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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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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.
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Words of Group 8 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
pacific
package
packet
packing
page
pail
pain
painful
paint
painter
palace
panda
panther
paper
papers
parcel
pardon
parent
paris
parish
park
parking
parlor
parrot
part
partially
participation
particular
particularly
partly
partnership
party
pass
passable
passage
passenger
past
paste
patience
patient
pattern
pause
paw
pay
payable
payment
pea
peace
peaceful
peacock
peanut
pear
pearl
peasant
peasantry
pedlar
peep
peg
pen
pencil
penicillin
peninsular
penny
people
pepper
percentage
perfectly
perhaps
permanence
permanently
person
personally
persuasion
pertinence
perturbed
perusal
pessimist
pessimistic
petrol
philosopher
philosophical
phone
photo
photographer
photography
physically
physicist
physics
pianist
pickle
pickpocket
pictorial
picture
pie
piece
pig
pigeon
pilferage
pilgrimage
pink
pint
pipe
pipeline
pity
place
plan
plant
platinum
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3   Demonstrate word list style:
accordance   Speak
n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights
aggression   Speak
n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior
always   Speak
ad. at any time or in any event
ad. without variation or change, in every case
anywhere   Speak
ad. at or in or to any place
assertion   Speak
n. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
n. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
aunt   Speak
n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
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abroad  Speak
Exercise
ad. anew
Exercise
v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
v. succeed in a big way; get to the top
Exercise
ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
Exercise
ad. quickly and without warning
accustom  Speak
Exercise
v. put in effect
n. the state of being active
Exercise
n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
Exercise
v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
Exercise
a. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
a. feeling or showing anger
acrobat  Speak
Exercise
n. an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
Exercise
v. present with a bias
v. seek indirectly
Exercise
v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
v. succeed in a big way; get to the top
Exercise
ad. anew
addition  Speak
Exercise
a. frightening because of an awareness of danger
Exercise
n. an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
Exercise
n. a quantity that is added
n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
Exercise
n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
advertising  Speak
Exercise
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
Exercise
ad. quickly and without warning
Exercise
n. a public promotion of some product or service
n. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
Exercise
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
agonize  Speak
Exercise
v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
v. succeed in a big way; get to the top
Exercise
n. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
Exercise
v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish
Exercise
v. stop sleeping
v. cause to become awake or conscious
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n. a female actor


Spelling Word: actress
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ad. anew


Spelling Word: again
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n. a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles


Spelling Word: aids
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ad. by bad luck


Spelling Word: alas
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ad. using the voice; not silently
ad. with relatively high volume


Spelling Word: aloud
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n. electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it


Spelling Word: amplifier
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