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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 9 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
quality
quantity
quarrel
quart
queen
question
queue
quick
quicken
quickly
quiet
quietly
quietness
quit
quite
quiz
rabbit
race
racial
radial
radio
radioactive
radioactivity
radish
radium
rag
railroad
railway
rain
raincoat
rainfall
rainy
raise
rake
rapid
rapidly
rascal
rash
rate
rather
ratification
re
reach
reaction
reactor
reader
reading
ready
real
realism
realist
realistic
reality
realize
really
reason
reasonably
rebate
receive
receiver
recent
recently
recitation
recollect
record
recorder
recovery
recruitment
rectification
red
redound
reduce
reduction
refer
referent
refinery
reform
refresh
refuge
refuse
regard
regional
registered
registration
regret
regretful
regretfully
regrettable
regular
regularity
regularly
reimbursement
reinforcement
relate
related
relation
relationship
relative
relatively
relativity
remain
remember
remembrance
reminiscent
remote
remoteness
removal
remuneration
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act   Speak
v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
actor   Speak
n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
actress   Speak
n. a female actor
adjective   Speak
n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns
aristocratic   Speak
a. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
arrival   Speak
n. the act of arriving at a certain place
n. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
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abreast  Speak
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v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
v. succeed in a big way; get to the top
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
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a. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
ad. alongside each other, facing in the same direction
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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
abroad  Speak
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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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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
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n. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
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v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
accumulative  Speak
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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
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v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
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n. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
adverbial  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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v. perform on a stage or theater
v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
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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. the part of the day between noon and evening
n. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
allocation  Speak
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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
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n. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
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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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a. any of various alternatives; some other
allow  Speak
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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
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a. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
ad. alongside each other, facing in the same direction
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ad. using the voice; not silently
ad. with relatively high volume
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ad. in the sleep of death
ad. into a sleeping state
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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings


Spelling Word: abroad
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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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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


Spelling Word: add
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a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit
a. capable of being regulated


Spelling Word: adjustable
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n. an expert who gives advice


Spelling Word: adviser
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n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse


Spelling Word: aggravation
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