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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 10 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
sad
sadly
sadness
safe
safely
safety
said
sail
sailing
sailor
saint
salability
salable
salad
salary
sale
sales
salesman
salt
salty
same
sampling
sand
sandwich
santa
sardine
satisfactorily
satisfy
saturation
saturday
saturn
sausage
saw
say
scaly
scarcity
school
schooling
science
scientific
scientist
scorching
scornful
scotland
scotsman
scottish
scream
screech
sea
seaman
search
seaside
season
seat
second
secondhand
secondly
secrecy
secretariat
secretary
see
seed
seem
seize
seizure
seldom
self
selfish
sell
seller
semiconductor
seminar
senate
send
sender
senior
senseless
separately
separation
september
sermon
serpent
servant
serve
service
serviceable
set
settlement
seven
seventeen
seventh
seventy
several
severely
sew
sex
sexual
sexuality
shadow
shadowy
shady
shake
shame
shameful
shampoo
shape
shapeless
share
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acceptance   Speak
n. the state of being acceptable and accepted
n. (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
aggression   Speak
n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior
altogether   Speak
n. informal terms for nakedness
ad. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
amplifier   Speak
n. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
armchair   Speak
n. chair with a support on each side for arms
attributable   Speak
a. capable of being attributed
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accent  Speak
Exercise
n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
Exercise
n. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
Exercise
n. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
v. to stress, single out as important
Exercise
a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage
accept  Speak
Exercise
v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
Exercise
a. of words: having opposite meanings
Exercise
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
n. a vaguely specified concern
Exercise
ad. with attention; in an attentive manner
aching  Speak
Exercise
n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
Exercise
v. terminate
v. chop or split with an ax
Exercise
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
n. a vaguely specified concern
Exercise
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain
advertising  Speak
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v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
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n. a public promotion of some product or service
n. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
Exercise
n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Exercise
ad. with attention; in an attentive manner
affair  Speak
Exercise
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
n. a vaguely specified concern
Exercise
n. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
n. a hose that carries air under pressure
Exercise
ad. in addition
Exercise
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
agonize  Speak
Exercise
n. the season when the leaves fall from the trees
Exercise
n. the act of arriving at a certain place
n. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
Exercise
v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish
Exercise
v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
v. succeed in a big way; get to the top
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a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage


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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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n. a proposal for an appropriate course of action


Spelling Word: advice
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v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish


Spelling Word: agonize
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n. letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
v. send or transport by airmail


Spelling Word: airmail
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