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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 9 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
quality
quantity
quarrel
quart
queen
question
queue
quick
quicken
quickly
quiet
quietly
quietness
quit
quite
quiz
rabbit
race
racial
radial
radio
radioactive
radioactivity
radish
radium
rag
railroad
railway
rain
raincoat
rainfall
rainy
raise
rake
rapid
rapidly
rascal
rash
rate
rather
ratification
re
reach
reaction
reactor
reader
reading
ready
real
realism
realist
realistic
reality
realize
really
reason
reasonably
rebate
receive
receiver
recent
recently
recitation
recollect
record
recorder
recovery
recruitment
rectification
red
redound
reduce
reduction
refer
referent
refinery
reform
refresh
refuge
refuse
regard
regional
registered
registration
regret
regretful
regretfully
regrettable
regular
regularity
regularly
reimbursement
reinforcement
relate
related
relation
relationship
relative
relatively
relativity
remain
remember
remembrance
reminiscent
remote
remoteness
removal
remuneration
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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
acceptable   Speak
a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage
add   Speak
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
agreed   Speak
v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
alas   Speak
ad. by bad luck
arm   Speak
v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
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abstraction  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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n. a share set aside for a specific purpose
n. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
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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 declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
n. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
adverbial  Speak
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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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n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
n. a statement acknowledging something or someone
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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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ad. to a noticeable degree
aggression  Speak
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v. stop sleeping
v. cause to become awake or conscious
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a. having a sturdy and well proportioned body
a. relating to or befitting athletics or athletes
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n. the act of initiating hostilities
n. deliberately unfriendly behavior
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ad. used as intensifiers
ad. in a terrible manner
aloud  Speak
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ad. using the voice; not silently
ad. with relatively high volume
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a. relating to or located in the atmosphere
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n. a native or inhabitant of Asia
a. of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
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v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
n. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
american  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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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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a. having a sturdy and well proportioned body
a. relating to or befitting athletics or athletes
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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
anger  Speak
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a. any of various alternatives; some other
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n. North America and South America and Central America
n. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independenc...
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ad. towards the shore from the water
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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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n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation


Spelling Word: abrogation
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n. an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination


Spelling Word: acrobat
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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


Spelling Word: add
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ad. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree


Spelling Word: adequately
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a. giving an advantage
a. appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness


Spelling Word: advantageous
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n. a public promotion of some product or service
n. the business of drawing public attention to goods and services


Spelling Word: advertising
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