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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 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
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acceptance   Speak
n. the state of being acceptable and accepted
n. (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
action   Speak
v. put in effect
n. the state of being active
adjective   Speak
n. a word that expresses an attribute of something
n. the word class that qualifies nouns
agonize   Speak
v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish
anxiously   Speak
ad. with anxiety or apprehension
australian   Speak
n. a native or inhabitant of Australia
a. of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages
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able  Speak
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ad. quickly and without warning
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n. spiritual being attendant upon God
n. person of exceptional holiness
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a. addicted to alcohol
a. characteristic of or containing alcohol
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a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
accept  Speak
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v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
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n. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
n. a hose that carries air under pressure
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n. the nations of the Asian continent collectively
n. the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
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n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
accumulative  Speak
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v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
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ad. from appearances alone
ad. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
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n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
n. the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
aggression  Speak
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n. the nations of the Asian continent collectively
n. the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
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a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
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n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior
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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
algebra  Speak
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n. spiritual being attendant upon God
n. person of exceptional holiness
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a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
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v. look forward to the probable occurrence of
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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
alienation  Speak
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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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v. come into sight or view
v. be issued or published
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n. the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly
n. separation resulting from hostility
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n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance
n. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
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a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity


Spelling Word: able
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ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
ad. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct


Spelling Word: about
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ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher


Spelling Word: above
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n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation


Spelling Word: abrogation
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n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position


Spelling Word: advantage
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n. the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean


Spelling Word: africa
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