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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 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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any   Speak
ad. to any degree or extent
a. one or some or every or all without specification
appreciably   Speak
ad. to a noticeable degree
artist   Speak
n. a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
astronaut   Speak
n. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
atmospheric   Speak
a. relating to or located in the atmosphere
attributive   Speak
a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
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n. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
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a. having a sturdy and well proportioned body
a. relating to or befitting athletics or athletes
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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
advertisement  Speak
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n. a public promotion of some product or service
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a. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
a. mentally perceptive and responsive
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ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes
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n. letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
v. send or transport by airmail
advertising  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. at or in or to any place
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n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
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n. a public promotion of some product or service
n. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
african  Speak
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
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a. having a sturdy and well proportioned body
a. relating to or befitting athletics or athletes
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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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a. capable of being attributed
after  Speak
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n. the act of arriving at a certain place
n. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
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ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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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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ad. at or in or to any place
age  Speak
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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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ad. to a noticeable degree
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n. an era of history having some distinctive feature
v. make older
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n. North America and South America and Central America
n. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independenc...
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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


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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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a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation


Spelling Word: active
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n. an expert who gives advice


Spelling Word: adviser
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n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
n. the act of troubling or annoying someone


Spelling Word: annoyance
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n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an [___] house


Spelling Word: apartment
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