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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 8 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
pacific
package
packet
packing
page
pail
pain
painful
paint
painter
palace
panda
panther
paper
papers
parcel
pardon
parent
paris
parish
park
parking
parlor
parrot
part
partially
participation
particular
particularly
partly
partnership
party
pass
passable
passage
passenger
past
paste
patience
patient
pattern
pause
paw
pay
payable
payment
pea
peace
peaceful
peacock
peanut
pear
pearl
peasant
peasantry
pedlar
peep
peg
pen
pencil
penicillin
peninsular
penny
people
pepper
percentage
perfectly
perhaps
permanence
permanently
person
personally
persuasion
pertinence
perturbed
perusal
pessimist
pessimistic
petrol
philosopher
philosophical
phone
photo
photographer
photography
physically
physicist
physics
pianist
pickle
pickpocket
pictorial
picture
pie
piece
pig
pigeon
pilferage
pilgrimage
pink
pint
pipe
pipeline
pity
place
plan
plant
platinum
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aggression   Speak
n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior
altogether   Speak
n. informal terms for nakedness
ad. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
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
arabian   Speak
n. a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
n. a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
arctic   Speak
a. of or relating to the Arctic
n. a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
australian   Speak
n. a native or inhabitant of Australia
a. of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages
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above  Speak
Exercise
n. the quality of being at hand when needed
Exercise
ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher
Exercise
n. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
Exercise
a. relating to or located in the atmosphere
accent  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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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. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
v. to stress, single out as important
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n. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
n. a hose that carries air under pressure
accordance  Speak
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n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights
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n. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
v. give as judged due or on the basis of merit
Exercise
a. having a sturdy and well proportioned body
a. relating to or befitting athletics or athletes
Exercise
n. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
n. a hose that carries air under pressure
accurately  Speak
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ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes
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ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
Exercise
n. a public promotion of some product or service
Exercise
a. having a sturdy and well proportioned body
a. relating to or befitting athletics or athletes
adverbial  Speak
Exercise
a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb
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n. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
v. to stress, single out as important
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v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
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n. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
ahead  Speak
Exercise
n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
n. the act of troubling or annoying someone
Exercise
n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
v. become angry
Exercise
ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
Exercise
v. terminate
v. chop or split with an ax
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n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
n. a statement acknowledging something or someone


Spelling Word: acknowledgment
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a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation


Spelling Word: active
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n. a proposal for an appropriate course of action


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


Spelling Word: afterward
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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. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past


Spelling Word: ago
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