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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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african   Speak
a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa
agreed   Speak
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
alphabet   Speak
n. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
n. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
arabic   Speak
n. the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
a. relating to or characteristic of Arabs
arm   Speak
v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
ashtray   Speak
n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
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activity  Speak
Exercise
n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
Exercise
ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
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
Exercise
n. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
n. an organic process that takes place in the body
add  Speak
Exercise
n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Exercise
n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Exercise
n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
Exercise
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
advice  Speak
Exercise
n. a proposal for an appropriate course of action
Exercise
n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
Exercise
a. relating to or located in the atmosphere
Exercise
n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
affair  Speak
Exercise
n. the act of arriving at a certain place
n. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
Exercise
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
n. a vaguely specified concern
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
Exercise
v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
afloat  Speak
Exercise
a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
Exercise
ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
Exercise
n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Exercise
ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
alas  Speak
Exercise
ad. by bad luck
Exercise
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
Exercise
ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
Exercise
n. the act of arriving at a certain place
n. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
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a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by


Spelling Word: according
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition


Spelling Word: accrued
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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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a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb


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


Spelling Word: advertisement
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a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa


Spelling Word: african
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