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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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africa   Speak
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
alienation   Speak
n. the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
n. separation resulting from hostility
anger   Speak
n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
v. become angry
anywhere   Speak
ad. at or in or to any place
assassinator   Speak
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
aunt   Speak
n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
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accumulative  Speak
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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 psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
n. the act of troubling or annoying someone
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
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a. capable of being attributed
active  Speak
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a. relating to or characteristic of art or artists
a. aesthetically pleasing
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ad. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
ad. in any way whatsoever
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a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
after  Speak
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ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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n. an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
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v. present with a bias
v. seek indirectly
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
afterward  Speak
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a. of or relating to the Arctic
n. a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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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. 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
aggression  Speak
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n. a favorable omen
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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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a. relating to or characteristic of art or artists
a. aesthetically pleasing
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n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior
ahead  Speak
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
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a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
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a. of or relating to the Arctic
n. a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
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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. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time


Spelling Word: after
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time


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n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse


Spelling Word: aggravation
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a. frightening because of an awareness of danger


Spelling Word: alarming
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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations


Spelling Word: algebra
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