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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 7 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
nail
naive
name
nameless
namesake
napkin
narrate
narration
narrow
nation
national
nationality
natural
naturally
nature
naughty
navel
navy
near
nearby
nearly
necessarily
necessary
necessity
neck
necklace
need
needful
needless
negotiate
negro
neighbor
neighborhood
neighboring
neither
nephew
nerve
nest
nestle
net
neutrality
never
new
news
newspaper
next
nice
nickname
niece
night
nightgown
nightingale
nine
nineteen
ninety
ninth
no
no.
noble
nobody
nod
noise
none
noon
normal
normalization
normalize
north
northeast
northern
northward
northwest
nose
nostril
not
notebook
noted
nothing
notice
noticeable
notification
noun
novelette
novelist
november
now
number
nun
nurse
nut
o.k.
obedience
obey
observation
observer
obviously
occident
occidental
ocean
oceania
oceanography
october
off
offering
office
officer
official
often
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accurately   Speak
ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes
acre   Speak
n. a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
n. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
actress   Speak
n. a female actor
any   Speak
ad. to any degree or extent
a. one or some or every or all without specification
arabian   Speak
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
ashtray   Speak
n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
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able  Speak
Exercise
n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
Exercise
a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
Exercise
n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights
Exercise
n. informal terms for nakedness
ad. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
abrogation  Speak
Exercise
ad. using the voice; not silently
ad. with relatively high volume
Exercise
n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Exercise
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
Exercise
a. of words: having opposite meanings
accustom  Speak
Exercise
a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit
a. capable of being regulated
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n. the creation of beautiful or significant things
n. the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
Exercise
ad. towards the shore from the water
Exercise
v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
actress  Speak
Exercise
n. a female actor
Exercise
n. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
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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
Exercise
n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns
aeroplane  Speak
Exercise
n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Exercise
v. present with a bias
v. seek indirectly
Exercise
v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
Exercise
ad. using the voice; not silently
ad. with relatively high volume
afternoon  Speak
Exercise
a. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
n. a very old person
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n. the part of the day between noon and evening
n. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
Exercise
n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
Exercise
a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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a. giving an advantage
a. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness


Spelling Word: advantageous
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n. a public promotion of some product or service


Spelling Word: advertisement
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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. the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
n. separation resulting from hostility


Spelling Word: alienation
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a. completely enveloping


Spelling Word: ambient
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a. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
n. a very old person


Spelling Word: ancient
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