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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 4 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
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
follow
follower
following
fond
food
foodstuff
fool
foot
football
footing
footstep
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able   Speak
a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
acknowledgment   Speak
n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
n. a statement acknowledging something or someone
act   Speak
v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
applause   Speak
n. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
argument   Speak
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
asian   Speak
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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accrued  Speak
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n. a large number of people united for some specific purpose
n. the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
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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
action  Speak
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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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v. put in effect
n. the state of being active
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n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
actress  Speak
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a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb
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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
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n. a female actor
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ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case
admirable  Speak
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v. put in effect
n. the state of being active
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a. aimlessly drifting
a. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
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n. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
v. give as judged due or on the basis of merit
advantage  Speak
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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
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
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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. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
aggression  Speak
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n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior
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n. a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
n. any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
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a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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n. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
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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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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition


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


Spelling Word: adverb
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a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb


Spelling Word: adverbial
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v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
v. inform (somebody) of something


Spelling Word: advise
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a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa


Spelling Word: african
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