The list below gives you the 1000 most frequently used English words in alphabetical order. Once you've mastered the shorter vocabulary lists, this is the next step. It would take time to learn the entire list from scratch, but you are probably already familiar with some of these words. Feel free to copy this list into your online flashcard management tool, an app, or print it out to make paper flashcards. You'll have to look up the definitions on your own either in English or in your own language. Good luck improving your English vocabulary!
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add
address
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agency
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alone
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amount
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any
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approach
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argue
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arrive
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article
artist
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ask
assume
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attention
attorney
audience
author
authority
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avoid
away
baby
back
bad
bag
ball
bank
bar
base
be
beat
beautiful
because
become
bed
before
begin
behavior
behind
believe
benefit
best
better
between
beyond
big
bill
billion
bit
black
blood
blue
board
body
book
born
both
box
boy
break
bring
brother
budget
build
building
business
but
buy
by
call
camera
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can
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candidate
capital
car
card
care
career
carry
case
catch
cause
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center
central
century
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certainly
chair
challenge
chance
change
character
charge
check
child
choice
choose
church
citizen
city
civil
claim
class
clear
clearly
close
coach
cold
collection
college
color
come
commercial
common
community
company
compare
computer
concern
condition
conference
Congress
consider
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contain
continue
control
cost
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country
couple
course
court
cover
create
crime
cultural
culture
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defense
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describe
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despite
detail
determine
develop
development
die
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discover
discuss
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disease
do
doctor
dog
door
down
draw
dream
drive
drop
drug
during
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early
east
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eat
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economy
edge
education
effect
effort
eight
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election
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energy
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enter
entire
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especially
establish
even
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everybody
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exist
expect
experience
expert
explain
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face
fact
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feel
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field
fight
figure
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fine
finger
finish
fire
firm
first
fish
five
floor
fly
focus
follow
food
foot
for
force
foreign
forget
form
former
forward
four
free
friend
from
front
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fund
future
game
garden
gas
general
generation
get
girl
give
glass
go
goal
good
government
great
green
ground
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grow
growth
guess
gun
guy
hair
half
hand
hang
happen
happy
hard
have
he
head
health
hear
heart
heat
heavy
help
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herself
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himself
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history
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hold
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interview
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investment
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itself
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keep
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kill
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kitchen
know
knowledge
land
language
large
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late
later
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law
lawyer
lay
lead
leader
learn
least
leave
left
leg
legal
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let
letter
level
lie
life
light
like
likely
line
list
listen
little
live
local
long
look
lose
loss
lot
love
low
machine
magazine
main
maintain
major
majority
make
man
manage
management
manager
many
market
marriage
material
matter
may
maybe
me
mean
measure
media
medical
meet
meeting
member
memory
mention
message
method
middle
might
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million
mind
minute
miss
mission
model
modern
moment
money
month
more
morning
most
mother
mouth
move
movement
movie
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music
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myself
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network
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news
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next
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night
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none
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order
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over
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owner
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parent
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past
patient
pattern
pay
peace
people
per
perform
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person
personal
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pick
picture
piece
place
plan
plant
play
player
PM
point
police
policy
political
politics
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popular
population
position
positive
possible
power
practice
prepare
present
president
pressure
pretty
prevent
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private
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problem
process
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product
production
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professor
program
project
property
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prove
provide
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purpose
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question
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radio
raise
range
rate
rather
reach
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ready
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reality
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remember
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result
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reveal
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right
rise
risk
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room
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safe
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science
scientist
score
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season
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security
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seek
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share
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structure
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stuff
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