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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 2 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
baby
back
backdate
background
backing
backlog
backwardness
bad
badly
bag
baggy
baker
bakery
ball
ballooning
banana
bandit
bank
banking
baroness
base
basic
basically
basis
basket
basketball
bat
bath
bathroom
battle
be
beach
bearish
beast
beautiful
beauty
bed
bedroom
bee
beef
beer
beetle
before
beg
beggar
begin
beginner
beginning
behind
behindhand
being
belief
believe
bell
belong
belt
bench
benevolence
berry
best
betrayal
better
between
beware
beyond
bible
bicycle
bidding
big
bike
binding
biology
bird
birth
birthday
birthplace
biscuit
bishop
bit
bitterly
black
blackboard
blind
blockage
blond
blood
bloody
blouse
blow
blue
boat
body
boiler
boiling
boldness
bomb
bomber
bone
bony
book
booking
booklet
bookshelf
bookstore
boot
born
borrow
bosom
...
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aids   Speak
n. a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
ant   Speak
n. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
antecedent   Speak
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
aristocratic   Speak
a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
asia   Speak
n. the nations of the Asian continent collectively
n. the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
attentively   Speak
ad. with attention; in an attentive manner
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accept  Speak
Exercise
a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
Exercise
v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
Exercise
a. giving an advantage
a. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
advertising  Speak
Exercise
v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
Exercise
v. stop sleeping
v. cause to become awake or conscious
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a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
Exercise
n. a public promotion of some product or service
n. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
africa  Speak
Exercise
ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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
n. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
n. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
Exercise
v. look forward to the probable occurrence of
aggravation  Speak
Exercise
n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
Exercise
n. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
n. assigning to a cause or source
Exercise
n. the month following March and preceding May
Exercise
a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
ambient  Speak
Exercise
v. stop sleeping
v. cause to become awake or conscious
Exercise
a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
Exercise
a. completely enveloping
Exercise
a. related by common characteristics or ancestry
a. of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I
amusement  Speak
Exercise
n. an expert who gives advice
Exercise
n. a feeling of delight at being entertained
n. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
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
n. the month following March and preceding May
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a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity


Spelling Word: able
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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


Spelling Word: abstraction
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree


Spelling Word: adequately
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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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a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water


Spelling Word: afloat
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n. an era of history having some distinctive feature
v. make older


Spelling Word: age
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