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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 7 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
nail
naive
name
nameless
namesake
napkin
narrate
narration
narrow
nation
national
nationality
natural
naturally
nature
naughty
navel
navy
near
nearby
nearly
necessarily
necessary
necessity
neck
necklace
need
needful
needless
negotiate
negro
neighbor
neighborhood
neighboring
neither
nephew
nerve
nest
nestle
net
neutrality
never
new
news
newspaper
next
nice
nickname
niece
night
nightgown
nightingale
nine
nineteen
ninety
ninth
no
no.
noble
nobody
nod
noise
none
noon
normal
normalization
normalize
north
northeast
northern
northward
northwest
nose
nostril
not
notebook
noted
nothing
notice
noticeable
notification
noun
novelette
novelist
november
now
number
nun
nurse
nut
o.k.
obedience
obey
observation
observer
obviously
occident
occidental
ocean
oceania
oceanography
october
off
offering
office
officer
official
often
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allied   Speak
a. related by common characteristics or ancestry
a. of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I
arabian   Speak
n. a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
n. a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
arrival   Speak
n. the act of arriving at a certain place
n. someone who arrives (or has arrived)
ash   Speak
v. convert into ashes
n. strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
asia   Speak
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
aunt   Speak
n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
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abroad  Speak
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n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
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a. of words: having opposite meanings
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n. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
n. assigning to a cause or source
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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
action  Speak
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
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v. put in effect
n. the state of being active
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n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
v. become angry
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v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
activity  Speak
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a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit
a. capable of being regulated
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ad. in addition
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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. a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
n. an organic process that takes place in the body
add  Speak
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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
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v. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
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ad. in an arrogant manner
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n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
v. become angry
adjustable  Speak
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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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a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit
a. capable of being regulated
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n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
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ad. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
ad. in any way whatsoever
adverbial  Speak
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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. a mark to indicate a direction or relation
n. a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
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n. a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
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a. of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
n. a word or group of words function as an adverb
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a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage


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n. the state of actually existing objectively


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n. an expert who gives advice


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n. an era of history having some distinctive feature
v. make older


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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations


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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


Spelling Word: all
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