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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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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
allow   Speak
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
another   Speak
a. any of various alternatives; some other
archaeologist   Speak
n. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
autumn   Speak
n. the season when the leaves fall from the trees
availability   Speak
n. the quality of being at hand when needed
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abroad  Speak
Exercise
ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case
Exercise
ad. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
ad. in any way whatsoever
Exercise
n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
accurately  Speak
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ad. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
ad. in any way whatsoever
Exercise
ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes
Exercise
a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation
Exercise
a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
aids  Speak
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n. the state of actually existing objectively
Exercise
n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Exercise
n. a public promotion of some product or service
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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
airmail  Speak
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n. the quality of being at hand when needed
Exercise
n. letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
v. send or transport by airmail
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n. chair with a support on each side for arms
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a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
allocation  Speak
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a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
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n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Exercise
n. a public promotion of some product or service
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n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
almost  Speak
Exercise
ad. in circumference
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
Exercise
n. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
n. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
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ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
Exercise
ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing


Spelling Word: accumulative
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n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun


Spelling Word: adverb
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n. a public promotion of some product or service


Spelling Word: advertisement
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ad. in an enjoyable manner


Spelling Word: agreeably
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together


Spelling Word: agreed
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ad. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
a. completely given to or absorbed by


Spelling Word: all
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