High Frequency English Word List Part 2
abroad
absence
absent
absolute
accident
accuse
accustom
ache
actor
actress
admire
admission
adopt
adventure
advice
afford
afraid
agriculture
airplane
alike
alive
allowance
aloud
altogether
ambition
ambitious
amongst
amuse
anger
angle
angry
annoy
annoyance
anxiety
anxious
anybody
anyhow
anyway
anywhere
apart
apology
applaud
applause
apple
arch
arrest
arrow
artificial
ash
ashamed
asleep
astonish
attentive
attract
attraction
attractive
aunt
autumn
avoidance
awake
awkward
axe
backward
bag
baggage
bake
barber
bare
bargain
barrel
basin
basket
bath
bathe
bay
beak
beam
bean
beard
beast
bedroom
beg
behave
being
bell
belt
bend
beneath
berry
beside
bicycle
bind
bite
black
blade
blame
bleed
bless
boast
boil
bold
bone
border
borrow
bound
boundary
bow
bowl
brain
brass
brave
bravery
bread
breadth
breakfast
breath
breathe
bribe
bribery
brick
brighten
broadcast
bucket
bunch
bundle
burst
bury
bus
bush
businesslike
businessman
butter
button
cage
cake
calculate
calculation
calculator
calm
camera
canal
cap
cape
card
cart
carriage
castle
cat
caution
cautious
cave
ceremony
certain
certainty
chain
chalk
charm
cheap
cheat
cheer
cheese
chest
chicken
childhood
chimney
Christmas
circular
civilize
classification
classify
clerk
clever
cliff
clock
cloth
coal
coarse
coin
collar
collector
colony
comb
commerce
companion
companionship
comparison
compete
competition
competitor
complain
complaint
completion
complicated
complication
composition
confess
confession
confidence
confident
confidential
confuse
confusion
congratulate
congratulation
connect
conquer
conqueror
conquest
conscience
convenience
convenient
conversation
copper
copy
cork
corn
correction
cottage
cotton
cough
courage
cousin
cow
coward
cowardly
crack
crash
cream
creature
creep
crime
criminal
crop
crown
cruel
crush
cultivate
cultivation
cultivator
cup
cupboard
cure
curl
curse
curtain
cushion
custom
customary
damage
damp
dare
darken
daylight
deaf
deafen
dear
debt
decay
deceit
deceive
decisive
decrease
deed
deepen
deer
defeat
defend
defendant
delay
delicate
delivery
descend
descendant
descent
description
deserve
despair
dessert
destruction
destructive
devil
diamond
dictionary
dig
dine
dip
disagree
disappear
disappearance
disappoint
disapprove
discipline
discomfort
discontent
discovery
disgust
dish
dismiss
disregard
disrespect
dissatisfaction
dissatisfy
distant
disturb
ditch
dive
donkey
dot
dozen
drag
drawer
drown
drum
duck
dull
eager
earn
earnest
ease
eastern
educate
educator
efficiency
efficient
egg
elastic
elder
elect
electrician
electricity
elephant
elsewhere
empire
enclose
enclosure
entrance
envelope
envy
essence
everlasting
everyday
everywhere
examination
excellence
excess
excessive
excuse
expensive
explode
explore
explosion
explosive
extension
extensive
extra
extraordinary
factory
fade
faint
false
fan
fancy
fasten
fate
fatten
fault
favorite
feast
feather
fellowship
fence
fever
fierce
flag
flame
flash
flatten
flavor
flesh
float
flood
flour
fold
fond
forbid
forgive
fork
fortunate
fortune
framework
freeze
frequency
friendship
fright
frighten
fruit
fry
fun
funeral
funny
fur
furniture
gallon
gap
garage
gate
gay
generous
gentle
gentleman
gift
glad
glory
goat
gold
golden
grace
grain
grammar
grammatical
grand
grass
grateful
grave
grease
greed
greet
grind
guilt
guilty
habit
hammer
handkerchief
handshake
handwriting
harbor
harden
harm
harvest
haste
hasten
hate
hatred
hay
headache
headdress
heal
heap
heaven
heavenly
height
heighten
hello
hesitate
hesitation
highway
hinder
hire
holiday
hollow
holy
homecoming
homemade
homework
honest
honesty
hook
horizon
horizontal
host
humble
hungry
hunger
hurt
hut
ice
idle
ill
imaginary
imaginative
imitate
imitation
immense
inclusive
indoor
influential
ink
in-law
inn
inquire
inquiry
insect
instant
insult
insurance
insure
interfere
interference
interrupt
interruption
introduction
invent
invention
inventor
inward
iron
jaw
jealous
jealousy
jewel
joint
joke
journey
joy
juice
kick
kingdom
kiss
kneel
knock
knot
ladder
lake
lamp
landlord
lately
laughter
lazy
leaf
leather
lend
lengthen
lessen
lesson
liar
liberty
librarian
lid
lighten
limb
lipstick
liquid
loaf
lodge
lodging
log
lonely
loosen
loud
lovely
loyal
loyalty
lump
lunch
lung
machinery
mad
madden
male
mankind
map
march
mat
meal
meantime
meanwhile
meat
mechanic
mechanism
medicine
melt
mend
merchant
mercy
merry
messenger
mild
milk
mill
mineral
miserable
misery
mix
mixture
moderate
moderation
modest
modesty
momentary
monkey
moon
moonlight
motherhood
motherly
mouse
mud
multiplication
multiply
musician
nail
native
neat
necessity
needle
neglect
nephew
nest
net
network
niece
noble
noise
nonsense
noon
northern
notebook
nowadays
nowhere
nuisance
numerous
nurse
nursery
nut
oar
obedience
obedient
obey
objection
ocean
offend
offense
oil
old-fashioned
omission
omit
onto
operator
opposition
orange
organ
ornament
outline
outward
overcome
overflow
owe
ownership
pack
package
pad
pale
pan
parcel
pardon
particle
partner
passenger
paste
pastry
path
patience
patriotic
pause
paw
pearl
peculiar
pen
penny
pencil
perfection
permanent
permission
persuade
persuasion
pet
photograph
photography
pig
pigeon
pile
pin
pinch
pink
pint
pipe
pity
plaster
plate
pleasant
plenty
plow
plural
pocket
poison
polish
polite
politician
possess
possession
possessor
postpone
pot
pour
poverty
powder
praise
preach
precious
preference
prejudice
pretend
pretenses
prevention
pride
priest
prize
procession
prompt
pronounce
pronunciation
proof
proud
pump
punctual
punish
purple
puzzle
qualification
quality
quantity
quarrel
quart
queen
rabbit
rail
rake
rank
rat
raw
ray
razor
receipt
recognition
redden
reduction
reflection
refresh
regret
rejoice
relief
relieve
remedy
rent
repair
repetition
reproduce
reproduction
republic
reputation
request
rescue
reserve
resign
resist
resistance
restaurant
revenge
reward
ribbon
rice
rid
ripe
ripen
rival
rivalry
roar
roast
rob
robbery
rod
rope
rot
rotten
row
royal
royalty
rub
rubber
rude
rug
ruin
rush
rust
sacred
sacrifice
sad
sadden
saddle
safety
sail
sailor
sake
salary
salesman
salt
sand
satisfaction
satisfactory
sauce
saw
scale
scarce
scatter
scenery
scent
scientist
scissors
scold
scorn
scrape
scratch
screen
screw
secrecy
seldom
selfish
sensitive
sentence
separation
servant
severe
sew
shade
shadow
shallow
shame
sharpen
shave
sheep
shelf
shell
shield
shine
shirt
shock
shoe
short
shower
shut
sick
signature
silence
silent
silk
silver
simplicity
sincere
sink
sir
sister
size
skin
skirt
slavery
slide
slip
slippery
slope
smoke
soap
sock
soften
solemn
solve
somebody
sometime
somewhere
sore
sorrow
sorry
soup
sour
sow
spade
spare
spell
spill
spin
spit
spite
splendid
split
spoil
spoon
stair
stamp
star
steam
steel
steep
steer
stem
stiff
stiffen
sting
stir
stocking
stomach
storm
stove
straighten
strap
straw
strengthen
strict
string
strip
stripe
stroke
student
stuff
stupid
substance
succeed
suck
sugar
suggestion
surround
suspect
suspicion
suspicious
swallow
swear
sweat
sweep
sweeten
swell
swim
sword
sympathetic
sympathy
tail
tailor
tall
tame
tap
taxi
tea
temper
temple
tempt
tender
tent
terrible
theatrical
thicken
thief
thirst
thorn
thorough
thread
threat
throat
thumb
thunder
ticket
tide
tidy
tie
tight
tighten
till
tin
tip
tire
tobacco
toe
ton
tongue
tonight
tought
towel
tower
toy
track
translate
translation
translator
trap
tray
treasure
treasury
tremble
tribe
trick
true
trunk
tube
tune
twist
ugly
umbrella
uncle
underneath
universal
upright
upset
upwards
urgent
vain
valuable
veil
verb
verse
violence
violent
virtue
visitor
vowel
voyage
waist
waiter
wake
wander
warmth
wax
weaken
wealth
weave
weed
weekday
weekend
weigh
wet
wheat
whenever
wherever
whichever
whip
whisper
whistle
whiten
whoever
whom
whose
wicked
widen
widow
widower
width
wing
wipe
wisdom
wise
wooden
wool
woolen
worm
worship
wound
wrap
wreck
wrist
yellow
yield
zero
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Again, these are the words from the general service list which have been updated since 1953 from the work of Michael West. The second 1,000 words in the high frequency word these. These are 90-95% of the most common spoken words, and 80% of the most common written ones. Learning these will be important to any new English students' basic vocabulary. This list can be used for review of words already studied, or for vocabulary building of unknown words. I suggest printing it out, I've made it into columns to make it smaller in size, originally it was over 28 pages each 1,000 words. This makes the list easier to carry; just a few pages to go through number the words you know the meaning of; maybe put a mark next to words you're not sure how to pronounce; and yet a star or different mark next to words you don't already know. There's several ways to know a word: recognizing it, knowing it's meaning, knowing how to say it or when you hear it spoken. Keep this in mind; many people have good reading skills but poor listening or speaking skills; so if you use this list as a self-study guide, please be honest with yourself what your true level is, if you want to improve your English. I will work to include a listening component to go with this list so that you can hear the pronunciation of the words; and I will also update the list with exercises and activities that will help you remember the vocabulary you've already learned. As well as keep flashcards of these words definitions for self-study.
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