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 IELTS General Words List
1   Overview:
IELTS General Test is to evaluate English level to fit for daily living and working. To own strong IELTS general vocabulary is the prerequisite to pass the test.

To migrate to English speaking countries, including Australia, UK, Canada, and New Zealand, people are usually asked to take this test. IELTS General Test is easier than IELTS Academic Test in reading and writing, however, test takers should focus on the specialities of separate tests, don't simply compare which is easier to pass. Actually they are independent tests and their scores cannot be converted in any way.

To reflect nature of general test, IELTS general vocabulary has its attribute: related to living, working, and social activities. Most of words are selected from real scenarios, such as shopping in mall and renting an apartment. These words aren't difficult for native English speakers; but as for ESL (English as Second Language), many people still need take courses to study or enrich before test day.

This IELTS general words list is compiled to meet with the basic criteria of IELTS general training test. 4000 words are categorized into 11 groups. To speed up studying, the initial page shows word list alone and hides definitions. If you need to look up definition, just click a button to retrieve by word. This design helps to skip known words as fast as possible, because this is a large list and you may know some of them more or less.

So, this is a proven IELTS general vocabulary with smart web technology supporting. It dramatically decreases 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.

In addition, we have to remind IELTS academic test takers that these 4000 IELTS general words are actually 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 vocabularies. Especially, 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. This's why all IELTS test takers need this list.

If you used to study English words through static ebooks, we recommend a basic level ebook IELTS 1200 Words in 30 Days, which can be found from main ebook distributors, such as Apple iBook, Google Books, Amazon Kindle. Besides, this web site also offers a web app with same vocabulary as the ebook to speed up your studying, Try It!

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Before kicking off preparing IELTS general vocabulary, you should understand that general vocabulary is specially 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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able   Speak
a. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
a. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
abroad   Speak
ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
agreed   Speak
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
alcoholism   Speak
n. habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
n. an intense persistent desire to drink alcohol...
ancient   Speak
a. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
n. a very old person
atmospheric   Speak
a. relating to or located in the atmosphere
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above  Speak
Exercise
ad. in an enjoyable manner
Exercise
ad. in circumference
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
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n. a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
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ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher
acceptable  Speak
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a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage
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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
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n. the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
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ad. in an enjoyable manner
accumulative  Speak
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
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v. make a request or demand for something to somebody
v. direct or put; seek an answer to
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a. capable of being attributed
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n. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
actor  Speak
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ad. to any degree or extent
a. one or some or every or all without specification
Exercise
v. make a request or demand for something to somebody
v. direct or put; seek an answer to
Exercise
a. relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean
n. the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
actress  Speak
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n. a female actor
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a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage
Exercise
ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher
Exercise
ad. in circumference
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
adviser  Speak
Exercise
ad. in circumference
ad. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
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n. an expert who gives advice
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a. giving an advantage
a. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
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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


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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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n. letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
v. send or transport by airmail


Spelling Word: airmail
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n. a liquor or brew containing [___] as the active agent
n. any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation


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


Spelling Word: amplifier
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