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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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

follower

following

fond

food

foodstuff

fool

foot

football

footing

footstep

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airliner

n. a commercial airplane that carries passengers

anyway

ad. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
ad. in any way whatsoever

appear

v. come into sight or view
v. be issued or published

arrow

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

associative

a. characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

auspice

n. a favorable omen

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about

	ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction ad. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
	n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
	a. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger a. feeling or showing anger
	n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

accent

	n. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) v. to stress, single out as important
	v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
	n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
	v. look forward to the probable occurrence of

according

	a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
	ad. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete) ad. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
	n. the creation of beautiful or significant things n. the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
	a. aimlessly drifting a. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

acrobatics

	a. relating to or characteristic of art or artists a. aesthetically pleasing
	n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
	n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
	v. be in accord; be in agreement v. go together

actress

	n. a female actor
	a. gone by; or in the past ad. in the past
	ad. at or in the front ad. toward the future; forward in time
	v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something v. inform (somebody) of something

add

	ad. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete) ad. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
	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 discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal n. (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
	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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ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
ad. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

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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

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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. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain

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n. a quantity that is added
n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area

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n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun

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