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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 10 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
sad
sadly
sadness
safe
safely
safety
said
sail
sailing
sailor
saint
salability
salable
salad
salary
sale
sales
salesman
salt
salty
same
sampling
sand
sandwich
santa
sardine
satisfactorily
satisfy
saturation
saturday
saturn
sausage
saw
say
scaly
scarcity
school
schooling
science
scientific
scientist
scorching
scornful
scotland
scotsman
scottish
scream
screech
sea
seaman
search
seaside
season
seat
second
secondhand
secondly
secrecy
secretariat
secretary
see
seed
seem
seize
seizure
seldom
self
selfish
sell
seller
semiconductor
seminar
senate
send
sender
senior
senseless
separately
separation
september
sermon
serpent
servant
serve
service
serviceable
set
settlement
seven
seventeen
seventh
seventy
several
severely
sew
sex
sexual
sexuality
shadow
shadowy
shady
shake
shame
shameful
shampoo
shape
shapeless
share
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activity   Speak
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
agreed   Speak
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
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
antonymous   Speak
a. of words: having opposite meanings
artistic   Speak
a. relating to or characteristic of art or artists
a. aesthetically pleasing
as   Speak
ad. to the same degree (often followed by `as')
n. a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and real...
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advice  Speak
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a. relating to or characteristic of art or artists
a. aesthetically pleasing
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n. a proposal for an appropriate course of action
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a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
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ad. used as intensifiers
ad. in a terrible manner
advise  Speak
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n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
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a. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
a. mentally perceptive and responsive
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v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
v. inform (somebody) of something
african  Speak
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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
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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
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a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa
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n. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
ago  Speak
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n. a favorable omen
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n. the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
n. (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)
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a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past
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n. a large number of people united for some specific purpose
n. the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare
agree  Speak
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
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n. a large number of people united for some specific purpose
n. the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare
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n. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
aids  Speak
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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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ad. with anxiety or apprehension
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n. a favorable omen
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n. a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
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n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation


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ad. quickly and without warning


Spelling Word: abruptly
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition


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n. a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
n. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean


Spelling Word: acre
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n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns


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a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of


Spelling Word: aforesaid
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