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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 4 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
fable
fabrication
fact
factory
fahrenheit
fail
failure
fair
faithfully
false
family
famous
fan
far
farm
farmer
farmhand
farmhouse
farming
farther
fascism
fascist
fast
fat
fate
father
faultless
faulty
favor
favorably
favorite
fbi
fear
fearful
fearless
feasibility
feather
february
feel
feeling
fellow
feminine
fence
ferrous
ferryboat
feudal
feudalism
fever
few
fiddle
field
fiery
fifteen
fifth
fifty
fight
fighter
filing
fill
filling
film
finalize
finally
financier
find
finding
fine
finger
finish
finished
fire
fireman
fireplace
firework
firmly
firmness
first
fish
fisherman
fission
five
fix
flank
flannel
flat
flatten
fleshy
flight
flood
floor
flow
flower
flu
fluid
flute
fly
folk
follow
follower
following
fond
food
foodstuff
fool
foot
football
footing
footstep
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accumulative   Speak
a. increasing by successive addition
a. marked by acquiring or amassing
after   Speak
ad. behind or in the rear
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
afterward   Speak
ad. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
agricultural   Speak
a. relating to rural matters
a. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
apprize   Speak
v. increase the value of
v. make aware of
asleep   Speak
ad. in the sleep of death
ad. into a sleeping state
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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
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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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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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ad. quickly and without warning
accordingly  Speak
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ad. strictly correctly
ad. with few mistakes
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a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
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a. addicted to alcohol
a. characteristic of or containing alcohol
adjustable  Speak
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n. chair with a support on each side for arms
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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
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n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
n. the act of troubling or annoying someone
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a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit
a. capable of being regulated
advantage  Speak
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n. benefit resulting from some event or action
n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
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n. the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
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n. the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
n. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
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a. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
agreed  Speak
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ad. at an earlier place
ad. in or to a place that is higher
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v. be in accord; be in agreement
v. go together
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n. an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
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n. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
alcoholic  Speak
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a. addicted to alcohol
a. characteristic of or containing alcohol
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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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n. a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
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n. a large number of people united for some specific purpose
n. the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare
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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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a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage


Spelling Word: acceptable
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ad. in accordance with
ad. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given


Spelling Word: accordingly
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v. come into the possession of
v. grow by addition


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


Spelling Word: adequately
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a. of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
n. a native or inhabitant of Africa


Spelling Word: african
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