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 IELTS General Words List
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 9 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
quality
quantity
quarrel
quart
queen
question
queue
quick
quicken
quickly
quiet
quietly
quietness
quit
quite
quiz
rabbit
race
racial
radial
radio
radioactive
radioactivity
radish
radium
rag
railroad
railway
rain
raincoat
rainfall
rainy
raise
rake
rapid
rapidly
rascal
rash
rate
rather
ratification
re
reach
reaction
reactor
reader
reading
ready
real
realism
realist
realistic
reality
realize
really
reason
reasonably
rebate
receive
receiver
recent
recently
recitation
recollect
record
recorder
recovery
recruitment
rectification
red
redound
reduce
reduction
refer
referent
refinery
reform
refresh
refuge
refuse
regard
regional
registered
registration
regret
regretful
regretfully
regrettable
regular
regularity
regularly
reimbursement
reinforcement
relate
related
relation
relationship
relative
relatively
relativity
remain
remember
remembrance
reminiscent
remote
remoteness
removal
remuneration
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accordance   Speak
n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights
actor   Speak
n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
almost   Speak
ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
annoyance   Speak
n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
n. the act of troubling or annoying someone
attributive   Speak
a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
away   Speak
ad. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
ad. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
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n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
n. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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ad. quickly and without warning
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
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n. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
n. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
accept  Speak
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n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
n. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
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n. a commercial airplane that carries passengers
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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
accordingly  Speak
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n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
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ad. with anxiety or apprehension
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
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a. frightening because of an awareness of danger
ache  Speak
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v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
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v. be liable or accountable
v. understand the meaning of
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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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v. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
acrobatics  Speak
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n. the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
n. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
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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 murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
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ad. in the sleep of death
ad. into a sleeping state
afterward  Speak
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n. a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
n. any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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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
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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. 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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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given


Spelling Word: accordingly
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ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes


Spelling Word: accurately
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n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets


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


Spelling Word: algebra
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n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
n. a share set aside for a specific purpose


Spelling Word: allotment
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