Wiktionary:New General Service List

This list has 2801 words in it. It was created to be a list of useful for words for people who want to learn English. It was created by Dr. Charles Brown, Dr. Brent Culligan, and Joseph Phillips in 2013.

Sections

1-200 • 201-400 • 401-600 • 601-800 • 801-1000 • 1001-1200 • 1201-1400 • 1401-1600 • 1601-1800 • 1801-2000 • 2001-2200 • 2201-2400 • 2401-2600 • 2601-2801

List

1-200

the • be • and • of • to • a • in • have • it • you • he • for • they • not • that • we • on • with • this • i • do • as • at • she • but • from • by • will • or • say • go • so • all • if • one • would • about • can • which • there • know • more • get • who • like • when • think • make • time • see • what • up • some • other • out • good • people • year • take • no • well • because • very • just • come • could • work • use • than • now • then • also • into • only • look • want • give • first • new • way • find • over • any • after • day • where • thing • most • should • need • much • right • how • back • mean • even • may • here • many • such • last • child • tell • really • call • before • company • through • down • show • life • man • change • place • long • between • feel • too • still • problem • write • same • lot • great • try • leave • number • both • own • part • point • little • help • ask • meet • start • talk • something • put • another • become • interest • country • old • each • school • late • high • different • off • next • end • live • why • while • world • week • play • might • must • home • never • include • course • house • report • group • case • woman • around • book • family • seem • let • again • kind • keep • hear • system • every • question • during • always • big • set • small • study • follow • begin • important • since • run • under • turn • few • bring • early • hand • state • move •

201-400

money • fact • however • area • provide • name • read • friend • month • large • business • without • information • open • order • government • word • issue • market • pay • build • hold • service • against • believe • second • though • yes • love • increase • job • plan • result • away • example • happen • offer • young • close • program • lead • buy • understand • thank • far • today • hour • student • face • hope • idea • cost • less • room • until • reason • form • spend • head • car • learn • level • person • experience • once • member • enough • bad • city • night • able • support • whether • line • present • side • quite • although • sure • term • least • age • low • speak • within • process • public • often • train • possible • actually • rather • view • together • consider • price • parent • hard • party • local • control • already • concern • product • lose • story • almost • continue • stand • whole • yet • rate • care • expect • effect • sort • ever • anything • cause • fall • deal • water • send • allow • soon • watch • base • probably • suggest • past • power • test • visit • center • grow • nothing • return • mother • walk • matter • mind • value • office • record • stay • force • stop • several • light • develop • remember • bit • share • real • answer • sit • figure • letter • decide • language • subject • class • development • town • half • minute • food • break • clear • future • either • ago • per • remain • top • among • win • color • involve • reach • social • period • across • note • history • create • drive • along • type • sound • eye • music • game • political • free • receive • moment • sale • policy • further

401-600

body • require • wait • general • appear • toward • team • easy • individual • full • black • sense • perhaps • add • rule • pass • produce • sell • short • agree • law • everything • research • cover • paper • position • near • human • computer • situation • staff • activity • film • morning • war • account • shop • major • someone • above • design • event • special • sometimes • condition • carry • choose • father • decision • table • certain • forward • main • die • bear • cut • describe • himself • available • especially • strong • rise • girl • maybe • community • else • particular • role • join • difficult • please • detail • difference • action • health • eat • step • true • phone • themselves • draw • white • date • practice • model • raise • customer • front • explain • door • outside • behind • economic • site • approach • teacher • land • charge • finally • sign • claim • relationship • travel • enjoy • death • nice • amount • improve • picture • boy • regard • organization • happy • couple • act • range • quality • project • round • opportunity • road • accord • list • wish • therefore • wear • fund • rest • kid • industry • education • measure • kill • serve • likely • certainly • national • itself • teach • field • security • air • benefit • trade • risk • news • standard • vote • percent • focus • stage • space • instead • realize • usually • data • single • address • performance • chance • accept • society • technology • mention • choice • save • common • culture • total • demand • material • limit • listen • due • wrong • foot • effort • attention • upon • check • complete • lie • pick • reduce • personal • ground • animal • arrive • patient • current • century • evidence • exist • similar • fight • leader • fine • street • former • contact

601-800

particularly • wife • sport • prepare • discuss • response • voice • piece • finish • suppose • apply • president • fire • compare • court • police • store • poor • knowledge • laugh • arm • heart • source • employee • manage • simply • bank • firm • cell • article • fast • attack • foreign • surprise • feature • factor • pretty • recently • affect • drop • recent • relate • official • financial • miss • art • campaign • private • pause • everyone • forget • page • worry • summer • drink • opinion • park • represent • key • inside • manager • international • contain • notice • wonder • nature • structure • section • myself • exactly • plant • paint • worker • press • whatever • necessary • region • growth • evening • influence • respect • various • catch • thus • skill • attempt • son • simple • medium • average • stock • management • character • bed • hit • establish • indeed • final • economy • fit • guy • function • yesterday • image • size • behavior • addition • determine • station • population • fail • environment • production • contract • player • comment • enter • occur • alone • significant • drug • wall • series • direct • success • tomorrow • director • clearly • lack • review • depend • race • recognize • window • purpose • department • gain • tree • college • argue • board • holiday • mark • church • machine • achieve • item • prove • cent • season • floor • stuff • wide • anyone • method • analysis • election • military • hotel • club • below • movie • doctor • discussion • sorry • challenge • nation • nearly • statement • link • despite • introduce • advantage • ready • marry • strike • mile • seek • ability • unit • card • hospital • quickly • interview • agreement • release • tax • solution • capital • popular • specific • beautiful • fear • aim • television • serious • target • degree • pull • red

801-1000

husband • access • movement • treat • identify • loss • shall • modern • pressure • bus • treatment • yourself • supply • village • worth • natural • express • indicate • attend • brother • investment • score • organize • trip • beyond • sleep • fish • promise • potential • energy • trouble • relation • touch • file • middle • bar • suffer • strategy • deep • except • clean • tend • advance • fill • star • network • generally • operation • match • avoid • seat • throw • task • normal • goal • associate • blue • positive • option • box • huge • message • instance • style • refer • cold • push • quarter • assume • baby • successful • sing • doubt • competition • theory • propose • reference • argument • adult • fly • document • pattern • application • hot • obviously • unclear • bill • search • separate • central • career • anyway • speech • dog • officer • throughout • oil • dress • profit • guess • fun • protect • resource • science • disease • balance • damage • basis • author • basic • encourage • hair • male • operate • reflect • exercise • useful • restaurant • income • property • previous • dark • imagine • okay • earn • daughter • post • newspaper • define • conclusion • clock • everybody • weekend • perform • professional • mine • debate • memory • green • song • object • maintain • credit • ring • discover • dead • afternoon • prefer • extend • possibility • direction • facility • variety • daily • clothes • screen • track • dance • completely • female • responsibility • original • sister • rock • dream • nor • university • easily • agency • dollar • garden • fix • ahead • cross • yeah • weight • legal • proposal • version • conversation • somebody • pound • magazine • shape • sea • immediately • welcome • smile • communication • agent • traditional • replace • judge • herself • suddenly • generation • estimate • favorite • difficulty • purchase

1001-1200

shoot • announce • unless • independent • recommend • survey • majority • stick • request • rich • wind • none • exchange • budget • famous • blood • appropriate • block • warm • count • scene • writer • content • prevent • safe • invite • mix • element • effective • correct • medical • admit • beat • telephone • copy • committee • aware • advice • handle • glass • trial • stress • radio • administration • complex • text • context • ride • directly • heavy • remove • conduct • equipment • otherwise • title • extra • executive • chair • expensive • sample • sex • deliver • video • connection • primary • weather • collect • inform • principle • straight • appeal • highly • trust • wonderful • flat • absolutely • flow • fair • additional • responsible • farm • collection • hang • negative • band • relative • tour • alternative • software • pair • ship • attitude • cheap • double • leg • observe • sentence • print • progress • truth • nobody • examine • lay • speed • politics • reply • display • transfer • perfect • slightly • overall • intend • user • respond • dinner • slow • regular • physical • apart • suit • federal • reveal • percentage • peace • status • crime • decline • decade • launch • warn • consumer • favor • dry • partner • institution • spot • horse • eventually • heat • excite • reader • importance • distance • guide • grant • taxi • feed • pain • sector • mistake • ensure • satisfy • chief • cool • expert • wave • south • labor • surface • library • excellent • edge • camp • audience • lift • procedure • email • global • struggle • advertise • select • surround • extent • river • annual • fully • contrast • roll • reality • photograph • artist • conflict • entire • presence • crowd • corner • gas • shift • net • category • secretary • defense • quick • cook • spread • nuclear • scale • driver • ball • cry

1201-1400

introduction • requirement • north • confirm • senior • photo • refuse • transport • emerge • map • concept • island • reform • neither • football • survive • flight • left • solve • neighbor • background • technique • traffic • improvement • tool • consequence • circumstance • smoke • reaction • rain • busy • lesson • brain • mass • funny • contribute • failure • schedule • speaker • bottom • adopt • combine • mountain • waste • hide • marriage • ticket • meal • colleague • bag • repeat • equal • expression • plus • extremely • owner • plane • commercial • lady • duty • strength • connect • cultural • arrange • scheme • payment • unfortunately • brief • bird • demonstrate • contribution • appreciate • chapter • secret • apparently • novel • union • burn • trend • initial • pleasure • suggestion • critical • gather • mostly • earth • pop • essential • desire • promote • currently • employ • path • topic • beach • attract • engage • powerful • flower • crisis • settle • boat • aid • fan • kitchen • twice • fresh • delay • safety • engineer • quiet • insurance • nurse • divide • length • investigation • package • somewhere • expand • commit • obvious • jump • weapon • relatively • host • winter • district • broad • tire • spring • spirit • lunch • actual • pool • battle • tradition • cash • hardly • award • coach • experiment • consideration • strange • code • possibly • threat • accident • impossible • revenue • enable • afraid • active • conclude • religious • cancer • convince • vary • environmental • sun • healthy • blow • volume • location • invest • proceed • wash • actor • glad • tape • whereas • opposite • stone • sum • murder • monitor • soldier • finance • hate • egg • concert • shock • comfortable • usual • carefully • pack • recall • wine • camera • swim • manufacture • theater • cycle • coffee • totally • museum • visitor • freedom • construction • dear • objective

1401-1600

moreover • onto • historical • oppose • branch • vehicle • scientist • route • bind • belong • taste • tonight • fashion • danger • bomb • army • dangerous • decrease • hurt • council • editor • normally • sight • generate • gift • delivery • deny • guest • anybody • bedroom • quote • climb • basically • violence • minister • mainly • mouth • noise • manner • gun • square • occasion • familiar • ignore • destroy • affair • civil • locate • citizen • temperature • gold • domestic • load • belief • troop • technical • remind • arrangement • skin • prison • switch • acquire • corporate • fairly • wood • participate • tough • tear • representative • capacity • border • shake • assessment • shoe • ought • ad • fee • hall • regulation • escape • studio • proper • relax • tourist • component • afford • lawyer • suspect • cup • description • confidence • industrial • complain • perspective • error • arrest • assess • register • asset • signal • finger • relevant • explore • leadership • commitment • wake • necessarily • bright • frame • slowly • bond • hire • hole • tie • internal • chain • literature • victim • threaten • division • secure • amaze • device • birth • forest • label • root • factory • expense • channel • investigate • recommendation • rank • typical • west • friendly • resident • provision • concentrate • plenty • export • entirely • strongly • bridge • consist • graduate • brand • moral • insist • combination • abuse • ice • principal • master • definitely • session • grade • nevertheless • predict • previously • protection • largely • wed • rent • shot • appearance • reasonable • guarantee • till • theme • judgment • odd • approve • loan • definition • elect • atmosphere • farmer • comparison • characteristic • license • rely • narrow • succeed • identity • desk • permit • seriously • wild • empty • commission • unique • association • instrument • investor • practical • tea • lovely • soft • row

1601-1800

youth • lock • fuel • expectation • employment • celebrate • sexual • shoulder • breath • increasingly • import • bottle • ourselves • sheet • engine • cast • notion • conservative • journey • opposition • relief • debt • honor • outcome • blame • explanation • arise • musical • recover • dad • stretch • declare • retire • tiny • careful • suitable • native • fruit • analyze • witness • mail • terrible • researcher • ordinary • selection • anywhere • mental • participant • vision • personality • specifically • fat • entry • fellow • chemical • capture • tip • discount • peak • chairman • proportion • ear • disappear • shout • yard • constant • significantly • hill • considerable • instruction • intelligence • ideal • folk • surely • guard • cat • somewhat • kiss • presentation • joint • compete • poll • weak • faith • reduction • reserve • complaint • bore • mission • somehow • tone • neighborhood • passenger • justice • phase • thin • rush • formal • religion • employer • reject • latter • plate • ban • steal • protest • index • sad • frequently • circle • helpful • command • attractive • sick • impression • unable • joke • sky • column • electronic • impose • criminal • besides • properly • ancient • coast • ill • kick • closely • multiple • yield • via • legislation • county • unlike • mobile • assistant • implement • chart • attach • hell • everywhere • advise • household • acknowledge • reward • east • hat • academic • voter • meanwhile • furthermore • accuse • scientific • wage • absence • construct • remark • medicine • professor • rare • intention • dozen • settlement • gap • widely • minimum • northern • estate • equally • expose • alive • shut • victory • resolve • critic • variable • enormous • sweet • permanent • emotion • pursue • tall • urge • enemy • appoint • milk • talent • smell • prior • priority • online • phrase • pilot • stable • merely • resolution • communicate • injury • vast

1801-2000

exhibition • producer • regional • immediate • incident • childhood • draft • slip • accompany • politician • angry • knock • seed • salary • illustrate • imply • breakfast • temporary • liberal • lake • qualify • competitive • truly • hi • yellow • habit • disk • core • emotional • aircraft • self • metal • existence • bone • panel • prime • appointment • emphasize • maximum • effectively • elsewhere • bother • initiative • sharp • diet • motion • gray • plastic • complicate • discipline • disappoint • boss • assumption • freeze • extreme • passage • reputation • forth • negotiation • mechanism • coat • democracy • pocket • lucky • crash • observation • meat • concentration • implication • deserve • unusual • defend • classic • king • interaction • repair • collapse • borrow • fundamental • dish • abroad • soul • capable • defeat • presidential • perfectly • enhance • proud • emergency • educational • distinguish • substantial • nearby • manufacturer • slide • valuable • personally • breast • cope • approximately • accommodation • highlight • reporter • climate • shirt • exception • corporation • chip • winner • encounter • brown • breathe • excuse • partly • tennis • urban • confuse • southern • output • beauty • massive • install • calculate • mouse • mathematics • upper • creation • occupy • outline • sufficient • update • luck • preserve • split • swing • illness • journalist • sudden • advertisement • consistent • originally • aside • comfort • secondly • severe • gene • prospect • snow • plot • neck • criterion • primarily • integrate • criticism • convention • bet • retain • sequence • plain • volunteer • rural • calm • abandon • examination • silence • rapidly • efficient • revolution • delight • spell • premise • lean • dramatic • differ • grateful • protein • bike • distribute • intellectual • derive • crucial • unemployment • wheel • crop • minority • origin • interpretation • gentleman • drama • landscape • educate • toy • fault • exhibit • minor • hunt • storm • thick • achievement • negotiate

2001-2200

dominate • supplier • prize • typically • peer • pension • wing • acquisition • laughter • deeply • recognition • electricity • assistance • roof • retirement • respectively • variation • ultimately • proof • soil • smart • layer • upset • tooth • representation • preparation • dispute • agenda • emphasis • edition • silver • entertainment • honest • undertake • retail • wire • unlikely • gay • publication • slight • unknown • framework • zone • restrict • trace • inch • equivalent • solid • enterprise • elderly • owe • governor • uniform • port • pitch • arrival • contemporary • gate • ease • beer • specialist • assure • profile • mood • episode • crack • numerous • submit • symptom • virtually • era • coverage • tension • cable • sensitive • nervous • input • isolate • prisoner • eliminate • tight • wet • secondary • welfare • recruit • exclude • string • cloud • persuade • inspire • grand • hence • crew • phenomenon • pupil • false • assist • restore • formula • alter • perceive • routine • sink • stare • anymore • hero • supporter • convert • steady • meter • truck • nose • beside • sail • disaster • pace • heavily • devote • terrorist • justify • vital • fascinate • external • spare • whenever • depression • guilty • underlie • mom • distinction • satisfaction • incorporate • pour • sweep • obligation • sir • evaluate • anger • pub • perception • naturally • currency • database • initially • territory • stream • rarely • height • apparent • western • expansion • constantly • muscle • scare • badly • everyday • boundary • ratio • essay • scream • withdraw • pollution • disorder • furniture • symbol • apartment • demonstration • analyst • platform • steel • cake • transform • wound • restriction • foundation • designer • strain • innovation • album • singer • trail • trap • loose • extension • wealth • gradually • tank • evil • remarkable • tune • grass • invitation • transition • frighten • bid • breed • extraordinary • brilliant • adviser • stem

2201-2400

reverse • mode • mirror • awful • pose • adjust • creative • nowadays • poem • agricultural • competitor • alcohol • festival • vegetable • van • confident • planet • curve • knee • overcome • web • depth • entrance • log • giant • god • portion • substance • extensive • interpret • independence • sugar • inner • harm • consult • pink • shadow • strip • smooth • intervention • impress • exam • vice • radical • similarly • behave • loud • dimension • subsequent • infection • jacket • efficiency • dirty • statistic • regularly • resort • iron • broadcast • membership • bread • blind • pure • bloody • ally • quantity • bend • mature • briefly • alarm • disturb • sustain • flood • poverty • crazy • cite • newly • parallel • gender • sponsor • boot • accurate • dealer • button • burden • desert • mate • occasionally • shareholder • bowl • discovery • resistance • bath • frequency • criticize • tap • philosophy • lip • attribute • apologize • approval • grab • entitle • lend • involvement • exposure • conventional • digital • translate • edit • formation • deposit • pleasant • overseas • advocate • establishment • summary • rough • pen • recovery • seal • tube • tower • characterize • specify • exact • spin • operator • infant • dig • drag • mount • wrap • anticipate • dependent • specialize • angle • chicken • anxiety • virus • precisely • rival • offense • detect • teenager • admire • moderate • surgery • musician • significance • shower • illegal • charity • universal • cigarette • constitute • adequate • consultant • historian • cousin • visual • stupid • keen • ethnic • twin • clinical • eastern • forecast • segment • custom • adapt • sand • cap • prompt • charm • react • lecture • venture • compound • rescue • mess • preference • comprehensive • incentive • league • dialog • cream • rapid • cancel • regret • dismiss • margin • beneath • opponent • resist • capability • absolute • correspond • stroke • dare • barrier

2401-2600

rid • divorce • ruin • bury • counsel • tendency • frequent • motor • survival • counter • possess • permission • valley • float • mad • greatly • visible • electric • impressive • evolution • awareness • violent • slave • wealthy • architecture • acceptable • journal • coal • measurement • random • successfully • depress • illustration • burst • privilege • buyer • mutual • rail • motivate • laboratory • mortgage • promotion • passion • champion • fulfill • dust • dedicate • roughly • skirt • province • march • evaluation • compromise • accomplish • weakness • announcement • salt • glance • opera • contest • brush • embarrass • gallery • genetic • aggressive • chest • format • literary • govern • embrace • praise • silent • pump • publisher • celebration • golf • compensation • classical • weigh • versus • deficit • modify • flash • friendship • profession • literally • equation • gesture • entertain • fantastic • assign • inflation • historic • injure • remote • therapy • orange • twist • personnel • imagination • disagree • throat • insight • tackle • forever • exceed • expenditure • joy • pregnant • reliable • gear • poet • fortune • ceremony • pile • pig • mixture • automatically • scholar • psychological • dramatically • stake • creature • partnership • participation • clause • penalty • chamber • fancy • poetry • chat • clothing • evolve • sake • shelf • boost • tail • possession • abortion • curious • wooden • boom • tale • democratic • maintenance • consequently • pot • cow • strengthen • whilst • constraint • fold • bin • undergo • potentially • scope • pretend • diversity • allege • pride • intense • inquiry • resign • craft • strict • concrete • shell • damn • distinct • humor • limitation • indication • stability • wise • neglect • compose • jail • shelter • mere • carbon • regulate • cheese • trigger • pipe • destruction • guitar • flag • piano • magic • mystery • ski • whisper • rear • menu • species • moon • presumably • bless • airline • amendment

2601-2801

grandmother • jury • cooperation • civilian • composition • coin • regardless • scan • bunch • racial • greet • hopefully • sanction • trick • paragraph • maker • chocolate • stimulate • belt • potato • narrative • tissue • barely • invent • tourism • pro • stair • hesitate • shine • motivation • romantic • firmly • interior • stomach • nowhere • pray • championship • servant • immigrant • excess • complexity • liability • surprisingly • extract • implementation • bias • differently • catalog • continuous • golden • stamp • guideline • envelope • knife • biological • consume • luxury • weekly • wherever • bite • printer • firstly • anxious • adventure • fence • exhaust • attraction • ocean • quietly • castle • veteran • reflection • nerve • determination • altogether • fiction • carpet • cluster • confusion • hurry • logic • controversial • raw • grammar • revise • hint • hook • bell • liquid • panic • uncle • rice • slope • happiness • genuine • vessel • verb • reckon • silly • transportation • harbor • comedy • chase • storage • universe • horrible • sheep • lover • rat • portrait • innocent • substitute • supplement • adjustment • reasonably • filter • flexible • abstract • tent • precise • distant • stranger • shade • grain • situate • summarize • leap • snap • probability • leather • uncertainty • swear • refugee • shore • monthly • comprise • stir • excitement • sigh • pregnancy • experimental • institutional • slice • wander • empire • subsequently • gentle • attendance • ownership • qualification • suspend • functional • voluntary • pale • stain • athlete • organic • tongue • server • structural • fool • alongside • unite • gently • compute • wipe • weird • gaze • fade • cough • hypothesis • royal • theoretical • curtain • mayor • darkness • aunt • tournament • registration • fragment • listener • tender • density • ugly • module • faithfully • autumn • cheek • attachment • holder • grin • noun • fortunate • alright • lazy • hello • hunger • insure • ashamed • found • thirst

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