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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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aforesaid   Speak
a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
african   Speak
a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa
airway   Speak
n. the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
n. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
alas   Speak
ad. by bad luck
argument   Speak
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
arrogantly   Speak
ad. in an arrogant manner
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able  Speak
Exercise
n. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
Exercise
n. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
v. give as judged due or on the basis of merit
Exercise
a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
Exercise
ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case
abruptly  Speak
Exercise
a. addicted to alcohol
a. characteristic of or containing alcohol
Exercise
a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
Exercise
ad. quickly and without warning
Exercise
a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa
african  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. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Exercise
v. murder; especially of socially prominent persons
v. destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
Exercise
a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa
age  Speak
Exercise
v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
Exercise
a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit
a. capable of being regulated
Exercise
n. an era of history having some distinctive feature
v. make older
Exercise
n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
aggravation  Speak
Exercise
a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
Exercise
v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
Exercise
n. spiritual being attendant upon God
n. person of exceptional holiness
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n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
aggression  Speak
Exercise
n. an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
Exercise
a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa
Exercise
a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
Exercise
n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior
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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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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


Spelling Word: add
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n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns


Spelling Word: adjective
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a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit
a. capable of being regulated


Spelling Word: adjustable
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n. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo


Spelling Word: airport
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ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case


Spelling Word: always
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