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 IELTS General Words List
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 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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acrobatics   Speak
n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
act   Speak
v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
advantageous   Speak
a. giving an advantage
a. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
advise   Speak
v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
v. inform (somebody) of something
afloat   Speak
a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
artistic   Speak
a. relating to or characteristic of art or artists
a. aesthetically pleasing
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act  Speak
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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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a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa
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v. stop sleeping
v. cause to become awake or conscious
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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
actor  Speak
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v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
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v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
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n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
all  Speak
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ad. from appearances alone
ad. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
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n. a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
n. the smallest continent; between ...
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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
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n. a mark to indicate a direction or relation
n. a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
alphabet  Speak
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a. of or relating to the Arctic
n. a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
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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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n. a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
n. the smallest continent; between ...
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n. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
n. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
apartment  Speak
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n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
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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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ad. in addition
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n. a proposal for an appropriate course of action
apprize  Speak
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ad. from appearances alone
ad. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
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v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
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n. a public promotion of some product or service


Spelling Word: advertisement
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a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness


Spelling Word: afraid
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a. frightening because of an awareness of danger


Spelling Word: alarming
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a. addicted to alcohol
a. characteristic of or containing alcohol


Spelling Word: alcoholic
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n. the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
n. separation resulting from hostility


Spelling Word: alienation
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ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case


Spelling Word: always
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