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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 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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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
affair   Speak
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
n. a vaguely specified concern
afraid   Speak
a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
alienation   Speak
n. the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
n. separation resulting from hostility
apprize   Speak
v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
atmospheric   Speak
a. relating to or located in the atmosphere
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accumulative  Speak
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a. relating to or located in the atmosphere
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n. the act of appearing in public view
n. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
acrobatics  Speak
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n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
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n. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
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n. the nations of the Asian continent collectively
n. the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
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n. a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
afloat  Speak
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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
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a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
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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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n. a commercial airplane that carries passengers
afraid  Speak
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n. the quality of being at hand when needed
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n. a public promotion of some product or service
n. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
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a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
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a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
afterward  Speak
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n. a commercial airplane that carries passengers
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ad. at or in or to any place
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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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
algebra  Speak
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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
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n. the nations of the Asian continent collectively
n. the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
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a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
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a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat


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n. an expert who gives advice


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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. a liquor or brew containing [___] as the active agent
n. any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation


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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations


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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


Spelling Word: alphabet
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