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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 2 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
baby
back
backdate
background
backing
backlog
backwardness
bad
badly
bag
baggy
baker
bakery
ball
ballooning
banana
bandit
bank
banking
baroness
base
basic
basically
basis
basket
basketball
bat
bath
bathroom
battle
be
beach
bearish
beast
beautiful
beauty
bed
bedroom
bee
beef
beer
beetle
before
beg
beggar
begin
beginner
beginning
behind
behindhand
being
belief
believe
bell
belong
belt
bench
benevolence
berry
best
betrayal
better
between
beware
beyond
bible
bicycle
bidding
big
bike
binding
biology
bird
birth
birthday
birthplace
biscuit
bishop
bit
bitterly
black
blackboard
blind
blockage
blond
blood
bloody
blouse
blow
blue
boat
body
boiler
boiling
boldness
bomb
bomber
bone
bony
book
booking
booklet
bookshelf
bookstore
boot
born
borrow
bosom
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abreast   Speak
a. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
ad. alongside each other, facing in the same direction
adequately   Speak
ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
ant   Speak
n. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
anywhere   Speak
ad. at or in or to any place
ashore   Speak
ad. towards the shore from the water
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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action  Speak
Exercise
v. put in effect
n. the state of being active
Exercise
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
Exercise
v. come into sight or view
v. be issued or published
Exercise
n. a quantity that is added
n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
addition  Speak
Exercise
v. come into sight or view
v. be issued or published
Exercise
n. a quantity that is added
n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
Exercise
n. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
Exercise
a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
advantage  Speak
Exercise
a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
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
Exercise
n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
Exercise
n. an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
afloat  Speak
Exercise
a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
Exercise
v. come into sight or view
v. be issued or published
Exercise
n. a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
n. a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
Exercise
a. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
ad. alongside each other, facing in the same direction
agonize  Speak
Exercise
n. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
Exercise
v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish
Exercise
a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
Exercise
n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
ahead  Speak
Exercise
v. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
Exercise
ad. with anxiety or apprehension
Exercise
n. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
Exercise
ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
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n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation


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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition


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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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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. an expert who gives advice


Spelling Word: adviser
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n. North America and South America and Central America
n. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independenc...


Spelling Word: america
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