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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 6 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
lab
labor
laboratory
lack
lad
ladder
lady
lake
lamp
land
landed
landlady
landlord
language
lantern
large
last
late
lately
later
lathe
latin
latter
lattice
laugh
laughter
lavatory
law
lawful
lawyer
laziness
lazy
le
leader
leaf
leakage
learn
learned
learner
learning
least
leather
leave
lecturer
leeway
left
leftover
leg
lemon
lemonade
lend
lending
length
leninism
lens
less
lessen
lesson
let
letter
level
liar
liberation
librarian
library
lid
lie
lieutenant
life
lifetime
lighten
lighter
lighthouse
lightly
lightning
like
likely
likeness
liking
lily
lime
limit
limitation
limited
linguist
lining
lion
lioness
lip
lipstick
listen
listener
litre
little
live
living
local
loneliness
lonely
lonesome
long
longing
look
lord
lorry
loss
lost
lot
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accumulative   Speak
a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
actress   Speak
n. a female actor
alienation   Speak
n. the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
n. separation resulting from hostility
all   Speak
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
animal   Speak
a. marked by the appetites and passions of the body
n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
anxiously   Speak
ad. with anxiety or apprehension
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abroad  Speak
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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
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v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
v. allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
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n. a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
n. the smallest continent; between ...
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
abruptly  Speak
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ad. quickly and without warning
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a. related by common characteristics or ancestry
a. of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I
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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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v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
v. inform (somebody) of something
abstraction  Speak
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
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ad. quickly and without warning
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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. 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
according  Speak
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a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
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n. the part of the day between noon and evening
n. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
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ad. used as intensifiers
ad. in a terrible manner
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n. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
activity  Speak
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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
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n. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
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a. related by common characteristics or ancestry
a. of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I
agreed  Speak
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n. chair with a support on each side for arms
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
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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
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ad. to a noticeable degree
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ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
ad. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct


Spelling Word: about
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ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher


Spelling Word: above
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer


Spelling Word: actor
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n. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an [___] is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume


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


Spelling Word: algebra
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n. spiritual being attendant upon God
n. person of exceptional holiness


Spelling Word: angel
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