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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 6 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
lab
labor
laboratory
lack
lad
ladder
lady
lake
lamp
land
landed
landlady
landlord
language
lantern
large
last
late
lately
later
lathe
latin
latter
lattice
laugh
laughter
lavatory
law
lawful
lawyer
laziness
lazy
le
leader
leaf
leakage
learn
learned
learner
learning
least
leather
leave
lecturer
leeway
left
leftover
leg
lemon
lemonade
lend
lending
length
leninism
lens
less
lessen
lesson
let
letter
level
liar
liberation
librarian
library
lid
lie
lieutenant
life
lifetime
lighten
lighter
lighthouse
lightly
lightning
like
likely
likeness
liking
lily
lime
limit
limitation
limited
linguist
lining
lion
lioness
lip
lipstick
listen
listener
litre
little
live
living
local
loneliness
lonely
lonesome
long
longing
look
lord
lorry
loss
lost
lot
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africa   Speak
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
airplane   Speak
n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
alive   Speak
a. capable of erupting
a. having life or vigor or spirit
allocation   Speak
n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
annoyance   Speak
n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
n. the act of troubling or annoying someone
arabic   Speak
n. the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
a. relating to or characteristic of Arabs
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above  Speak
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ad. using the voice; not silently
ad. with relatively high volume
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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
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ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher
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a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
abroad  Speak
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n. the creation of beautiful or significant things
n. the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
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ad. in a place across an ocean
ad. far away from home or one's usual surroundings
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n. concurrence of opinion
n. the act of granting rights
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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
accrued  Speak
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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. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
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a. disposed to take action or effectuate change
a. in operation
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition
aching  Speak
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n. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
a. causing a dull and steady pain
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ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher
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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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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
acrobat  Speak
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a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
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a. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
n. something having the property of being analogous to something else
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n. the English language as used in the United States
a. of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
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n. an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
aeroplane  Speak
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n. a person who acts and gets things done
n. a theatrical performer
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a. filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
a. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
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n. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
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a. being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
ad. alongside each other, facing in the same direction


Spelling Word: abreast
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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


Spelling Word: accept
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a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming


Spelling Word: agricultural
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ad. at or in the front
ad. toward the future; forward in time


Spelling Word: ahead
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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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n. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo


Spelling Word: airport
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