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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 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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above-mentioned   Speak
a. mentioned or named earlier in the same text
adequately   Speak
ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
aggravation   Speak
n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
aggression   Speak
n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior
aimless   Speak
a. aimlessly drifting
a. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
associative   Speak
a. characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
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abstraction  Speak
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n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
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a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
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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 short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
n. a statement acknowledging something or someone
acknowledgment  Speak
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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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n. the nations of the Asian continent collectively
n. the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
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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. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
n. a statement acknowledging something or someone
adverb  Speak
Exercise
n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun
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a. relating to or characterized by an aura
a. of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
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a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
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a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
again  Speak
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n. the creation of beautiful or significant things
n. the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
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ad. anew
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a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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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
age  Speak
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ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case
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n. an era of history having some distinctive feature
v. make older
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v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish
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v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
aggravation  Speak
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a. capable of erupting
a. having life or vigor or spirit
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n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
Exercise
n. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
Exercise
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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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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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition


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


Spelling Word: active
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n. the state of actually existing objectively


Spelling Word: actuality
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval


Spelling Word: admirable
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n. an expert who gives advice


Spelling Word: adviser
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