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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 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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affair   Speak
n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
n. a vaguely specified concern
ago   Speak
a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past
agreed   Speak
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
appearance   Speak
n. the act of appearing in public view
n. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
arabian   Speak
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
as   Speak
ad. to the same degree (often followed by `as')
n. a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and real...
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accent  Speak
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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. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
v. to stress, single out as important
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v. bestow a quality on
v. make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
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n. a commercial airplane that carries passengers
accumulative  Speak
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n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
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v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
v. inform (somebody) of something
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v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
affair  Speak
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a. gone by; or in the past
ad. in the past
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n. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
n. a vaguely specified concern
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns
aggravation  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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n. the quality of being at hand when needed
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
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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
all  Speak
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n. the part of the day between noon and evening
n. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
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n. a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
n. the smallest continent; between ...
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n. the act of appearing in public view
n. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
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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
allotment  Speak
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a. marked by the appetites and passions of the body
n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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n. a commercial airplane that carries passengers
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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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ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case
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n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights


Spelling Word: accordance
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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


Spelling Word: acknowledgment
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n. the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat


Spelling Word: acrobatics
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v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected


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


Spelling Word: active
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer


Spelling Word: actor
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