Combined Vocabularies of BASIC and Essential World
English
This list represents the combined vocabularies of BASIC
English and Essential World English. Both works aspire to allow
the saying of all that can be said with very brief vocabularies.
In the thought that other conlangers might be able to use a short
starting vocabulary, I am placing this here. Copyright is
assumed to be held by the respective authors and I claim none.
The list has been cleaned up to a certain degree but there are
still near resemblences that I hope to clean out someday as well
as an occasional misspelling. If you notice one, please let me know.
- (un-)V-ing
- -er
- -less
- -wear
- -9-ty
- -9-teen
- a(n)
- ability
- able
- about
- above
- abroad
- absence
- absorb
- abstract
- abundant
- accord
- account
- accuracy
- accuse
- accustom
- achievement
- acid
- acknowledge
- across
- act
- active
- addition
- adhere
- adhesive
- adjustment
- administrator
- adult
- advancement
- advertisement
- aesthetic
- after
- again
- against
- agreement
- aim
- air
- airplane
- ale
- alert
- all
- ally
- almost
- also
- amaze
- among
- amount
- amusement
- and
- angle
- angry
- animal
- ankle
- annul
- answer
- ant
- any
- apartment
- apparatus
- appearance
- apple
- approval
- arbitration
- arch
- argument
- arise
- arm
- army
- around
- arrange
- arrangement
- art
- as
- as...as
- ascent
- ascribe
- ass
- assembly
- assert
- assertive
- associate
- at
- attack
- attempt
- attend
- attention
- attentive
- attraction
- audible
- authority
- automatic
- average
- avoid
- awake
- aware
- away(from)
- baby
- back
- background
- backward
- bad
- bag
- balance
- ball
- band
- bank
- barrier
- base
- basin
- basis
- basket
- bat
- bath
- bay
- be
- bead
- beautiful
- because(of)
- become
- bed
- bee
- before
- behavior
- behaviour
- behind
- belief
- believe
- bell
- bend
- benefit
- bent
- berry
- bet
- between
- beyond
- big
- bill
- bird
- birth
- bit
- bite
- bitter
- black
- blade
- blame
- blemish
- blend
- blind
- blood
- blow
- blue
- blunt
- board
- boast
- boat
- body
- boil
- boiling
- bone
- book
- boot
- bottle
- bottom
- boundary
- bowl
- box
- boy
- brain
- brake
- branch
- brass
- bread
- break
- breath
- breathe
- breed
- bribe
- brick
- bridge
- bright
- broken
- brother
- brown
- brush
- bucket
- building
- bulb
- bunch
- bup
- burn
- burst
- business
- but
- butter
- button
- by
- cake
- camel
- camera
- can-could
- canvas
- cape
- capital
- capture
- card
- care
- carriage
- cart
- cast
- cat
- cause
- cavity
- cease
- celebrate
- cement
- ceremony
- certain
- chain
- chairman
- chalk
- chance
- change
- characteristic
- charge
- chart
- cheap
- cheese
- chemical
- chest
- chief
- child
- chimney
- chin
- church
- circle
- circumstance
- citizen
- clay
- clean
- clear
- clock
- cloth
- cloud
- coal
- coat
- cold
- collar
- colleague
- collect
- college
- collision
- colony
- color
- comb
- come
- comfort
- comfortable
- command
- committee
- common
- communication
- company
- compare
- comparison
- competition
- complain
- complete
- complex
- composition
- compound
- compromise
- compulsory
- compute
- conceal
- concede
- concentrate
- concern
- concrete
- condition
- confirmation
- confuse
- connection
- conquer
- conscious
- consciousness
- consent
- consistof
- consistent
- conspicuous
- constituent
- contain
- contemporary
- contemptuous
- continent
- continue
- contrary
- contrast
- control
- controversial
- conventional
- convince
- cook
- cooper
- cooperate
- copper
- copy
- cord
- cork
- corn
- corner
- correct
- correspond
- corridor
- corrode
- cotton
- couch
- cough
- counsel
- country
- cover
- cow
- crack
- crawl
- credit
- creed
- crew
- crime
- criticism
- crown
- cruel
- crush
- cry
- cryout
- cube
- cultured
- cup
- cupboard
- cure
- current
- curtain
- curve
- cushion
- customs
- cut
- cylinder
- damage
- dance
- danger
- dare
- dark
- daughter
- day
- dead
- deal
- dear
- death
- debt
- deceitful
- deceive
- decide
- decision
- deck
- decrease
- deem
- deep
- defence
- defend
- degree
- delay
- delicate
- delight
- demand
- deny
- dependent
- deprive
- describe
- description
- desert
- design
- desire
- despite
- destroy
- destruction
- detail
- detect
- development
- device
- diamond
- didelity
- die
- difference
- different
- difficult
- difficulty
- digestion
- digit
- dilute
- direction
- dirt
- dirty
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- disarmament
- discharge
- discount
- discover
- discovery
- discussion
- disease
- disgust
- dish
- dislike
- dismember
- display
- displeasure
- disposeof
- dispute
- dissolve
- distance
- distribution
- dividend
- divisible
- division
- do
- dog
- door
- doubt
- down
- drain
- drain
- drawer
- dream
- dress
- drill
- drink
- drive
- driving
- drop
- drug
- dry
- durable
- during
- dust
- duty
- dwell
- each-every
- eager
- ear
- early
- earnest
- earth
- east
- easy
- edge
- editor
- education
- educational
- effect
- egg
- eight
- either...or
- elastic
- elbow
- electric
- electrical
- element
- elephant
- eleven
- emphatic
- empire
- employ
- empty
- enable
- end
- enemy
- energy
- engine
- engineering
- enough
- entertainment
- enthusiastic
- entrance
- envious
- environment
- equal
- equality
- equip
- equitable
- error
- escape
- esteem
- ethical
- even
- event
- ever
- every
- exact
- examine
- example
- except
- excess
- exchange
- exclusive
- exercise
- exile
- existence
- expanse
- expansion
- expensive
- experience
- expert
- explain
- explosive
- express
- extant
- extend
- extent
- extinguish
- eye
- eyebrow
- eyelash
- fabric
- face
- fact
- factory
- factual
- fail
- fall
- false
- familiar
- family
- far
- farm
- fashion
- fasten
- fat
- father
- fatigue
- fear
- feather
- feeble
- feel
- feeling
- female
- fertile
- fervour
- few
- fibre
- fiction
- field
- fight
- fight
- figure
- filament
- fill
- filter
- final
- finger
- finish
- fire
- firm
- first
- fish
- fist
- fit
- five
- fixed
- flag
- flame
- flash
- flat
- flavour
- flax
- flee
- flesh
- flight
- flood
- floor
- flour
- flow
- flower
- fly
- fog
- fold
- follow
- food
- foolish
- foot
- for
- force
- forecast
- forehead
- foreign
- forest
- forget
- fork
- form
- fort
- fortunate
- forward
- four
- fowl
- frame
- fraud
- free
- freedom
- frequent
- friction
- friend
- friendliness
- friendly
- frighten
- from
- front
- fruit
- fulfil
- full
- furniture
- future
- game
- gap
- garden
- gas
- general
- generous
- get
- getween
- gift
- girl
- give
- glass
- glee
- glide
- glove
- go
- goat
- god
- gold
- good
- goods
- government
- grant
- grasp
- grass
- grateful
- great
- green
- greet
- grey
- grip
- groove
- ground
- group
- grow
- growth
- guess
- guide
- guilt
- guilty
- gulp
- gun
- gut
- habit
- hair
- hammer
- hand
- handle
- hanging
- happen
- happy
- harbor
- hard
- harmful
- harmless
- harmony
- hat
- hate
- have
- he
- head
- health
- healthy
- heap
- hear
- hearing
- heart
- heat
- heavy
- heed
- heel
- help
- helpful
- hemp
- here
- hereditary
- high
- hinge
- hint
- hire
- historical
- history
- hit
- hoard
- hole
- hollow
- home
- honesty
- honorific
- hook
- hope
- hopeful
- horizontal
- horn
- horse
- hospital
- hostile
- hot
- hour
- house
- how
- humor
- humourous
- hundred
- hunt
- hurry
- I
- ice
- idea
- identity
- if
- ignorant
- ill
- imaginary
- imagine
- importance
- important
- impose
- impulse
- in
- infavourof
- in-
- in-V-able
- include
- income
- increase
- industry
- infer
- inference
- ink
- innocence
- inquiry
- insect
- insteadof
- instrument
- insurance
- intelligent
- intense
- intentional
- interest
- interior
- intermittent
- into
- intoxicate
- invention
- invest
- iron
- island
- it
- jail
- jelly
- jerk
- jewel
- join
- joint
- joke
- journal
- journey
- judge
- juice
- jump
- justice
- keep
- kettle
- key
- kick
- kill
- kind
- kindly
- kiss
- knee
- knife
- knot
- know
- knowledge
- label
- lack
- lake
- lame
- lamp
- land
- language
- last
- late
- laugh
- law
- lead
- leaf
- learn
- learning
- leather
- left
- leg
- legal
- length
- less-least
- lesson
- let
- letter
- level
- lever
- lewd
- library
- lid
- lie
- life
- lift
- light
- like
- likelihood
- likely
- likeness
- limb
- limit
- line
- linen
- link
- lip
- liquid
- liquidation
- list
- listen
- little
- live
- living
- loan
- locate
- lock
- long
- look
- loose
- lose
- loss
- loud
- love
- low
- lung
- machine
- magnetic
- maize
- majority
- make
- male
- man
- manager
- manifest
- manufacture
- many
- map
- mark
- market
- marriage
- married
- marry
- mass
- mat
- match
- material
- mattress
- mature
- may
- meal
- mean
- measure
- meat
- mechanical
- medical
- meet
- meeting
- member
- membership
- memory
- mental
- message
- metal
- middle
- mild
- military
- milk
- million
- mind
- mine
- minority
- minute
- miracle
- mirror
- misconceive
- mishap
- missile
- missive
- mist
- mistake
- mix
- mixed
- moderate
- moisture
- money
- monkey
- monopoly
- month
- moon
- more-most
- morning
- mother
- motion
- mountain
- mouth
- move
- much
- muscle
- music
- nail
- name
- narrate
- narrative
- narrow
- nation
- nationalism
- nationality
- natural
- navy
- near
- necessary
- neck
- need
- needle
- negotiations
- neither...nor
- nerve
- net
- neutral
- never
- new
- news
- night
- nine
- no
- noise
- normal
- north
- nose
- not
- note
- now
- number
- nurse
- nut
- oar
- oath
- obedient
- observation
- observe
- obstacle
- obstinate
- obstruct
- ocean
- odor
- of
- off
- offence
- offer
- office
- officer
- offspring
- oil
- old
- on
- onbehalfof
- one
- only
- open
- operation
- opinion
- opportunity
- oppose
- opposite
- opposition
- or
- orange
- order
- organisation
- organise
- organization
- ornament
- ornate
- other
- ought
- out
- out(side)
- oven
- over
- overturn
- own
- owner
- ox
- package
- page
- pain
- painful
- paint
- pale
- paper
- parallel
- parcel
- pardon
- parent
- part
- part of
- partake of
- partial
- participate
- particle
- partner
- party
- past
- paste
- patient
- pay
- payment
- peace
- pearl
- pen
- penalty
- pencil
- perfect
- perform
- permanent
- permission
- permit
- person
- personnel
- pest
- physical
- picture
- piece
- pierce
- pig
- pilot
- pin
- pipe
- pity
- place
- plan
- plane
- plant
- plate
- platform
- play
- please
- pleasure
- plough
- pluck
- pocket
- point
- poison
- police
- polish
- polite
- political
- ponder
- poor
- port
- porter
- position
- possible
- post
- pot
- potato
- potential
- pour
- powder
- power
- powerful
- practical
- practise
- praise
- prefer
- prerequisite
- presence
- present
- preserve
- pressure
- pretend
- prevent
- price
- priest
- primitive
- print
- prison
- private
- privilege
- probable
- problem
- procedure
- process
- procure
- produce
- product
- profit
- program
- progress
- prohibit
- prohibition
- project
- promise
- prone
- property
- proposal
- propose
- prose
- protest
- prove
- provisional
- public
- publication
- publish
- pull
- pump
- punctual
- punish
- punishment
- purchase
- pure
- purpose
- push
- put
- putrid
- puzzle
- quality
- quantity
- quarrelsome
- question
- quick
- quiet
- quite
- rail
- rain
- range
- rare
- rat
- rate
- ray
- react
- reaction
- read
- reading
- ready
- reality
- rear
- reason
- reasonable
- rebel
- receipt
- receive
- recent
- recipe
- record
- rectangle
- red
- refrain
- refuse
- regret
- regular
- relation
- relevant
- reliable
- religion
- religious
- relinquish
- remain
- remember
- remind
- remove
- repair
- representative
- reprimand
- request
- reservation
- resignation
- resistance
- resolute
- resonant
- resources
- respect
- responsible
- rest
- retain
- reverse
- revile
- revolt
- reward
- rhythm
- rice
- rich
- right
- ring
- ritual
- rival
- river
- road
- rod
- roll
- roof
- room
- root
- rough
- round
- rub
- rubber
- rule
- rumour
- run
- rune
- sad
- safe
- safeguard
- sail
- salt
- same
- sand
- satisfy
- say
- scale
- school
- science
- scissors
- score
- scorn
- scratch
- screw
- sea
- search
- seat
- second
- second(time)
- secret
- secretary
- security
- see
- seed
- seek
- seem
- seizure
- select
- selection
- self
- selfish
- sell
- send
- sense
- sensual
- separate
- separation
- sequence
- serious
- servant
- service
- seven
- sex
- shade
- shadow
- shake
- shallow
- shame
- shape
- share
- sharp
- shave
- she
- sheep
- sheet
- shelf
- shell
- shine
- ship
- shirt
- shock
- shoe
- short
- shoulder
- shovel
- shut
- sib
- sick
- side
- sign
- silk
- silver
- similar
- simple
- since
- sing
- sister
- sit
- six
- size
- skin
- skirt
- sky
- slave
- sleep
- slef
- slime
- slip
- slope
- slow
- small
- smash
- smell
- smile
- smoke
- smooth
- snake
- sneeze
- snow
- so
- sothat
- soap
- social
- society
- sock
- soft
- soil
- solid
- solitary
- solution
- some
- somewhat
- son
- song
- soon
- sort
- sound
- soup
- source
- south
- space
- spade
- speaker
- spear
- special
- specimen
- speed
- spine
- spiral
- split
- sponge
- spool
- spoon
- spouse
- spring
- square
- stable
- stage
- stairs
- stalk
- stamp
- stand
- star
- start
- state
- statement
- station
- status
- steal
- steam
- steel
- steep
- stellite
- stem
- step
- stick
- sticky
- stiff
- still
- stimulate
- stipulation
- stitch
- stocking
- stomach
- stone
- stop
- store
- story
- stove
- straight
- strange
- street
- stretch
- strong
- structure
- stumble
- subordinate
- substance
- substitute
- successful
- such
- suck
- sudden
- sue
- suffer
- sufficient
- sugar
- suggestion
- summer
- sun
- superstition
- support
- surface
- surgical
- surprise
- suspend
- sway
- sweet
- swell
- swim
- sword
- synchronous
- synopsis
- system
- table
- tail
- take
- talk
- tall
- tame
- tap
- tar
- target
- task
- taste
- tax
- teach
- teaching
- tear
- temperature
- tempt
- ten
- tendency
- tent
- territorial
- test
- testimony
- than
- thank
- that-those
- that-whose
- the
- theatrical
- then
- theoretical
- theory
- there
- therefore
- they
- thick
- thief
- thin
- thing
- this
- this-these
- thorough
- though
- thought
- thousand
- thread
- threaten
- three
- throat
- through
- thumb
- thunder
- thus
- ticket
- tidy
- tight
- tile
- till
- time
- tin
- tip
- tired
- title
- to
- tobacco
- today
- toe
- together
- tolerant
- tomorrow
- tongue
- too
- tool
- tooth
- top
- topic
- torture
- total
- touch
- towards
- town
- track
- trade
- train
- tranquil
- translate
- transmit
- transparent
- transport
- trap
- tray
- treatment
- tree
- trial
- tribunal
- trick
- trouble
- trousers
- true
- trunk
- trust
- truth
- tune
- turn
- twelve
- twist
- two
- type
- typical
- umbrella
- un-
- un-V-able
- un-V-ed
- under
- understand
- undo
- union
- unique
- unit
- unite
- universal
- up
- use
- useful
- usual
- utter
- vacation
- value
- vapour
- vehicle
- verdict
- verse
- vertical
- very
- vessel
- vibration
- victim
- view
- violent
- viscous
- visible
- visit
- voice
- volume
- vote
- wait
- waiting
- walk
- wall
- war
- warehouse
- warm
- warn
- wash
- waste
- wasteful
- watch
- water
- wave
- wax
- way
- we
- weapon
- weary
- weather
- wedge
- week
- weep
- weigh
- well
- west
- wet
- what
- what?
- wheat
- wheel
- when
- where
- whether
- while
- whip
- whistle
- white
- who
- who(m)-whose?
- whole
- why
- wide
- widespread
- will
- willing
- willingness
- wind
- window
- wine
- wing
- winter
- wire
- wise
- with
- without
- witness
- woman
- wood
- wool
- word
- work
- worm
- worship
- worthy
- would
- wound
- wrist
- write
- writing
- wrong
- year
- yellow
- yes
- yesterday
- you
- young
- zinc
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