A Frequency Dictionary of American English

prepare v

noun student, food, meal, report, teacher, dinner, plan, college, dish, ·future, trainings, career, statement, ·battle, lunch misc better, helpy ·deal, ·accept, fuly

45519 | 0.97

identify v

noun student, problem, study, factor, area, source, research, need, teacher, individual, participant, ·type, characteristic, analysis, researcher misc ·as, ·themselves, helpy abley ·specific, clearly^ correctly^, easily^ 49220 | 0.90 A

press n

adj free, national, popular, mainstream, foreign, western, tabloid noun ·conference, ·secretary, ·release, time, ·corps, freedom, ·coverage, ·club, reporter, printings verb meet, report, hold, publish, announce, leaky criticize, distribute, brief, portray 47033 | 0.94

particularly r

·those, ·important, area, ·among, ·since, ·interested, ·difficult, ·strong, ·vulnerable, ·useful, ·interesting, _·regard, _·concerned, _·one

46559 | 0.95 A

resource n

adj natural, human, available, financial, scarce, economic, public, local, valuable, additional noun water, use, management, ·center, department, energyy community, land, ·council, ·defense verb provide, allocate, develop, devote, protect, manage, ·support, share, control, focus 49316 | 0.89 A

amount n

adj small, large, certain, tremendous, enormous, huge, significant, fair noun ·time, ·money, ·information, _swater, ·energy, _swork, dollar, ·material verb spend, reduce_s, pay, increase^ require, produce, receive, contain, limits save

46269 | 0.95

argue v

noun case, critics other, court, lawyer, defense^, officials, articles attorneys scholar, theory, proponents, advocate^, Democrat, opponent misc ·against, persuasively, convincingly, successfully, ·strongly

47116 | 0.93 A

recognize v

noun _sneed, ^importance, ·right, voice, name, ·value, court, ^difference, leader, ability^, ·sign, marriage, individual, authority, failure misc must, important, faiL, widely_s, immediately, internationally^

46191 | 0.95 A

treatment n

adj medical, effective, special, preferential, wastewater, residential, equal, fair, ethical noun drugs ·program, ·group, patient, ·plant, cancer, water, ^center, ·facility verb receive, provide, require, seek_s, undergo^, develop, refuse^, compare, responds improve 49110 | 0.89 A

left j

noun hand, side, arm, foot, leg, knee, eye, shoulder, wing, field misc his, your, right, top, above, upper, below, alone

46262 | 0.94

degree n

adj high, varying, great, certain, advanced, lesser, doctoral, various, significant, baccalaureate noun master, bachelor, colleges law_s, education, ·program, science, graduates engineering, business verb earn, receives holds preheat, completes require, pursue^, indicates reach_s, determine^

46923 | 0.93 A

stock n

adj mutual, common, foreign, individual, average, financial, hot, preferred, total, restricted noun ·market, ·price, ^exchange, company, fund, ·option, new_s, share, value, investor verb buy_s, sell, trade, ·fall, own, invests ·rise, ·drop, _ssoar, ·plunge 51662 | 0.84 M N

indicate v

noun results study_s, research^, student, data_s, findings score_s, respondent, analysis^, percent, evidences number, participant, ·difference, teacher misc ·that, high, significant, clearly_s, ^whether, low

49282 | 0.88 A

growth n

adj economic, rapid, annual, strong, personal, human, future, explosive noun rate, population, year, percent, ·fund, development, job, earnings^, ·hormone, ·stock verb slow, promotes experiences stimulates encourages _soccur, achieve, controls reflect, accelerate 47841 | 0.91 A

simple j

noun thing, question, way, life, fact, reason, answer, solution, matter, task, rule misc very, as, that, relatively, enough, quite, pure, complex

45061 | 0.96

ability n

adj cognitive, athletic, physical, academic, natural, perceived, intellectual, uncanny, unique

7. Foods

General, meals, and implements

(cup) 51027, dinner 33218, (plate) 23725, lunch 22657, meal 20630, (knife) 15345, breakfast 14337, (fork) 7978, (spoon) 7155, (grill) n 5256, snack 4553, supper 4016, picnic 3871, napkin 2700,toothpick 812

Specific foods (note that many of these are also the names of animals, where they are used frequently in a non-culinary sense)

(fish) n 46247, (ice) n 30754, salt 27021, egg 26964, sugar 24060, (chicken) 23955, fruit 21875, pepper 20166, meat 19421, rice 19300, vegetable 18592, (cream) 18207, apple 17812, milk 17529, cheese 16549, bread 16113, (turkey) 15445, sauce 15180, potato 15028, bean 14520, butter 14219, tomato 14211, corn 13326, cake 13155, onion 13054, (roll) n 12556, chocolate ₁₁₉₉₅, salad ₁₁₆₂₃, olive ₁₁₅₂₇, garlic i₀₈₅₉, honey i₀₇₀₉, soup ₁₀₁₇₃, lemon ₉₅₀₇, nut ₉₃₂₂, (salmon) ₈₉₃₂, orange n 8912, sandwich 8704, pie 8624, beef 8543, pizza 6829, (mushroom) 6650, olive oil 6592, cherry 6451, dessert 6101, pork 5806, pasta 5742, carrot 5436, (lamb) 5422, toast 5394, steak 5326, banana 5218, grape 5153, peanut 5067, (trout) 4941, (crab) 4873, pea 4481, lime 4236, burger 4168, strawberry 4157, peach 4084, (lobster) 3784, cereal 3435, sausage 3277, yogurt 3189, lettuce 3057, pear 2862, cabbage 2739, almond 2669, hamburger 2578, jelly 2560, pancake ₂5₅₉, plum ₂₄₈₆, broccoli ₂₃₀₃, pecan ₂₁₅₆, biscuit ₂₀₇₆, cucumber ₂₀₅₇, (cod) ₂₀₃₂, pudding ₁₉₄₉, hot dog 1940, asparagus 1860, pickle n 1780, pineapple 1757, spaghetti 1663, doughnut 1663, melon 1607, vegetable oil ₁₅₆₈, margarine ₁₄₈₆, (blackberry) ₁₄₈₀, taco ₁₄₁₈, bagel ₁₃₂₀, waffle ₁₂₃₁, custard ₈₆₆, lentil ₈₂₄, cauliflower ₆₉₅, legume ₆₂₅, kiwi ₅₄₄, cashew ₄₂₇, sunflower seed ₃₃₇, pepperoni ₂₉₁, jello ₁₄₉

noun student, child, level, people, skill, confidence., government, knowledge, individual, .achievement verb lose., develop, limit., affect., demonstrate., improve., .control, enhance., .communicate, _.perform 47389 | 0.91 A