reason
reasonably
rebate
receive
receiver
recent
recently
recitation
recollect
record
recorder
recovery
recruitment
rectification
red
redound
reduce
reduction
refer
referent
refinery
reform
refresh
refuge
refuse
regard
regional
registered
registration
regret
regretful
regretfully
regrettable
regular
regularity
regularly
reimbursement
reinforcement
relate
related
relation
relationship
relative
relatively
relativity
remain
remember
remembrance
reminiscent
remote
remoteness
removal
remuneration
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again   Speak
ad. anew
agree   Speak
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
alcoholism   Speak
n. habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
n. an intense persistent desire to drink alcohol...
another   Speak
a. any of various alternatives; some other
apprize   Speak
v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
ax   Speak
v. terminate
v. chop or split with an ax
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accordance  Speak
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
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v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
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n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights
acrobatics  Speak
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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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a. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
n. a very old person
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n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
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ad. in an enjoyable manner
adequately  Speak
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n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
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n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
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n. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
afterward  Speak
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a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
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v. terminate
v. chop or split with an ax
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ad. at or in or to any place
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
ago  Speak
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v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
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a. capable of being attributed
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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
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a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past
algebra  Speak
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n. the state of actually existing objectively
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n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights
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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
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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 athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination


Spelling Word: acrobat
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v. put in effect
n. the state of being active


Spelling Word: action
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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


Spelling Word: add
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n. a commercial airplane that carries passengers


Spelling Word: airliner
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n. letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
v. send or transport by airmail


Spelling Word: airmail
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n. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an [___] is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume


Spelling Word: ale
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