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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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acre   Speak
n. a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
n. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
all   Speak
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
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
almost   Speak
ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
antonymous   Speak
a. of words: having opposite meanings
awaken   Speak
v. stop sleeping
v. cause to become awake or conscious
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abstraction  Speak
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
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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
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n. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
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n. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
accrued  Speak
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a. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
n. a very old person
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n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
actor  Speak
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
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a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
actress  Speak
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a. capable of erupting
a. having life or vigor or spirit
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n. a quantity that is added
n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
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n. a female actor
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n. the creation of beautiful or significant things
n. the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
adequately  Speak
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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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ad. in an enjoyable manner
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
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n. a female actor
agreeably  Speak
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ad. to a noticeable degree
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ad. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
ad. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
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n. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
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ad. in an enjoyable manner
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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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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. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval


Spelling Word: admirable
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n. an expert who gives advice


Spelling Word: adviser
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ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time


Spelling Word: after
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n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets


Spelling Word: airplane
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