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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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abroad   Speak
ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
accustom   Speak
v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
add   Speak
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
afterward   Speak
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
all   Speak
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
attribution   Speak
n. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
n. assigning to a cause or source
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abruptly  Speak
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
v. become angry
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ad. quickly and without warning
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n. a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
accrued  Speak
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n. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
n. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
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a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
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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
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
acrobatics  Speak
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a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
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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 general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
n. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
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n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
active  Speak
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n. the quality of being at hand when needed
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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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a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation
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a. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
admirable  Speak
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
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n. a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
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n. habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
n. an intense persistent desire to drink alcohol...
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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
adverb  Speak
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a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
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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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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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ad. quickly and without warning


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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing


Spelling Word: accumulative
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n. an expert who gives advice


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a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness


Spelling Word: afraid
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ad. in an enjoyable manner


Spelling Word: agreeably
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together


Spelling Word: agreed
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