IELTS General Words List

Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
Quick Access Resources:
Print PDF Quiz/Test Online Study
Vocabulary Study Online by Level
Vocabulary Study Online
Vocabulary Study Online By Level (VSOBL) is a Fast, Reliable, and Handy tool to prepare English exam vocabulary. (Available for all VIP accounts: US$2/Month). It has built-in word lists: 6000 IELTS words, 6000 TOEFL words, 5000 GRE words, and 3000 SAT words. You can load them by level with one click.
 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.

Existing PDF Files
Before kicking off preparing IELTS general vocabulary, you should understand that general vocabulary is especially for IELTS general training test. If there is any confusion, go to the IELTS Official Website, which will help you out and clarify your question.
2   View all words by groups:        
Go to Word List by Group:
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11 

Select Vocabulary Group:
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11 

Words of Group 4 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
fable
fabrication
fact
factory
fahrenheit
fail
failure
fair
faithfully
false
family
famous
fan
far
farm
farmer
farmhand
farmhouse
farming
farther
fascism
fascist
fast
fat
fate
father
faultless
faulty
favor
favorably
favorite
fbi
fear
fearful
fearless
feasibility
feather
february
feel
feeling
fellow
feminine
fence
ferrous
ferryboat
feudal
feudalism
fever
few
fiddle
field
fiery
fifteen
fifth
fifty
fight
fighter
filing
fill
filling
film
finalize
finally
financier
find
finding
fine
finger
finish
finished
fire
fireman
fireplace
firework
firmly
firmness
first
fish
fisherman
fission
five
fix
flank
flannel
flat
flatten
fleshy
flight
flood
floor
flow
flower
flu
fluid
flute
fly
folk
follow
follower
following
fond
food
foodstuff
fool
foot
football
footing
footstep
...
3   Demonstrate word list style:
abreast   Speak
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
airway   Speak
n. the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
n. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
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
angry   Speak
a. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
a. feeling or showing anger
appear   Speak
v. come into sight or view
v. be issued or published
applause   Speak
n. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
This is 6 words quick view. View words of the list
4   Word meaning matching - Test words you know:
aching  Speak
Exercise
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain
Exercise
ad. towards the shore from the water
Exercise
a. capable of erupting
a. having life or vigor or spirit
Exercise
a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation
acre  Speak
Exercise
n. a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
n. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
Exercise
n. a female actor
Exercise
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 ...
Exercise
a. completely enveloping
adverb  Speak
Exercise
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain
Exercise
n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun
Exercise
n. a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
n. a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
Exercise
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
advise  Speak
Exercise
n. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
Exercise
v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
v. inform (somebody) of something
Exercise
n. the season when the leaves fall from the trees
Exercise
a. frightening because of an awareness of danger
after  Speak
Exercise
n. a commercial airplane that carries passengers
Exercise
v. look forward to the probable occurrence of
Exercise
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain
Exercise
ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
agree  Speak
Exercise
n. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
n. (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
Exercise
v. be liable or accountable
v. understand the meaning of
Exercise
n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun
Exercise
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
This is 6 words matching. Try matching quizzes of the list
5   Interactive spelling - Check your spelling skill online:
Read [Esc]
a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity


Spelling Word: able
Read [Esc]
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
Read [Esc]
n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights


Spelling Word: accordance
Read [Esc]
a. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
a. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by


Spelling Word: according
Read [Esc]
ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes


Spelling Word: accurately
Read [Esc]
a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval


Spelling Word: admirable
This is 6 words spelling. Try spelling exercises of the list