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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 5 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
habitual
hair
haircut
hairpin
half
halfway
hall
halve
hammer
hand
handbag
handicapped
handkerchief
handling
handout
handwriting
happen
happening
happily
happiness
happy
hard
hardly
hardness
hardship
hare
harm
hat
hate
hateful
hatred
have
he
head
headache
headline
headmaster
headquarters
health
healthy
hear
heart
heartfelt
hearth
heartily
hearty
heat
heated
heating
heavily
heavy
height
hello
help
hen
herbal
here
hereafter
hereby
herein
hereinafter
hereof
hereto
herewith
hero
heroic
heroine
hesitation
hi
high
highland
highly
highway
hijacker
hill
hillside
hind
hip
hire
historical
history
hit
holder
holding
hole
holiday
holy
home
homeless
homework
homogenous
honest
honesty
honey
honeymoon
honor
honorable
hope
hopeful
hopefully
hopeless
horrify
horse
horsepower
hospital
hostel
hostess
hot
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accumulative   Speak
a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
advantage   Speak
n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
again   Speak
ad. anew
ahead   Speak
ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
ale   Speak
n. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
astonishment   Speak
n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
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above  Speak
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n. the English language as used in the United States
a. of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
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ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher
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n. the act of arriving at a certain place
n. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
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a. addicted to alcohol
a. characteristic of or containing alcohol
abreast  Speak
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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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a. marked by the appetites and passions of the body
n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
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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
acceptance  Speak
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v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish
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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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n. the state of being acceptable and accepted
n. (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
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n. a feeling of delight at being entertained
n. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
ago  Speak
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ad. with anxiety or apprehension
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v. look forward to the probable occurrence of
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a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
alcoholism  Speak
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v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
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ad. with anxiety or apprehension
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ad. with attention; in an attentive manner
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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...
allied  Speak
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n. the English language as used in the United States
a. of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
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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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a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past
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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
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition


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n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns


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n. a proposal for an appropriate course of action


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a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness


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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming


Spelling Word: agricultural
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time


Spelling Word: ahead
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