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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 5 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
habitual
hair
haircut
hairpin
half
halfway
hall
halve
hammer
hand
handbag
handicapped
handkerchief
handling
handout
handwriting
happen
happening
happily
happiness
happy
hard
hardly
hardness
hardship
hare
harm
hat
hate
hateful
hatred
have
he
head
headache
headline
headmaster
headquarters
health
healthy
hear
heart
heartfelt
hearth
heartily
hearty
heat
heated
heating
heavily
heavy
height
hello
help
hen
herbal
here
hereafter
hereby
herein
hereinafter
hereof
hereto
herewith
hero
heroic
heroine
hesitation
hi
high
highland
highly
highway
hijacker
hill
hillside
hind
hip
hire
historical
history
hit
holder
holding
hole
holiday
holy
home
homeless
homework
homogenous
honest
honesty
honey
honeymoon
honor
honorable
hope
hopeful
hopefully
hopeless
horrify
horse
horsepower
hospital
hostel
hostess
hot
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afloat   Speak
a. aimlessly drifting
a. covered with water
amusement   Speak
n. a feeling of delight at being entertained
n. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
antecedent   Speak
n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
n. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
apple   Speak
n. native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
n. fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
archaeologist   Speak
n. an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
australia   Speak
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 ...
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actress  Speak
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
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n. a female actor
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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
addition  Speak
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n. a quantity that is added
n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
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n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
n. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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v. present with a bias
v. seek indirectly
adequately  Speak
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
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a. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
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n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain
admirable  Speak
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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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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
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a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation
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ad. towards the shore from the water
afternoon  Speak
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ad. with anxiety or apprehension
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n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
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n. the part of the day between noon and evening
n. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval
afterward  Speak
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
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n. a quantity that is added
n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
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ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
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ad. quickly and without warning
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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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n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation


Spelling Word: abrogation
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n. a female actor


Spelling Word: actress
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a. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
a. inspiring admiration or approval


Spelling Word: admirable
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v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish


Spelling Word: agonize
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a. frightening because of an awareness of danger


Spelling Word: alarming
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