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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 4 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
fable
fabrication
fact
factory
fahrenheit
fail
failure
fair
faithfully
false
family
famous
fan
far
farm
farmer
farmhand
farmhouse
farming
farther
fascism
fascist
fast
fat
fate
father
faultless
faulty
favor
favorably
favorite
fbi
fear
fearful
fearless
feasibility
feather
february
feel
feeling
fellow
feminine
fence
ferrous
ferryboat
feudal
feudalism
fever
few
fiddle
field
fiery
fifteen
fifth
fifty
fight
fighter
filing
fill
filling
film
finalize
finally
financier
find
finding
fine
finger
finish
finished
fire
fireman
fireplace
firework
firmly
firmness
first
fish
fisherman
fission
five
fix
flank
flannel
flat
flatten
fleshy
flight
flood
floor
flow
flower
flu
fluid
flute
fly
folk
follow
follower
following
fond
food
foodstuff
fool
foot
football
footing
footstep
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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
accurately   Speak
ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes
accustom   Speak
v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
afloat   Speak
a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
aural   Speak
a. relating to or characterized by an aura
a. of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
awesome   Speak
a. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
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abroad  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. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
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n. a native or inhabitant of Asia
a. of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
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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
abruptly  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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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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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
abstraction  Speak
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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 member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
n. a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
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n. a public promotion of some product or service
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ad. with attention; in an attentive manner
accustom  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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ad. in circumference
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
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a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
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v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
actor  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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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
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a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
adjustable  Speak
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a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit
a. capable of being regulated
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n. a native or inhabitant of Asia
a. of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
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v. put in effect
n. the state of being active
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n. a favorable omen
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a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage


Spelling Word: acceptable
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree


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a. giving an advantage
a. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness


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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


Spelling Word: aids
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v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
v. [___] the presence of or [___] (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting


Spelling Word: allow
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a. completely enveloping


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