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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 6 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
lab
labor
laboratory
lack
lad
ladder
lady
lake
lamp
land
landed
landlady
landlord
language
lantern
large
last
late
lately
later
lathe
latin
latter
lattice
laugh
laughter
lavatory
law
lawful
lawyer
laziness
lazy
le
leader
leaf
leakage
learn
learned
learner
learning
least
leather
leave
lecturer
leeway
left
leftover
leg
lemon
lemonade
lend
lending
length
leninism
lens
less
lessen
lesson
let
letter
level
liar
liberation
librarian
library
lid
lie
lieutenant
life
lifetime
lighten
lighter
lighthouse
lightly
lightning
like
likely
likeness
liking
lily
lime
limit
limitation
limited
linguist
lining
lion
lioness
lip
lipstick
listen
listener
litre
little
live
living
local
loneliness
lonely
lonesome
long
longing
look
lord
lorry
loss
lost
lot
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after   Speak
ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
allotment   Speak
n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
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
art   Speak
n. the creation of beautiful or significant things
n. the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
attentively   Speak
ad. with attention; in an attentive manner
await   Speak
v. look forward to the probable occurrence of
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abruptly  Speak
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ad. quickly and without warning
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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
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ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher
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n. a mark to indicate a direction or relation
n. a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
accent  Speak
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a. frightening because of an awareness of danger
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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
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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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n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
accordingly  Speak
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a. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
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n. a commercial airplane that carries passengers
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a. marked by the appetites and passions of the body
n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
adequately  Speak
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v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
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ad. quickly and without warning
age  Speak
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n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
n. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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n. an era of history having some distinctive feature
v. make older
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v. present with a bias
v. seek indirectly
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n. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
n. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
agricultural  Speak
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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
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n. a mark to indicate a direction or relation
n. a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
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n. the quality of being at hand when needed
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n. an era of history having some distinctive feature
v. make older
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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


Spelling Word: abstraction
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing


Spelling Word: accumulative
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n. a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
n. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean


Spelling Word: acre
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a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa


Spelling Word: african
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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming


Spelling Word: agricultural
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a. frightening because of an awareness of danger


Spelling Word: alarming
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