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 IELTS General Words List
1   Overview:
IELTS General Test is to evaluate English level to fit for daily living and working. To own strong IELTS general vocabulary is the prerequisite to pass the test.

To migrate to English speaking countries, including Australia, UK, Canada, and New Zealand, people are usually asked to take this test. IELTS General Test is easier than IELTS Academic Test in reading and writing, however, test takers should focus on the specialities of separate tests, don't simply compare which is easier to pass. Actually they are independent tests and their scores cannot be converted in any way.

To reflect nature of general test, IELTS general vocabulary has its attribute: related to living, working, and social activities. Most of words are selected from real scenarios, such as shopping in mall and renting an apartment. These words aren't difficult for native English speakers; but as for ESL (English as Second Language), many people still need take courses to study or enrich before test day.

This IELTS general words list is compiled to meet with the basic criteria of IELTS general training test. 4000 words are categorized into 11 groups. To speed up studying, the initial page shows word list alone and hides definitions. If you need to look up definition, just click a button to retrieve by word. This design helps to skip known words as fast as possible, because this is a large list and you may know some of them more or less.

So, this is a proven IELTS general vocabulary with smart web technology supporting. It dramatically decreases 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.

In addition, we have to remind IELTS academic test takers that these 4000 IELTS general words are actually 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 vocabularies. Especially, 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. This's why all IELTS test takers need this list.

If you used to study English words through static ebooks, we recommend a basic level ebook IELTS 1200 Words in 30 Days, which can be found from main ebook distributors, such as Apple iBook, Google Books, Amazon Kindle. Besides, this web site also offers a web app with same vocabulary as the ebook to speed up your studying, Try It!

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Before kicking off preparing IELTS general vocabulary, you should understand that general vocabulary is specially 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 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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according   Speak
a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
always   Speak
ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case
annoyance   Speak
n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
n. the act of troubling or annoying someone
apple   Speak
n. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
n. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
around   Speak
ad. in circumference
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
australian   Speak
n. a native or inhabitant of Australia
a. of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages
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about  Speak
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n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
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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
accent  Speak
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v. present with a bias
v. seek indirectly
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n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain
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ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
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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
accumulative  Speak
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
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n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain
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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. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
v. become angry
accurately  Speak
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n. a feeling of delight at being entertained
n. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
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n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
n. the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
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ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes
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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
add  Speak
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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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v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
v. succeed in a big way; get to the top
Exercise
n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
n. the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
Exercise
n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior
agreed  Speak
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v. look forward to the probable occurrence of
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n. the act of arriving at a certain place
n. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
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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
Exercise
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings


Spelling Word: abroad
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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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a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation


Spelling Word: active
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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


Spelling Word: addition
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n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns


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n. the part of the day between noon and evening
n. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell


Spelling Word: afternoon
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