A Frequency Dictionary of American English

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essay n

adj short, recent, famous, personal, brief, present, introductory, seminal, interesting, numerous noun collection., book, section., photo., review, question, .contest, series., catalogue., art verb write, publish, read., include, .appear, argue, .examine, ·entitle, .focus, .explore 12894 | 0.87 A

roll n

adj sweet, fresh, French, fat, warm, crusty, slow, whole-grain, tight, forward noun rock., .call, paper, welfare., .film, honor., egg., jelly., spring. verb cut, shoot., reduce., bake, grab., slice, tear., arrange 11993 | 0.94

historian n

adj military, political, presidential, architectural, cultural, public, British, local, future, academic noun art., author, critic, history, immigration, science, church., film., artist, attention verb write, note, ·argue, .believe, .describe, .agree, .observe, cite, ·record, ignore 12673 | 0.88 A

deputy n

adj foreign, national, top, federal, senior, Iraqi, principal, associate noun .director, .secretary, sheriff, ·minister, .chief, .attorney, .state, .assistant, .editor verb serve., name, appoint., arrive, act, .arrest, elect, assign, promote., hire. 12098 | 0.93 N

date v

noun .year, man, woman, guy, letter., girl, .month, friend, history., relationship, tradition., .period, site, season, origin misc .from, .early, start., ancient, sexual, married, .last, seriously, briefly, .teenage, consecutive.

back .year, .century, .least, tradition., history., .far, ·decade, ancient, origin., record.

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effectively r

more_v use, work, most, deal, communicate, function, manage, ability^, able_v teach, efficiently

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fast j

noun food, track, lane, fact, car, pace, break, restaurant, friend, start, growth, speed misc too, real, furious, slow, hard, eat, easy, drive

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schedule v

noun meeting, day, hearing, election, week, trial, month, appointment, ·release, event, ·may, hour, class, launch, ·fall misc ·begin, originally^, ·later, tentatively^, ·early

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buck n

adj big, young, mature, extra, quick, fast, dominant, eight-point, almighty noun couple^ thousands, bang_s, deer, four, ·month, trophy^ season verb make, pay_s, ·stop, spend, cost, pass^, save_v spot, ·travel, rattle

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tube n

adj inner, feeding, top, fallopian, Eustachian, rubber, optical, neural noun test, plastic^, end, seat, vacuum^, aluminum^, glass_v toothpaste, ·throat, ·assembly verb feed, insert, remove, place, attach, connect, pull, contain, squeeze, form 12533 | 0.89 M

refugee n

adj Palestinian, high, political, Haitian, Cuban, Afghan, international, Jewish, Vietnamese, economic noun ·camp, thousands, problem, number, country, nation, status, ·crisis verb ·flee, return, live, arrive, resettle, settle, accept, protect, ·cross, _spour

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depth n

adj great, maximum, emotional, psychological, dark, various, murky, average, historical, strategic noun ·inch, ·foot, width, water, breadth, ·field, ocean, surface, ·perception, ·chart verb add_s, reach, understand, plumb, explore^, reveaL, emerge^, vary, extend, descends 12037 | 0.93

flat j

noun tax, surface, rock, land, side, voice, back, fee, face, rate, stone, ground misc fall, lay, large, relatively, lie, across, wide, broad

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precisely r

·what, fecause, more_v ·same, ·why, ·where, find, ·point, ·reason, yet, ·moment, ·opposite, define, measure

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mad j

noun cow, dog, scientist, hell, dash, magazine, rush, mom, dad, scene, doctor, king misc at, get, me, make, because, really, drive, enough

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alternative j

noun energy, medicine, source, fuel, school, program, way, approach, method, strategy, explanation, model misc provide, offer, develop, such, create, suggest, minimum

12309 | 0.90 A

disability n

adj physical, developmental, severe, mental, social, visual, multiple, specific, low, special noun student, child^, people^, learnings individuals, ·act, insurance verb serve, identify, cause, suffer, relate, affect, diagnose^, accommodate^, define, overcome^ 13359 | 0.83 A

destruction n

adj mass, environmental, human, total, assured, nuclear, personal, natural, creative, massive noun weapon, death, habitat, property, forest, document, ozone, evidence, politics^, violence^ verb cause, lead_v result, prevent, threaten, involve^, ·occur, witness^ wreak, possess^ 11840 | 0.94

dream v

noun girl, sleep^, future, ·success, career, ·competition, nightmare, athlete^, butterfly, astronomer, dreamer, ·flying, rat, escape, ·dragon misc ·about, never, always^

up can, ·by, who_{v s}new, ·way, idea, something, never, scheme, might

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drop n

adj big, vertical, sharp, steep, single, significant, dramatic noun ·blood, percent, water, foot, ·oil, price, ·bucket, rate, pressure, temperature verb ·fall, add_v cause, ·hit, experience^, spill, squeeze^, drink, place^, shaken 11703 | 0.95

assumption n

adj basic, underlying, different, fundamental, implicit, common, certain, economic, general, reasonable noun set, value, question, ·nature, belief, ·power, data, method, homogeneity, behavior verb make, base^, ·underlie, operate^, rest, support, proceeds, predicate^, imply, undermine^ 12571 | 0.88 A

normally r

will, associate, function, ·distribute, ·require, ·difficult, eat, cell, ·reserve, breathe^, ·occur, his_v hour, behave^

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angel n

adj blue, fallen, avenging, dark, littl, bright, holy, dirty, destroying noun guardian, ·wing, ·food, _scake, ·death, ·hair, fire, voice, ^pasta verb sing, fall, fly, dance, ^descend, hover, fear, wrestle, summon, rescue 11791 | 0.94 F

pop v

noun head, eye_s, question, ·pill, ·mind, cork, top, bubble, ear, trunk, ball, window, summer, ·oven, button misc ·out, into, ·open, ·off, suddenly^, ·onto, tiny, tire