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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 5 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
habitual
hair
haircut
hairpin
half
halfway
hall
halve
hammer
hand
handbag
handicapped
handkerchief
handling
handout
handwriting
happen
happening
happily
happiness
happy
hard
hardly
hardness
hardship
hare
harm
hat
hate
hateful
hatred
have
he
head
headache
headline
headmaster
headquarters
health
healthy
hear
heart
heartfelt
hearth
heartily
hearty
heat
heated
heating
heavily
heavy
height
hello
help
hen
herbal
here
hereafter
hereby
herein
hereinafter
hereof
hereto
herewith
hero
heroic
heroine
hesitation
hi
high
highland
highly
highway
hijacker
hill
hillside
hind
hip
hire
historical
history
hit
holder
holding
hole
holiday
holy
home
homeless
homework
homogenous
honest
honesty
honey
honeymoon
honor
honorable
hope
hopeful
hopefully
hopeless
horrify
horse
horsepower
hospital
hostel
hostess
hot
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acrobatics   Speak
n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
again   Speak
ad. anew
agreed   Speak
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
anyway   Speak
ad. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
ad. in any way whatsoever
ashore   Speak
ad. towards the shore from the water
attributable   Speak
a. capable of being attributed
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according  Speak
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v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
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n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
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a. marked by the appetites and passions of the body
n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
accrued  Speak
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n. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
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n. the English language as used in the United States
a. of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
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n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
acre  Speak
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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. 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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n. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
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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
addition  Speak
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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. 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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n. chair with a support on each side for arms
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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
advantageous  Speak
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a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
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n. informal terms for nakedness
ad. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
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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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a. giving an advantage
a. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
adverbial  Speak
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ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
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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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v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
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a. completely enveloping
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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


Spelling Word: abreast
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given


Spelling Word: accordingly
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v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)


Spelling Word: accustom
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n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain


Spelling Word: aching
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v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected


Spelling Word: act
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v. put in effect
n. the state of being active


Spelling Word: action
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