General Service List

General Service List

Overview The GSL, or General Service List, is a list of words which were chosen because they were thought to be of greatest 'general' use to learners of English. How frequently they occur in English was one factor which was considered when selecting the words. The original list was compiled by Michael West in 1953. There were several problems with this list, and it was substantially revised in 1995 by John Bauman and Brent Culligan.

The original 1953 list had exactly 2000 headwords. Each of these headwords represented a word family (e.g. 'you' is the headword of the family 'your, yours, yourself'). Bauman and Culligan found that many words included in the word family should, in fact, be separate headwords (e.g. previously 'efficient' was included under the headword 'effect', but now these are two separate headwords). By separating out some of these words, the number of words in Bauman and Culligan's version of the GSL expanded from 2000 to 2284 headwords.

There are around 600,000 word families in the English language, more than twice the number of the next biggest language, German. However, although the GSL has fewer than 3,000 word families, it covers around 80% of all words in written texts (90% of words in spoken English). It was used as the basis of EFL course books, dictionaries, and graded readers for many years. This list is also important for anyone using the AWL (Academic Word List). When compiling the AWL, Averil Coxhead excluded the words from the GSL. However, many of these words are still good academic words which students need to recognise and be able to use. Examples are example , difference , although , purpose , comparison , intend , introduction , experiment . If you focus your vocabulary study only on the AWL, you may be missing some important and more common words from the GSL.

GSL (by frequency) Below are the 2284 words in the General Service List (GSL). This list is in frequency order, which is the way the words are presented by Bauman. This format is probably more useful for study than an alphabetical list.

Number Related words Frequency Word Related words NOT in GSL (1-2284) in GSL 1 69975 the 2 39175 be been, is, are, was, were, am 3 36432 of 4 28872 and 5 26800 a an 6 26190 to 7 21338 in 8 20033 he him, his 9 12458 have has, had 10 11247 it 11 10790 that

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12 9495 for 13 8555 they 14 8516 I me, my 15 7289 with within, without 16 7254 as 17 6976 not 18 6742 on 19 6164 she her, hers 20 5377 at 21 5307 by 22 5146 this these 23 4931 we us, our, ours 24 4695 you your, yours, yourself 25 4389 do does, did, done 26 4383 but 27 4371 from 28 4204 or 29 3560 which whichever 30 3480 one 31 3062 would 32 3002 all 33 2903 will willing, willingly, unwilling 34 2851 there 35 2793 say says, said, saying whoever, 36 2678 who whom 37 2378 make makes, made, making, maker 38 2333 when whenever 39 2218 can could 40 2203 more moreover 41 2199 if nobody, 42 2149 no nowhere 43 2132 man mankind men, manhood outline, 44 2099 out outside, outward 45 2035 other otherwise others 46 1986 so 47 1965 what whatever 48 1940 time times, timely 49 1895 up 50 1849 go goes, gone 51 1816 about 52 1794 than

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53 1790 into 54 1782 could can 55 1773 state states, stated, stating, statement 56 1751 only news, 57 1698 new newly newspaper 58 1673 year years, yearly 59 1618 some 60 1586 take takes, took, taken, taking 61 1577 come comes, came, coming 62 1575 these this 63 1531 know knowledge knows, knew, knowing 64 1520 see sees, seen, seeing uses, used, using, useful, 65 1512 use usefulness, useless, user 66 1488 get gets, got 67 1430 like likely likes, liked, liking, unlike 68 1377 then 69 1361 first 70 1348 any works, worked, working, 71 1315 work workings, worker, workman, workshop, workmanship 72 1314 now nowadays 73 1307 may 74 1303 such 75 1270 give gift gives, given, gave, giving overcome, 76 1239 over overflow 77 1225 think thinks, thought, thinking, thinker 78 1203 most mostly 79 1179 even 80 1086 find finds, found, finding 81 1077 day daily, daylight days 82 1070 also 83 1070 after 84 1036 way ways, wayside 85 1030 many 86 1022 must 87 1021 look looks, looked, looking 88 1018 before 89 1018 great greatcoat, greatly, greatness 90 1017 back backward backbone, background 91 987 through throughout 92 957 long

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93 949 where wherever 94 937 much 95 915 should shall 96 906 well 97 905 people 98 903 down 99 895 own ownership owns, owned, owning, owner 100 889 just justice justly, unjust, unjustly 101 883 because 102 879 good 103 878 each 104 864 those 105 853 feel feels, felt, feeling 106 853 seem seems, seemed, seeming 107 849 how however height, 108 847 high heighten, highway 109 835 too 110 835 place places, placed, placing 111 833 little 112 832 world worldwide, worldly, worldliness 113 797 very 114 792 still stillness native, 115 789 nation nations, national international handkerchief, handle, 116 784 hand hands, handy handshake, handwriting 117 780 old old-fashioned older, oldest 118 774 life live lives 119 771 tell tells, told, telling 120 768 write writes, wrote, writing 121 768 become becomes, became, becoming 122 761 here 123 755 show shows, shown, showing, showy houses, household, householder, 124 745 house housewife 125 731 both 126 730 between necessary, needs, needed, needing, needless, 127 723 need necessity needy meantime, 128 719 mean meant, meaning, means meanwhile

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129 711 call calls, called, calling develops, developed, developing, 130 710 develop development 131 707 under underneath 132 705 last 133 704 right rightly 134 703 move moves, movement 135 702 thing things 136 700 general generally 137 697 school schools 138 697 never 139 690 same 140 690 another begins, began, begun, beginning, 141 681 begin beginnings 142 680 while whilst 143 678 number numerous numbers 144 672 part particle parts, partly, partial, partially 145 668 turn turns, turning 146 664 real realise really, reality 147 662 leave leaves, leaving 148 660 might 149 654 want wants, wanted, wanting 150 645 point points, pointed, pointer 151 639 form forms, formed, forming 152 639 off 153 638 child childhood children, childish, childlike 154 634 few 155 632 small smallness 156 629 since 157 627 against 158 614 ask asks, asked, asking 159 611 late lately later homecoming, 160 611 home homemade, homes, homely homework 161 605 interest interesting 162 605 large largely 163 601 person personal, personally 164 600 end ending, endless 165 596 open opens, opened, opening, openly 166 590 public publicly 167 589 follow follows, followed, following 168 588 during 169 584 present presence presents, presented, presenting

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170 583 without with, within 171 580 again 172 577 hold holds, held, holding, holder governs, governed, governing, 173 568 govern governor government, governments 174 567 around 175 565 possible impossible possibly, possibility headache, 176 564 head heads, headed, heading headdress 177 563 consider considers, considered, considering 178 560 word words 179 560 programme programmes 180 560 problem problems 181 552 however how 182 552 lead leadership leads, led, leading, leader, leaders systems, systematic, 183 548 system systematically 184 546 set sets, setting 185 539 order orders, orderly 186 539 eye eyes, eyeing, eyed 187 538 plan plans, planned, planning 188 534 run runs, ran, running, runner 189 534 keep keeps, kept, keeping, keeper 190 534 face faces 191 534 fact facts 192 534 group groups plays, played, playing, player, 193 533 play playground, plaything 194 531 stand stands, standing, stood 195 529 increase increases, increased, increasing 196 529 early earliness 197 528 course 198 527 change changes, changed, changing helps, helped, helper, helpful, 199 523 help helpless 200 522 line lines 201 521 city citizen cities 202 513 put puts, putting 203 511 close closes, closing, closed 204 506 case cases 205 504 force forces, forcing, forced 206 501 meet meets, met, meeting 207 501 once watercourse, waterfall, 208 501 water waterpipe, waterproof, waterway,

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waterworks, watery 209 498 upon 210 496 war wars 211 496 build builds, built, building 212 496 hear hears, hearing, heard, hearer 213 496 light lighten lights, lighter, lightly, lightness union, unit, 214 495 unite unites, united, uniting unity 215 493 live life lived, living everybody, everyday, 216 492 every everyone, everything, everywhere 217 491 country countries 218 490 bring brings, bringing, brought 219 490 centre centres, center 220 489 let 221 488 side sides, sideways 222 487 try trial tries, tried, trying 223 486 provide provides, provided, providing continues, continued, continuing, 224 484 continue continuous, continuously 225 482 name names, nameless, namely 226 481 certain certainty certainly 227 480 power powerful pays, paying, paid, unpaid, 228 479 pay payment 229 473 result results 230 473 question questions 231 471 study student studies, studying, studied 232 468 woman women 233 464 member membership members 234 463 until till 235 461 far faraway, farther, farthest 236 460 night tonight nights, goodnight 237 458 always 238 458 service servant, serve services, servicing, serviced 239 458 away reports, reported, reporting, 240 457 report reporter 241 454 something 242 453 company companies weekday, 243 452 week weeks, weekly weekend

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244 451 church 245 451 toward towards 246 451 start starts, started, starting 247 449 social society socially 248 445 room rooms 249 443 figure figures 250 441 nature natural, naturally 251 440 though although 252 438 young youngster 253 437 less lessen 254 434 enough 255 433 almost 256 432 read reads, reading, reader 257 426 include inclusive includes, included, including 258 424 president presidents 259 423 nothing 260 419 yet 261 418 better 262 417 big 263 413 boy boys 264 412 cost costs businesslike, 265 412 business businesses businessman 266 411 value valuable values, valueless 267 409 second seconds, secondhand, secondly 268 407 why clears, cleared, clearing, clearly, 269 406 clear clearness expects, expected, expecting, 270 405 expect expectation 271 405 family families completes, completed, 272 401 complete completion completing acts, acted, acting, activity, 273 401 act action, active activities senses, senseless, insensible, 274 401 sense sensitive sensation, sensible, sensibly 275 400 mind minds, minded, minding 276 399 experience experiences, experienced 277 396 art artist, artists, artistic 278 395 next 279 395 near nearly direction, directs, directed, directing, 280 394 direct director directly 281 393 car cars

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laws, lawful, unlawful, lawfully, 282 393 law unlawfully, lawless 283 387 industry industries, industrial 284 386 important importance 285 381 girl girls gods, goddess, godfather, 286 379 god godmother 287 378 several 288 377 matter matters 289 376 usual usually 290 373 rather 291 371 per 292 369 often 293 369 kind unkind, kindly, kindness 294 369 among amongst 295 368 white whiten 296 365 reason reasonable reasons 297 365 action act, active actions 298 364 return returns, returned, returning feet, football, foothold, footpath, 299 364 foot footprint, footstep, footnote cares, cared, caring, careful, 300 360 care careless 301 360 simple simplicity simply 302 359 within with, without loves, loved, lovable, lover, loving, 303 358 love lovely lovingly 304 358 human humans 305 355 along appearance, 306 353 appear appears, appeared, appearing disappear 307 353 doctor doctors 308 353 believe belief believes, believed, believing 309 352 speak speech speaks, speaker 310 351 active act, action actively 311 351 student study students 312 350 month months, monthly 313 349 drive drives, drove, driven 314 348 concern concerns, concerned, concerning 315 348 best 316 348 door doors 317 346 hope hopes, hoped, hopeful, hopeless 318 345 example examples informs, informed, informing, 319 345 inform information

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320 344 body bodies, bodily, bodyguard 321 344 ever everlasting 322 343 least 323 343 probable probably, probability understands, understood, 324 343 understand understanding 325 342 reach reaches, reached, reaching 326 340 effect effective effects 327 339 different difference differently 328 337 idea ideas 329 337 whole wholly 330 335 control controls, controlled, controlling 331 333 condition conditions 332 333 field fields 333 333 pass past passes, passed, passing 334 333 fall falls, fell, fallen, 335 332 note notebook notes, noted, notepaper 336 332 special specially 337 332 talk talked, talking, talks 338 331 particular particularly 339 330 today measures, measured, measuring, 340 329 measure measurement, measurements 341 328 walk walks, walked, walking teaches, taught, teaching, 342 328 teach teachings, teacher 343 327 low lower, lowland 344 327 hour hours, hourly types, typed, typing, typewriter, 345 326 type typewrite, typist 346 326 carry carries, carrying, carried 347 324 rate rates 348 324 remain remains, remained, remaining 349 324 full 350 323 street streets 351 323 easy easily 352 323 although though 353 321 record records, recorded, recording 354 321 sit sits, sat, sitting determines, determining, 355 320 determine determined, determination 356 315 level levels 357 313 local locally 358 312 sure surely 359 312 receive receipt receives, received, receiving,

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receiver 360 311 thus 361 309 moment momentary moments 362 308 spirit spirits 363 308 train trains, trained, training 364 308 college colleges 365 307 religion religions, religious 366 307 perhaps 367 306 music musician musical, musicals 368 306 grow growth grows, growing, grown 369 305 free freedom frees, freed, freeing, freely 370 304 cause causes, caused, causing 371 302 serve servant, service serves, served, serving 372 302 age ages 373 302 book books 374 302 board boards 375 302 recent recently 376 301 sound sounds 377 301 office officer, official offices 378 300 cut cuts, cutting 379 299 step steps classification, 380 297 class classify 381 297 TRUE truth truly 382 297 history 383 296 position positions 384 296 above strength, 385 295 strong strongly strengthen friendly, 386 294 friend friends friendship 387 293 necessary necessity, need necessarily, unnecessary 388 292 add adds, adding, added 389 292 court courts, courtyard deals, dealt, dealer, dealing, 390 291 deal dealings 391 290 tax taxes, taxed, taxing 392 289 support supports, supporting, supported 393 286 party parties 394 286 whether 395 285 either 396 285 land landlord lands, landed, landing 397 285 material materials 398 285 happen happens, happened, happening 399 285 education educate, educational

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educator 400 284 death dead deaths, deathbed agrees, agreed, agreeing, 401 284 agree disagree agreement 402 283 arm arms, armour, unarmed motherhood, 403 282 mother mothers motherly 404 282 across 405 281 quite 406 281 anything 407 281 town towns 408 281 past pass 409 281 view views 410 281 society social societies manages, managed, managing, 411 280 manage management, manager 412 280 answer answers, answering, answered 413 280 break breaks, broke, breaking, breakage organises, organising, organised, organisation, organizes, 414 279 organise organized, organizing, organization 415 277 half halve 416 276 fire fires, firing 417 276 lose loss loses, losing, lost 418 275 money stops, stopped, stopping, 419 275 stop stoppage, stopper 420 275 actual actually 421 274 already 422 274 effort 423 273 wait waiter waits, waited, waiting 424 273 department departments 425 273 able ability politician, 426 272 political politically politics 427 271 learn learns, learned, learning 428 271 voice voices 429 269 air 430 269 together 431 269 shall should 432 269 cover covers, covered, covering commonly, uncommon, 433 269 common commonsense 434 268 subject subjects

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435 266 draw draws 436 265 short shorten shortly, shortness 437 265 wife wives 438 265 treat treats, treated, treating 439 263 limit limits, limitation 440 262 road roads, roadside 441 262 letter letters colours, colouring, color, colors, 442 260 colour coloring 443 260 behind product, 444 258 produce produces, produced, producing production 445 258 send sends, sent, sending 446 258 term terms 447 257 total totals, totally 448 256 university universities 449 254 rise rises, rose, risen, rising 450 254 century centuries 451 253 success succeed successes 452 253 minute minutes remembers, remembered, 453 251 remember remembering 454 250 purpose purposes 455 250 test testing, tests, tested 456 248 fight fights, fighter watches, watched, watching, 457 247 watch watchful, watchfulness 458 247 situation situations southeast, southeastern, 459 246 south southern, southward, southwest, southwestern 460 246 ago 461 245 difference different differences 462 245 stage stages 463 244 father fathers 464 243 table tables 465 242 rest rests, rested, resting 466 242 bear bears, bearing 467 240 entire entirely 468 240 market markets prepares, prepared, preparing, 469 240 prepare preparation explains, explained, explaining, 470 240 explain explanation 471 239 offer offers, offering, offered

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472 239 plant plants, planter 473 238 charge charges, charged, charging 474 238 ground grounds, groundwork 475 238 west western 476 237 picture pictures 477 237 hard harden hardness 478 234 front 479 233 lie liar lies, lied, lying 480 232 modern modernise 481 231 dark darken darkness 482 230 surface surfaces 483 230 rule ruled, rules, ruling regards, regarded, regarding, 484 230 regard disregard regardless 485 229 dance dances, danced, dancing 486 229 peace peaceful 487 227 observe observes, observed, observing 488 227 future 489 227 wall walls 490 225 farm farms 491 225 claim claims, claimed, claiming 492 225 firm firmly, firmness operate, 493 223 operation operations operator 494 223 further 495 223 pressure press pressures, pressured, pressuring 496 222 property 497 222 morning mornings 498 222 amount 499 221 top out, outline, 500 221 outside outward 501 221 piece pieces 502 221 sometimes 503 220 beauty beautiful, beautifully 504 220 trade trades, trading, trader, tradesman 505 220 fear fears, feared, fearful, fearless 506 220 demand demands, demanded, demanding wonders, wondered, wondering, 507 220 wonder wonderful, wonderfully 508 219 list lists 509 219 accept accepts, accepted, accepting 510 218 judge judges, judgment 511 218 paint paints, painted, painter, painters 512 217 mile miles, mileage, milestone

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513 217 soon sooner 514 215 responsible responsibility 515 214 allow allowance allows, allowed, allowing 516 214 secretary secretaries 517 214 heart hearts unit, unite, 518 213 union unions unity 519 213 slow slowly, slowness 520 213 island islands 521 213 enter entrance enters, entered, entering 522 213 drink drinks, drunk, drank, drinking 523 212 story stories experiments, experimental, 524 211 experiment experimentally 525 211 stay stays, stayed, staying 526 210 paper 527 210 space spaced, spacing, spaces 528 210 apply application applies, applied, applying decision, decides, deciding, decided, 529 209 decide decisive decidedly 530 208 share shares, shared, sharing 531 207 desire desires, desiring, desired 532 207 spend spends, spent, spending signal, 533 207 sign signs signature 534 206 therefore 535 206 various variety variously 536 206 visit visitor visits, visiting 537 205 supply supplies, supplying, supplied 538 205 officer office, official officers doubts, doubted, doubting, 539 205 doubt doubtful, doubtless 540 204 private 541 204 immediate immediately 542 204 wish wishes, wished, wishing contains, contained, containing, 543 204 contain container 544 204 feed feeds, fed, feeding 545 204 raise raises, raised, raising 546 204 describe description described, describes, describing 547 203 ready horses, horseback, horseman, 548 203 horse horseshoe 549 202 son sons 550 202 exist existence exists, existed, existing

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551 202 north northern northeast, northwest, northwards 552 201 suggest suggestion suggests, suggested, suggesting 553 200 station stations 554 200 effective effect effectively 555 199 food 556 199 deep deepen, depth deeply 557 198 wide widen, width 558 197 alone 559 196 character characters 560 195 english 561 196 happy happily 562 196 critic critics, critical union, unite, 563 195 unit units unity produce, 564 195 product products production respects, respected, respecting, 565 195 respect disrespect respectful 566 195 drop drops, dropped, dropping 567 195 nor 568 195 fill fills, filled, filling 569 194 cold coldly, coldness represents, represented, 570 193 represent representative representing 571 193 sudden suddenly 572 192 basic base, basis 573 192 kill kills, killed, killing 574 191 fine finely, fineness 575 191 trouble troubles, troubled, troublesome 576 191 mark marks, marked, marking 577 191 single singly 578 190 press pressure 579 189 heavy heavily 580 189 attempt attempts 581 189 origin original, originality, originally 582 189 standard standards, standardise every, everyday, 583 188 everything everyone, everybody, everywhere 584 188 committee committees immoral, immorality, morality, 585 188 moral morally 586 187 black

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587 186 red redden 588 186 bad badly, badness 589 186 earth earthly, earthworm, earthy 590 185 accord 591 185 else elsewhere 592 185 mere merely 593 184 die dies, died, dying 594 184 remark remarks, remarked, remarking 595 184 basis base, basic 596 184 except exception excepting 597 183 equal equally, equality 598 183 east 599 183 event eventful, uneventful employs, employing, employed, 600 183 employ employee unemployed, employer, employers, employment defend, 601 183 defence defense defendant 602 183 smile smiles, smiled, smiling 603 183 river rivers improves, improved, improving, 604 183 improve improvement, improvements 605 182 game games 606 181 detail details, detailed 607 181 account accounts, accounted, accounting 608 181 cent cents 609 181 sort 610 180 reduce reduction reduces, reduced, reducing 611 180 club clubs 612 180 buy buys, buying, bought attend, 613 180 attention attentive ships, shipbuilding, shipment, 614 180 ship shipper, shipwreck 615 179 decision decide, decisive decisions 616 178 wear wears, wore, worn 617 178 inside 618 178 win wins, won, winning 619 178 suppose 620 178 ride rides, riding, rode operation, 621 177 operate operates, operated, operating operator realises, realised, realising, 622 177 realise real realisation, realize, realizes, realized, realizing, realization

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623 177 sale salesman sales 624 177 choose choice chooses, chose, chosen, choosing 625 177 park parks 626 177 square 627 176 vote votes, voted, voting, voter 628 176 price prices 629 176 district districts 630 175 dead death 631 175 foreign foreigner 632 175 window windows 633 175 beyond 634 174 direction direct, director directions 635 174 strike strikes, struck, striking 636 174 instead 637 173 trial try trials practise, practises, practised, 638 173 practice practical practising 639 173 catch catches 640 172 opportunity opportunities 641 172 likely like unlikely recognises, recognised, 642 170 recognise recognition recognising, recognize, recognizing, recognized 643 170 permit permission permits, permitted, permitting 644 170 serious seriously 645 170 attack attacks 646 170 floor floors 647 168 association associations 648 168 spring springs, sprang, sprung 649 167 lot 650 167 stock stocks 651 167 lack lacks, lacked, lacking 652 167 hair scientific, 653 167 science sciences scientist 654 166 relation relate, relative relations 655 166 profession professions, professional 656 166 pattern patterns 657 165 quick quickly, quickness 658 164 medical medicine medicals, medically 659 165 influence influential influences, influenced, influencing 660 165 occasion occasions, occasional, occasionally 661 165 machine machinery machines 662 164 compare comparison compares, compared, comparing 663 163 husband

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664 163 blue 665 163 international nation 666 162 fair unfair, fairly, unfairly 667 162 especially especial 668 162 indeed imaginary, imagines, imagined, imagining, 669 162 imagine imaginative imagination 670 162 surprise surprises, surprising, surprisingly 671 162 average 672 161 official office, officer officials, officially 673 161 temperature 674 161 difficult difficulty 675 160 sing song sings, sang, sung, singer, singers 676 160 hit hits 677 160 tree trees 678 160 race races 679 160 police policeman 680 160 touch touches, touched, touching 681 159 relative relate, relation relatives 682 159 throw throws, thrown, threw, throwing 683 159 quality qualities 684 159 former formerly 685 158 pull pulls, pulled, pulling 686 157 chance chances 687 157 prove proof proves, proved, proving argues, argued, arguing, 688 157 argue argument, arguments settled, settles, settling, 689 157 settle settlement, settler 690 156 growth grow growths 691 156 date dates 692 156 heat heating 693 155 save safe, safety saves, saving, saved 694 155 performance perform performances 695 155 count counts, counting, counted produce, 696 155 production product 697 154 listen listened, listens, listening, listener 698 152 main mainly, mainland 699 154 pick picked, picks, picking, peck 700 154 size sizes 701 152 cool coolly, coolness 702 152 army armies 703 152 patient patience patients, patiently 704 151 combine combines, combining, combined,

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combination 705 151 summer 706 151 hall halls 707 151 slight slightly 708 151 command commands enjoys, enjoyed, enjoying, 709 151 enjoy enjoyable, enjoyment 710 151 length lengthen 711 150 proper properly, improper, improperly 712 150 express expression expresses, expressed, expressing 713 150 health heal healthy 714 150 chief chiefly 715 149 evening 716 149 store stores, stored, storing 717 149 language languages 718 148 degree degrees 719 148 lay lays, laid 720 147 current currents guns, gunboat, gunner, 721 147 gun gunpowder 722 147 dog dogs 723 147 hotel hotels 724 147 strange strangely, strangeness, stranger 725 147 separate separation separately 726 146 boat boats 727 146 fail failure fails, failed, failing 728 146 clean cleanly, cleanness 729 146 dress dresses 730 146 anyone 731 146 gain gains, gained, gaining 732 146 pain pains, painful, painfully 733 145 object objection objects, objected, objecting 734 145 knowledge know dependence, depends, depended, depending, 735 145 depend dependent dependant relation, 736 145 relate relates, related, relating relative 737 145 below 738 144 dollar dollars 739 144 advance advanced shapes, shaped, shaping, 740 144 shape shapeless arranges, arranged, arranging, 741 144 arrange arrangement, arrangements 742 144 population

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743 144 yes 744 144 sell sells, sold, selling, seller 745 144 mention mentioned, mentions, mentioning 746 144 dry dryly, dryness 747 144 check checks, checked, checking 748 144 poet poets, poetry, poetic sleeps, slept, sleeping, sleepless, 749 143 sleep sleepiness 750 143 join joint joins, joined 751 143 hot hotly 752 143 bed bedroom beds, bedding 753 143 electric electrician electricity 754 143 dream dreams, dreamy 755 142 due 756 142 season seasons 757 142 manner manners 758 142 fit fits, fitting, fitness 759 142 left 760 141 progress progresses, progressed 761 141 neither strengthen, 762 141 strength strong notices, noticed, noticing, 763 140 notice noticeable 764 140 finish finishes, finished, finishing 765 140 opinion opinions 766 140 bill bills 767 140 western west westerns 768 140 truth TRUE truthful, truthfulness 769 138 wrong wrongly 770 138 travel travels, travelled, travelling 771 138 suit suits, suited 772 137 bank banks 773 137 exact exactly honourable, dishonour, 774 137 honour dishonourable 775 137 brother brothers 776 136 quiet quieten, quietly, quietness 777 136 marry marriage marries, marrying, married 778 136 corner corners hand, handkerchief, 779 135 handle handles handshake, handwriting 780 135 danger dangerous

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781 135 hospital hospitals 782 135 pool pools 783 135 promise promised 784 135 blood bleed 785 135 shoot shot, shoots, shooting 786 135 scene scenery scenes 787 134 literature literary 788 134 arrive arrived, arrives, arriving, arrival 789 134 film films 790 133 base basic, basis bases, based, basing 791 133 freedom free 792 133 bar bars 793 133 maybe 794 133 hang hangs, hanged, hung, hanging 795 133 suffer suffers, suffering, sufferer 796 133 manufacture manufactures 797 132 frequent frequency 798 132 rock rocks, rocked, rocking 799 132 loss lose losses 800 131 burn burns, burned, burnt, burning suns, sunbeam, sunburnt, 801 131 sun sunlight, sunny, sunrise, sunset, sunshine 802 131 audience audiences 803 130 essential essence essentially 804 130 glass glasses, glassy 805 130 prevent prevention prevents, preventing, preventive 806 130 poem poems 807 130 poor poverty 808 130 inch inches 809 129 song sing songs 810 129 skill skills, skilled, skilful, skilfully postage, postal, postman, 811 129 post postmaster 812 129 popular popularly, popularity 813 129 radio radios 814 129 animal animals consciousness, unconscious, 815 128 conscious unconsciously, unconsciousness 816 128 worth worthless, worthwhile 817 128 eat eats, ate, eaten, eating 818 128 election elect elections, electorate 819 128 faith faiths, faithful, faithfully 820 128 wave waves, waved, waving, wavy 821 128 murder

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822 128 model models forgets, forgot, forgetting, 823 128 forget forgotten, forgetful, forgetfulness extension, 824 127 extend extensive, extends, extended, extending extent 825 127 edge 826 127 distance distant distances 827 127 memory memorial, memorise recommends, recommended, 828 127 recommend recommending, recommendation 829 126 division divide divisions 830 126 staff 831 126 leg legs 832 126 discussion discuss discussions 833 126 address addresses 834 126 fly flies, flew, flying depend, 835 125 dependent dependents dependence 836 125 ball balls 837 125 shake shakes, shaken, shaking 838 125 frame framework frames 839 125 extreme extremes, extremely 840 124 engineer engine engineers, engineering 841 124 thick thicken thickly, thickness comforting, comfortable, 842 124 comfort discomfort uncomfortable 843 124 latter 844 124 camp camps, camped, camping 845 124 oil oily discovers, discovering, discovered, 846 124 discover discovery discoverer examines, examined, examining, 847 124 examine examination, examinations 848 123 difficulty difficult difficulties 849 123 tooth teeth 850 123 middle 851 123 choice choose choices 852 123 refer reference referring, referred, refers 853 123 enemy enemies 854 123 practical practice practically 855 122 marriage marry marriages 856 122 bridge bridges declares, declared, declaring, 857 122 declare declaration

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858 122 lady ladies 859 122 cross crosses, crossing, crossings 860 122 daily day, daylight 861 122 afternoon afternoons attention, 862 121 attend attends, attended, attending attentive direct, 863 121 director directors direction 864 121 balance balances, balancing, balanced 865 121 wash washes, washed, washing 866 121 capital capitals 867 120 speed 868 120 block blocks 869 120 citizen city citizens 870 119 mouth mouths, mouthful 871 119 hill hills, hillside, hilly 872 118 green pleasant, 873 118 please pleases, pleased, pleasing pleasure 874 118 motor motors 875 118 agency agent agencies encourages, encouraged, 876 118 encourage courage encouraging, encouragement 877 118 governor govern governors 878 117 worry worrying, worries, worried 879 117 affair affairs 880 117 shoulder shoulders 881 117 bright brighten 882 116 mass 883 116 sample samples 884 116 pretty prettily, prettiness 885 116 repeat repetition repeats, repeated, repeating 886 115 roll rolls, rolled, rolling, roller 887 115 push pushed, pushing, pushes 888 115 trip trips 889 115 council councils 890 115 clothe cloth clothes, clothing 891 115 parent parents, parental 892 115 forward forwards 893 114 sharp sharpen sharply 894 114 straight straighten 895 113 gas gases 896 113 weight weigh weights 897 113 discuss discussion discusses, discussed, discussing 898 113 fix fixes, fixed, fixing

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899 113 load masters, mastered, mastering, 900 112 master masterful, masterly, masterpiece, mastery 901 112 whatever what 902 112 round roundabout 903 112 rapid rapidly, rapidity laughs, laughed, laughing, 904 112 laugh laughter laughable 905 111 finger fingers 906 111 spot spots, spotted, spotless 907 110 propose proposes, proposed, proposing 908 110 shop shops, shopkeeper, shopkeeping breadth, 909 110 broad broadcast replaces, replaced, replacing, 910 110 replace irreplaceable 911 110 reply replies, replied, replying extend, 912 110 extent extensive, extents extension 913 109 lock locks, locked, locking, unlock 914 109 employee employ employees 915 109 ahead 916 109 sight 917 109 spread spreads, spreading 918 109 wind winds, winding approves, approved, approving, 919 109 approve disapprove approval destruction, 920 109 destroy destroys, destroyed, destroying destructive 921 108 none 922 108 pound pounds 923 108 fame famous 924 108 importance important 925 107 reflect reflection reflects, reflecting, reflected 926 107 advantage advantages 927 107 match matches regularly, regularity, irregular, 928 107 regular irregularly, irregularity 929 107 wage wages 930 107 refuse refuses, refused, refusing, refusal 931 107 existence exist 932 106 hardly 933 106 perform performance performs, performed, performing,

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1487 45 hurt hurts, hurting 1488 45 excess excessive 1489 44 quantity quantities 1490 44 fun funny 1491 44 mud muddy extend, 1492 44 extension extensive, extensions extent 1493 44 recognition recognize 1494 44 kiss kisses, kissed, kissing 1495 44 crop crops 1496 44 sail sailor sails, sailed, sailing attract, 1497 44 attractive attraction 1498 44 habit habits 1499 44 relieve relief relieves, relieved, relieving 1500 44 wisdom wise 1501 44 persuade persuasion persuades, persuaded, persuading 1502 43 certainty certain uncertainty 1503 43 cloth clothe cloths 1504 43 eager eagerly 1505 43 deserve deserves, deserved, deserving 1506 43 sympathetic sympathy sympathetically 1507 43 cure cures, cured, curing 1508 43 trap traps, trapped, trapping, trapper 1509 43 puzzle puzzles, puzzled, puzzling 1510 43 powder powdery 1511 43 raw rawness 1512 43 mankind man 1513 43 glad gladly 1514 43 blame blames, blamed, blaming 1515 43 whenever when 1516 43 anxiety anxious 1517 42 bus buses 1518 42 tremble trembles 1519 42 sacred sacrifice 1520 42 fortunate fortune fortunately 1521 42 glory glorious, gloriously 1522 42 golden gold 1523 42 neat neatly, neatness 1524 42 weekend week, weekday weekends 1525 42 treasury treasure overcomes, overcame, 1526 42 overcome over, overflow overcoming 1527 42 cat cats

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1528 42 sacrifice sacred sacrifices complains, complained, 1529 42 complain complaint complaining 1530 42 elect election elects, elected, electing 1531 41 roar roars, roared, roaring 1532 41 sake 1533 41 temple temples 1534 41 self selfish competition, 1535 41 compete competes, competed, competing competitor 1536 41 nurse nursery nurses 1537 41 stuff 1538 41 stomach stomachs 1539 41 peculiar peculiarly 1540 41 repair repairs, repaired, repairing 1541 41 storm storms, stormy 1542 41 ton 1543 41 desert deserts, deserted 1544 41 allowance allow 1545 41 servant serve, service servants 1546 41 hunger hungry 1547 41 conscience 1548 41 bread 1549 41 crash crashes, crashed, crashing 1550 40 tip tips, tipped, tipping strength, strengthens, strengthened, 1551 40 strengthen strong strengthening 1552 40 proof prove proofs 1553 40 generous generosity, generously 1554 40 sir 1555 40 tonight night 1556 40 whip whips 1557 40 tongue tongues 1558 40 mill mills, miller 1559 40 merchant merchants 1560 40 coal 1561 40 ruin ruins 1562 40 introduction introduce introductions 1563 40 courage encourage courageous 1564 40 actor actress actors 1565 40 belt belts 1566 39 stir stirs, stirred, stirring 1567 39 package pack punishes, punished, punishing, 1568 39 punish punishment

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1569 39 reflection reflect reflections 1570 39 breathe breath breathing 1571 39 anywhere amuses, amused, amusing, 1572 39 amuse amusement 1573 39 dull dullness 1574 39 fate 1575 39 net nets 1576 39 fellowship fellow fellowships 1577 39 fault faultless, faulty 1578 39 furniture furnish 1579 39 beam beams 1580 39 pencil pencils 1581 39 border borders disappoints, disappointed, 1582 39 disappoint disappointing, disappointment 1583 38 flame flames, flaming 1584 38 joke jokes 1585 38 bless blesses, blessing, blessed 1586 38 corn 1587 38 shell shells 1588 38 tempt tempts, tempter, temptation 1589 38 supper suppers destroy, 1590 38 destruction destructive 1591 38 dive dives, diving, diver 1592 38 anxious anxiety 1593 38 shine shines, shone, shining 1594 38 cheap cheaply 1595 38 dish dishes 1596 38 distant distance distantly 1597 38 greet greeting 1598 37 flood floods 1599 37 excuse excuses 1600 37 insect insects 1601 37 ocean oceans ceremonies, ceremonial, 1602 37 ceremony ceremonious 1603 37 decrease decreases, decreased, decreasing 1604 37 prize prizes 1605 37 harm harmful, harmless 1606 37 insure insurance insures, insured, insuring 1607 37 verse verses 1608 37 pot pots 1609 37 sincere sincerely

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1610 36 cotton 1611 36 leaf leafless, leafy 1612 36 rub rubs, rubbed, rubbing 1613 36 medicine medical medicines 1614 36 stroke strokes 1615 36 bite bit bites 1616 36 lung lungs 1617 36 lonely loneliness 1618 36 admission admit admissions 1619 36 stupid stupidity, stupidly 1620 36 scratch scratches, scratched, scratching 1621 36 composition compose compositions 1622 36 broadcast breadth, broad 1623 36 drum drums 1624 36 resist resistance resists, resisting, resisted 1625 36 neglect neglects, neglected 1626 35 absent absence 1627 35 passenger passage passengers 1628 35 adventure adventures 1629 35 beg begs, begging, begged, beggar 1630 35 pipe pipes 1631 35 beard beards 1632 35 bold boldly mean, 1633 35 meanwhile meantime 1634 35 devil devils 1635 35 cheer cheerful, cheerfully 1636 35 nut nuts 1637 35 split splits, splitting 1638 35 melt melts, melted, melting 1639 35 swear swears, swearing, swore, sworn 1640 35 sugar 1641 35 bury buries, buried, burying, burial 1642 35 wipe wipes, wiped, wiping faints, fainted, fainting, faintly, 1643 35 faint faintness 1644 35 creature creatures 1645 35 tail tails 1646 35 wealth wealthy 1647 34 earnest translation, 1648 34 translate translates, translated, translating translator suspect, 1649 34 suspicion suspicions suspicious 1650 34 noble nobleman, nobleness, nobly

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1651 34 inquiry inquire inquiries 1652 34 journey journeys 1653 34 hesitate hesitation hesitates, hesitated, hesitating 1654 34 extraordinary ordinary extraordinarily 1655 34 borrow borrows, borrowed, borrowing 1656 34 owe owes, owed, owing 1657 34 funeral funerals 1658 34 ambition ambitious ambitions 1659 34 mixture mix mixtures 1660 34 slope slopes, sloped, sloping 1661 34 criminal crime criminals 1662 34 seldom 1663 34 map maps 1664 34 spin spins, spinning, spun 1665 34 praise praises, praised, praising 1666 34 spare ploughed, ploughs, ploughing, 1667 33 plough plows, plowed, plowing 1668 33 telegraph 1669 33 barrel barrels straightens, straightening, 1670 33 straighten straight straightened 1671 33 scarce scarcity, scarcely 1672 33 lunch lunches 1673 33 slavery slave 1674 33 creep creeps 1675 33 sweat 1676 33 gay gaiety gaily 1677 33 stiff stiffen stiffly, stiffness 1678 33 brave bravery bravely 1679 33 seize seizes, seized, seizing 1680 33 convenient convenience 1681 33 horizon horizontal horizons 1682 33 moderate moderation moderately complicates, complicated, 1683 33 complicate complication complicating 1684 33 dig digs, dug, digging 1685 33 curse curses 1686 33 weigh weight weighs, weighed, weighing 1687 33 priest priests 1688 33 excessive excess excessively quarrels, quarrelled, quarrelling, 1689 33 quarrel quarrelsome 1690 32 widow widower widows 1691 32 modest modesty modestly

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1692 32 dine dinner dines, dining political, 1693 32 politician politicians politics 1694 32 custom customer education, educates, educating, educated, 1695 32 educate educator uneducated 1696 32 salesman sale salesmen 1697 32 nail nails 1698 32 tap taps, tapped, tapping 1699 32 eastern easterly possess, 1700 32 possession possessions possessor satisfy, satisfactory, 1701 32 satisfaction dissatisfaction, dissatisfy 1702 32 behave behavior behaves, behaved, behaving 1703 32 mercy merciful, merciless 1704 31 scatter scatters, scattered, scattering 1705 31 objection object objectionable 1706 31 silver silvery 1707 31 tent tents 1708 31 saddle saddles wraps, wrapped, wrapping, 1709 31 wrap wrapper 1710 31 nest nests 1711 31 grind grinds, grindstone 1712 31 spell spells, spelled, spelling 1713 31 plaster 1714 31 arch arched, archway 1715 31 swell swells, swelled, swelling 1716 31 friendship friend, friendly friendships 1717 31 bath bathe baths 1718 30 bundle bundles 1719 30 grateful 1720 30 crown crowns 1721 30 boundary boundaries 1722 30 nowhere no, nobody 1723 30 asleep 1724 30 clock clocks, clockwork 1725 30 boil boils, boiled, boiling, boiler 1726 30 altogether 1727 30 lend lends, lent 1728 30 holiday holidays 1729 30 precious

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1730 30 wander wanders, wandered, wandering 1731 30 ugly 1732 30 reputation reputations 1733 30 ticket tickets 1734 30 pretend pretense pretends, pretending, pretended dismisses, dismissed, dismissing, 1735 30 dismiss dismissal 1736 30 delicate delicately 1737 29 despair despairs, despaired, despairing 1738 29 awake wake awoke, awaking 1739 29 tea 1740 29 FALSE 1741 29 fortune fortunate fortunes 1742 29 cap caps 1743 29 thread threads 1744 29 haste hasten hasty, hastily 1745 29 bare 1746 29 shirt shirts 1747 29 bargain bargains 1748 28 leather 1749 28 rail railroad rails, railway 1750 28 butter 1751 28 dot dots 1752 28 inquire inquiry inquires, inquired, inquiring 1753 28 warmth warm decide, 1754 28 decisive decisively decision 1755 28 vessel vessels 1756 28 pity 1757 28 steam steamer, steamship 1758 28 pin pins 1759 28 bound bind bounded, bounds 1760 28 companion companionship companions 1761 28 toe toes 1762 28 reward rewards, rewarded, rewarding 1763 28 forbid forbids, forbidden 1764 28 wherever where 1765 28 tower towers 1766 27 bathe bath bathed, bathes 1767 27 lodge lodges, lodging, lodged 1768 27 swallow swallowed, swallowing, swallows 1769 27 multiply multiplication multiplies, multiplied, multiplying 1770 27 bow bows, bowing, bowed 1771 27 kingdom king kingdoms 1772 27 garage garages

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1773 27 permission permit 1774 27 pump pumps, pumped, pumping 1775 27 prevention prevent 1776 27 urgent urgently 1777 27 aunt aunts 1778 27 zero 1779 27 idle idleness, idly 1780 27 fever fevers, feverish, feverishly 1781 27 christmas 1782 27 regret regrets, regretted, regretting 1783 26 jaw jaws 1784 26 soap soapy pronounces, pronounced, 1785 26 pronounce pronunciation pronouncing, mispronounce 1786 26 empire empires 1787 26 bowl bowls out, outside, 1788 26 outline outward 1789 26 organ organs 1790 26 imitation imitate 1791 26 caution cautious 1792 26 mineral mine minerals disagrees, disagreed, disagreeing, 1793 26 disagree agree disagreement 1794 26 blade blades 1795 26 trick tricks 1796 26 treasure treasury treasurer, treasurers 1797 26 immense 1798 25 convenience convenient inconvenience, inconvenient disapproves, disapproved, 1799 25 disapprove approve disapproving, disapproval destroy, 1800 25 destructive destructively destruction 1801 25 fork forks 1802 25 noon 1803 25 ownership own 1804 25 tune tunes 1805 25 polish polishes, polished, polishing 1806 25 poison poisonous shames, shamed, shaming, 1807 25 shame shameful, shameless 1808 25 loyalty loyal 1809 25 cottage cottages astonishes, astonished, 1810 25 astonish astonishing, astonishment

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1811 25 shave shaves, shaved, shaving 1812 25 feather feathers 1813 25 sauce sauces 1814 25 lid lids 1815 25 debt debts 1816 25 fade fades, faded, fading 1817 25 confess confession confesses, confessed, confessing 1818 25 classification class, classify descendant, 1819 24 descend descends, descended, descending descent 1820 24 cape capes 1821 24 mild mildly, mildness 1822 24 clever 1823 24 envelope envelopes invent, 1824 24 invention inventions inventor 1825 24 sheep 1826 24 splendid splendidly 1827 24 stamp stamps 1828 24 float floats, floating, floated 1829 24 brick bricks 1830 24 rice business, businessmen, businesswoman, 1831 24 businessman businesslike businesswomen 1832 24 backward back 1833 24 qualification qualify qualifications 1834 24 artificial attract, 1835 24 attraction attractive 1836 24 lamp lamps 1837 24 curl curls, curling, curled, curly 1838 23 shower showers 1839 23 elder 1840 23 bunch bunches 1841 23 bell bells 1842 23 steer steers, steered, steering 1843 23 flavor 1844 23 spit spits, spat, spitting 1845 23 rob robs, robbed, robbing 1846 23 cream interrupts, interrupted, 1847 23 interrupt interruption interrupting 1848 23 pen pens 1849 23 weave weaves, wove, woven 1850 23 orange oranges

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1851 23 rescue rescues, rescued, rescuing 1852 23 crush crushes, crushed, crushing 1853 23 humble humbly 1854 23 fancy fanciful 1855 23 decay decays, decaying, decayed 1856 23 polite politely, politeness 1857 23 tribe tribes 1858 22 bleed blood bleeds 1859 22 coin coins 1860 22 fond 1861 22 autumn class, 1862 22 classify classified, classifying classification 1863 22 omit omits, omitted, omitting 1864 22 loyal loyalty 1865 22 needle needles 1866 22 lessen less lessens, lessened, lessening 1867 22 complaint complain complaints 1868 22 pad pads, padded, padding 1869 22 steep 1870 22 skirt skirts 1871 22 curtain curtains calculate, 1872 22 calculation calculator 1873 22 laughter laugh 1874 22 solemn solemnly 1875 22 grease greasy 1876 22 interfere interference interferes, interfered, interfering 1877 22 explode explosion explodes, exploded, exploding 1878 22 fasten fastener 1879 21 flag flags resigned, resigns, resigning, 1880 21 resign resignation 1881 21 postpone 1882 21 patience patient boasts, boasting, boasted, 1883 21 boast boastful 1884 21 rope ropes 1885 21 envy envies, envied, envious 1886 21 aeroplane airplane, aeroplanes, airplanes 1887 21 rid rids 1888 21 shield shields, shielded, shielding 1889 21 veil veils 1890 21 kneel knee kneels, kneeled, kneeling 1891 21 tray trays

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1892 21 explosive explosively 1893 21 brass 1894 21 taxi taxis 1895 21 wax 1896 21 duck ducks buttons, buttoned, buttoning, 1897 21 button unbutton invention, 1898 21 invent invents, invented, inventing inventor 1899 20 remedy remedies 1900 20 bush bushes 1901 20 thunder 1902 20 weaken weak weakens, weakened, weakening 1903 20 poverty poor 1904 20 scrape scrapes, scraped, scraping 1905 20 arrow arrows 1906 20 tender tenderly, tenderness 1907 20 cruel cruelly, cruelty 1908 20 soften soft softens, softening, softened 1909 20 mouse mice 1910 20 hay 1911 20 anyhow 1912 20 alike 1913 20 circular circle 1914 20 juice juicy 1915 20 shelf shelves 1916 20 bake bakes, baked, baking 1917 20 hatred 1918 20 cautious caution cautiously 1919 19 basket baskets 1920 19 wreck wrecked, wrecking, wreckage 1921 19 width wide, widen confidence, 1922 19 confident confidents confidential 1923 19 log logs 1924 19 heap heaps 1925 19 suck sucks, sucked, sucking 1926 19 ladder ladders 1927 19 gap gaps obedience, 1928 19 obey obeyed, obeys, obeying obedient 1929 19 hut huts 1930 19 axe axes translate, 1931 19 translation translations translator

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1932 19 collar collars 1933 19 delivery deliver deliveries reproduces, reproduced, 1934 19 reproduce reproduction reproducing 1935 19 confession confess confessions 1936 19 pan pans 1937 19 prejudice prejudiced, unprejudiced 1938 19 voyage voyages 1939 19 tobacco 1940 18 simplicity simple 1941 18 paste pastes, pasted, pasting 1942 18 cake cakes 1943 18 elephant elephants 1944 18 ribbon ribbons 1945 18 harvest 1946 18 ashamed 1947 18 cave caves 1948 18 customary 1949 18 thief thieves 1950 18 damp 1951 18 sew sews, sewing, sewn 1952 18 rust rusty 1953 18 separation separate separations 1954 18 waiter wait waiters, waitress, waitresses 1955 18 pet pets 1956 18 straw straws 1957 18 upset upsets, upsetting 1958 18 towel towels refreshing, refreshed, refreshes, 1959 18 refresh refreshment, refreshments 1960 17 essence essential 1961 17 fur 1962 17 ambitious ambition defend, 1963 17 defendant defendants defence 1964 17 daylight daily, day 1965 17 dip dips, dipped, dipping suspect, 1966 17 suspicious suspiciously suspicion imaginative, 1967 17 imaginary imagine 1968 17 ash 1969 17 carriage carriages educate, 1970 17 educator educators education

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saws, sawed, sawn, sawdust, 1971 17 saw sawmill 1972 17 stove stoves 1973 17 rubber 1974 17 rug rugs 1975 17 misery miserable 1976 17 awkward awkwardly, awkwardness 1977 17 rival rivalry rivals 1978 16 roast roasting, roasted 1979 16 deed deeds 1980 16 preference prefer preferences 1981 16 explosion explode explosions 1982 16 theatrical theatre theatrically cultivation, 1983 16 cultivate cultivates, cultivating, cultivated cultivator collect, 1984 16 collector collectors collection 1985 16 miserable misery miserably 1986 16 wrist wrists 1987 16 rabbit rabbits 1988 16 accustom 1989 16 tide tides, tidal 1990 16 insult insults, insulted, insulting 1991 16 thumb thumbs 1992 16 lump lumps 1993 16 annoy annoyance annoyed, annoys, annoying 1994 16 toy toys 1995 16 heal health heals, healed, healing 1996 16 shallow shallowness 1997 16 repetition repeat repetitions 1998 16 soup 1999 15 whistle whistles, whistling 2000 15 scenery scene 2001 15 apple apples 2002 15 offence offend offense 2003 15 cork corkscrew 2004 15 ripe ripen 2005 15 temper 2006 15 sore 2007 15 pinch pinches 2008 15 diamond diamonds 2009 15 razor razors imaginary, 2010 15 imaginative imaginatively imagine 2011 15 hook hooks

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2012 15 copper 2013 15 landlord land landlords 2014 14 influential influence influentially 2015 14 rot rots, rotted, rotting 2016 14 hollow hollows 2017 14 enclose enclosure encloses, enclosed, enclosing 2018 14 harden hard hardens, hardened, hardening 2019 14 wicked wickedly, wickedness 2020 14 stiffen stiff stiffens, stiffening, stiffened 2021 14 silk silkworm, silky 2022 14 upright 2023 14 selfish self 2024 14 stripe striped 2025 14 pig pigs 2026 14 inward inwards, inwardly 2027 14 excellence excellent 2028 14 rake rakes, raking, raked 2029 14 purple 2030 14 hasten haste hastens, hastened, hastening 2031 14 shorten short shortens, shortened, shortening 2032 14 applause applaud 2033 14 ache aches 2034 14 apology apologies 2035 14 knot knots 2036 14 nephew nephews 2037 14 cushion cushions, cushioned 2038 14 drown drowns, drowning, drowned 2039 14 nursery nurse nurseries 2040 14 pint pints 2041 14 fierce fiercely 2042 13 imitate imitation imitates, imitated, imitating 2043 13 aloud 2044 13 gaiety gay 2045 13 robbery robberies 2046 13 tighten tight tightens, tightened, tightening 2047 13 perfection perfect imperfection 2048 13 scorn scornful 2049 13 whoever who, whom 2050 13 trunk trunks 2051 13 wool woolen woollen, woolly 2052 13 sailor sail sailors compete, 2053 13 competitor competitors competition 2054 13 moonlight moon 2055 13 deer

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2056 13 bean beans every, everybody, 2057 13 everyday everyone, everything, everywhere 2058 13 drawer drawers disregards, disregarded, 2059 13 disregard regard disregarding 2060 12 nowadays now 2061 12 patriotic 2062 12 tin tins, tinned 2063 12 penny pennyworth 2064 12 cage cages pardoned, pardons, pardoning, 2065 12 pardon unpardonable 2066 12 lately late 2067 12 offend offence offends, offended, offending 2068 12 coarse 2069 12 spoil spoils, spoilt, spoiling 2070 12 horizontal horizon horizontally 2071 12 sting stings, stung 2072 12 ditch ditches 2073 12 librarian library librarians mean, 2074 12 meantime meanwhile 2075 12 cough coughs, coughed, coughing 2076 12 deaf deafen 2077 12 sword swords 2078 12 messenger message messengers 2079 12 vain vainly 2080 12 castle castles 2081 12 elastic elasticity 2082 12 comb combs 2083 12 rod rods 2084 11 widen wide, width widens, widened, widening 2085 11 sorrow sorry invent, 2086 11 inventor inventors invention 2087 11 cliff cliffs 2088 11 umbrella umbrellas 2089 11 interruption interrupt interruptions 2090 11 merry merrily 2091 11 gallon gallons 2092 11 conquest conquer, conquests

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conqueror head, 2093 11 headache headaches headdress 2094 11 tailor tailors 2095 11 bucket buckets 2096 11 scent 2097 11 signature sign, signal signatures 2098 11 cart carts 2099 11 darken dark darkens, darkened, darkening 2100 11 sometime 2101 11 applaud applause applauds, applauding, applauded 2102 11 underneath under 2103 11 hello 2104 11 pretence pretend pretences, pretense, pretenses descend, 2105 11 descent descents descendant conqueror, 2106 11 conquer conquers, conquered, conquering conquest 2107 11 framework frame frameworks confidence, 2108 11 confidential confidentially confident 2109 11 adoption adopt adoptions 2110 11 disgust disgusts, disgusted, disgusting 2111 11 waist waists, waistcoat 2112 11 momentary moment momentarily 2113 11 receipt receive receipts 2114 10 pearl pearls 2115 10 ray rays 2116 10 lazy 2117 10 limb limbs 2118 10 grammatical grammar 2119 10 beast beasts 2120 10 monkey monkeys 2121 10 jewel jewels 2122 10 persuasion persuade 2123 10 obedience obedient, obey 2124 10 sock socks 2125 10 vowel vowels 2126 10 hammer hammers, hammered, hammering 2127 10 inn 2128 10 chimney chimneys 2129 10 dissatisfaction dissatisfy 2130 10 annoyance annoy 2131 10 ornament ornaments 2132 10 honesty honest

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out, outside, 2133 10 outward outline 2134 10 sharpen sharp sharpens, sharpening, sharpened hand, handle, 2135 10 handkerchief handshake, handkerchiefs handwriting 2136 9 greed greedy, greedily 2137 9 heavenly heaven 2138 9 thirst thirsty 2139 9 niece nieces 2140 9 spill spills, spilling 2141 9 loaf loaves 2142 9 wheat 2143 9 worm worms 2144 9 secrecy secret 2145 9 rude rudely, rudeness height, high, heightens, heightened, 2146 9 heighten highway heightening 2147 9 flatten flat 2148 9 loosen loose loosens, loosened, loosening 2149 9 cheese 2150 9 rivalry rival rivalries 2151 9 royalty royal royalties 2152 9 discontent content discontented 2153 9 complication complicate complications 2154 9 fright frighten 2155 9 indoor indoors 2156 9 flour 2157 9 actress actor actresses 2158 8 congratulation congratulate congratulations 2159 8 ounce ounces 2160 8 fry fries, fried, frying 2161 8 everlasting ever 2162 8 goat goats 2163 8 ink inky appear, 2164 8 disappearance disappearances disappear 2165 8 reproduction reproduce 2166 8 thicken thick thickens, thickening, thickened 2167 8 avoidance avoid 2168 8 spoon spoons, spoonful 2169 8 strap straps 2170 8 deceive deceit deceives, deceived, deceiving 2171 7 lengthen length 2172 7 revenge

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2173 7 correction correct corrections descend, 2174 7 descendant descendants descent 2175 7 hesitation hesitate hesitations 2176 7 spade spades 2177 7 basin basins 2178 7 weed weeds 2179 7 omission omissions 2180 7 old-fashioned old 2181 7 bicycle bicycles broad, 2182 7 breadth broadcast 2183 7 photography photograph photographs 2184 7 coward cowardice cowardly 2185 7 mat mats 2186 7 rejoice rejoices, rejoiced, rejoicing 2187 7 cheat cheats, cheated, cheating congratulates, congratulated, 2188 7 congratulate congratulation congratulating discomforts, discomforted, 2189 7 discomfort comfort discomforting 2190 7 enclosure enclose enclosures attend, 2191 7 attentive attentively attention 2192 7 paw paws over, overflows, overflowed, 2193 6 overflow overcome, flow overflowing dissatisfies, dissatisfied, 2194 6 dissatisfy dissatisfaction dissatisfying 2195 6 multiplication multiply 2196 6 whichever which 2197 6 tidy tidies, tidied, tidying 2198 6 bribe bribery bribes, bribing, bribed 2199 6 mend mends, mended, mending 2200 6 stocking stockings 2201 6 feast feasts, feasting 2202 6 nuisance nuisances 2203 6 thorn thorns 2204 6 tame 2205 5 inclusive include inclusively home, 2206 5 homemade homecoming, homework hand, handle, 2207 5 handwriting handshake,

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handkerchief 2208 5 chalk 2209 5 sour 2210 5 slippery slip 2211 5 procession processions 2212 5 ripen ripe ripens, ripened, ripening 2213 5 jealous jealousy 2214 5 jealousy jealous 2215 5 liar lie home, 2216 5 homecoming homemade, homecomings homework 2217 5 barber barbers 2218 5 whiten white whitens, whitening, whitened 2219 5 berry berries 2220 5 lighten light lightens, lightened, lightening 2221 5 pigeon pigeons 2222 5 hinder hindrance hinders, hindered, hindering 2223 4 bravery brave 2224 4 baggage 2225 4 noun nouns 2226 4 amongst among 2227 4 grammar grammatical cultivate, 2228 4 cultivation cultivator 2229 4 companionship companion 2230 4 rubbish 2231 4 modesty modest 2232 4 woolen wool 2233 4 deepen deep, depth deepens, deepened, deepening 2234 4 pastry pastries 2235 4 cupboard cupboards 2236 4 quart quarts, quarterly, headquarters 2237 4 canal canals 2238 4 notebook note notebooks 2239 4 deceit deceive deceits, deceitful 2240 3 parcel parcels 2241 3 brighten bright brightens, brightened 2242 3 moderation moderate 2243 3 punctual punctuality, punctually 2244 3 hurrah 2245 3 lipstick 2246 3 uppermost upper 2247 3 fatten fat fattens, fattened, fattening 2248 3 conqueror conquer, conquerors

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conquest 2249 2 hindrance hinder hindrances 2250 2 cowardice coward obedience, 2251 2 obedient obediently obey 2252 2 saucer saucers 2253 2 madden maddens, maddened, maddening 2254 2 scold scolds, scolded, scolding 2255 2 weekday week, weekend weekdays 2256 2 rotten disrespects, disrespected, 2257 2 disrespect respect disrespecting, disrespectful 2258 1 widower widow 2259 1 deafen deaf deafens, deafening, deafened 2260 1 donkey donkeys business, 2261 1 businesslike unbusinesslike businessman mother, 2262 1 motherhood motherly 2263 1 sadden sad saddens, saddened, saddening hand, handle, 2264 1 handshake handkerchief, handshakes handwriting calculate, 2265 1 calculator calculation head, 2266 1 headdress headdresses headache 2267 1 scissors translate, 2268 1 translator translation possess, 2269 1 possessor possessors possession 2270 1 shilling shillings 2271 1 redden red reddens, reddened, reddening mother, 2272 1 motherly motherhood 2273 0 whose cultivate, 2274 0 cultivator cultivation 2275 0 whom who, whoever home, 2276 0 homework homemade, homecoming 2277 0 electrician electric electricians 2278 0 oar oars

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2279 0 bribery bribe 2280 0 sweeten sweet sweetens, sweetened, sweetening 2281 0 sow sows, sown, sowing 2282 0 pronunciation pronounce 2283 0 beak beaks 2284 0 plural

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