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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 10 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
sad
sadly
sadness
safe
safely
safety
said
sail
sailing
sailor
saint
salability
salable
salad
salary
sale
sales
salesman
salt
salty
same
sampling
sand
sandwich
santa
sardine
satisfactorily
satisfy
saturation
saturday
saturn
sausage
saw
say
scaly
scarcity
school
schooling
science
scientific
scientist
scorching
scornful
scotland
scotsman
scottish
scream
screech
sea
seaman
search
seaside
season
seat
second
secondhand
secondly
secrecy
secretariat
secretary
see
seed
seem
seize
seizure
seldom
self
selfish
sell
seller
semiconductor
seminar
senate
send
sender
senior
senseless
separately
separation
september
sermon
serpent
servant
serve
service
serviceable
set
settlement
seven
seventeen
seventh
seventy
several
severely
sew
sex
sexual
sexuality
shadow
shadowy
shady
shake
shame
shameful
shampoo
shape
shapeless
share
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accumulative   Speak
a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
act   Speak
v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
adviser   Speak
n. an expert who gives advice
aeroplane   Speak
n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
ash   Speak
v. convert into ashes
n. strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
autumn   Speak
n. the season when the leaves fall from the trees
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accrued  Speak
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n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
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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
Exercise
v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
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ad. at or in or to any place
actor  Speak
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a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
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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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n. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
n. assigning to a cause or source
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
actress  Speak
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ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case
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ad. at or in or to any place
Exercise
n. a female actor
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a. relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean
n. the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
actuality  Speak
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n. the state of actually existing objectively
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n. the act of arriving at a certain place
n. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
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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
Exercise
n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
adverbial  Speak
Exercise
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. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
v. become angry
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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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n. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
advertising  Speak
Exercise
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
Exercise
n. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
n. assigning to a cause or source
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n. a public promotion of some product or service
n. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
Exercise
n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing


Spelling Word: accumulative
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a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water


Spelling Word: afloat
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n. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean


Spelling Word: africa
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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming


Spelling Word: agricultural
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n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets


Spelling Word: airplane
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n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan


Spelling Word: allocation
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