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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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abrogation   Speak
n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
admirable   Speak
a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
afraid   Speak
a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
ancient   Speak
a. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
n. a very old person
asean   Speak
n. an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
atmospheric   Speak
a. relating to or located in the atmosphere
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abruptly  Speak
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ad. quickly and without warning
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ad. in the sleep of death
ad. into a sleeping state
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a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
according  Speak
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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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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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a. of words: having opposite meanings
accustom  Speak
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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. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
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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
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v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
act  Speak
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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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v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
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ad. quickly and without warning
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n. chair with a support on each side for arms
admirable  Speak
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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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v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
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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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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
advantage  Speak
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n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
n. the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
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a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit
a. capable of being regulated
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a. capable of being attributed
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n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
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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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n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation


Spelling Word: abrogation
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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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v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected


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


Spelling Word: active
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n. a female actor


Spelling Word: actress
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