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The GSL
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Extended Version of A General Service List of English Words
By Michael West (Longman, 1953) with semantic-field categories added for all entries.

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Is There a Core General Vocabulary? Introducing the New General Service List
Vaclav Brezina, Dana Gablasova

The final product of the study, the new-GSL, consists of 2,494 lemmas and covers between 80.1 and 81.7 per cent of the text in the source corpora.

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Is There a Core General Vocabulary? Introducing the New General Service List
Vaclav Brezina, Dana Gablasova

The final product of the study, the new-GSL, consists of 2,494 lemmas and covers between 80.1 and 81.7 per cent of the text in the source corpora.

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a
and
any
as
at
by
he
her
him
his
how
I
if
it
me
my
no
not
of
or
our
ours
she
some
than
that
the
their
theirs
them
these
they
this
to
us
we
what
when
where
which
while
who
why
will
with
yes
you
your
yours
able
about
above
accept
accident
account
accuse
across
act
action
activist
actor
add
address
administration
admit
adult
advertisement
advise
affect
afraid
after
again
against
age
agency
aggression
ago
agree
agriculture
aid
aim
air
airplane
airport
album
alive
all
allergic
allow
ally
almost
alone
along
already
also
although
always
ammunition
among
amount
anarchy
ancestor
ancient
anger
angle
angry
animal
anniversary
announce
another
answer
apartment
apologize
appeal
appear
apple
apply
appoint
approve
April
area
argue
arm
army
around
arrest
arrive
art
artillery
ash
ask
assist
astronomy
atmosphere
attach
attack
attempt
attend
attention
August
authority
automatic
automobile
autumn
average
avoid
awake
award
away
baby
back
bad
bag
baggage
bake
balance
ball
balloon
ballot
ban
bank
bar
bargain
barrier
base
basket
battle
be
beach
beat
beautiful
because
become
bed
before
begin
behind
believe
bell
belong
below
belt
bend
best
betray
better
between
big
bike
bill
billion
biology
bird
birth
bite
bitter
black
blade
blame
blanket
bleed
blind
block
blood
blow
blue
board
boat
body
bomb
bone
book
border
born
borrow
both
bottle
bottom
bowl
box
boy
boycott
brain
brake
branch
brass
brave
bread
break
breast
breathe
brick
bridge
brief
bright
bring
broadcast
brother
brown
brush
budget
build
building
bullet
burn
burst
bury
bus
bush
business
busy
but
butter
button
buy
cabinet
cake
call
calm
camera
camp
campaign
can
cancel
cancer
candidate
capital
capture
car
card
care
careful
carriage
carry
case
cash
cat
catch
cause
celebrate
center
century
cereal
ceremony
certain
chain
chair
chairman
champion
chance
change
charge
chase
check
cheer
cheese
chemical
chemistry
chest
chicken
chief
child
choose
chop
church
circle
citizen
city
civilian
claim
clash
class
clean
clear
clever
climate
climb
clock
close
cloth
cloth
clothes
cloud
coal
coast
coat
coffee
cold
collar
collect
college
colony
color
combine
come
comfort
command
comment
committee
common
communicate
community
company
compare
compete
complain
complete
complex
compromise
computer
concern
concert
condemn
condition
conference
confirm
congratulate
congress
connect
conservative
consider
contain
continent
continue
control
convention
convince
cook
cool
cooperate
cope
copy
cork
corn
correct
cost
cotton
count
country
course
court
cover
cow
crash
create
creature
credit
crew
crime
criminal
crisis
criticize
crush
cry
culture
cup
cupboard
cure
current
curtain
custom
cut
damage
dance
danger
dare
dark
date
daughter
day
dead
deaf
deal
deal with
dear
debate
debt
December
decide
declare
decrease
deep
defeat
defend
deficit
define
degree
delay
delicate
demand
democracy
demonstrate
denounce
deny
depend
depend on
deploy
depression
describe
desert
design
desire
destroy
detail
develop
device
dictator
dictionary
die
diet
difference
different
difficult
dig
dinner
diplomat
direct
direction
dirt
dirty
disappear
disarm
discover
discuss
disease
dish
disk
dismiss
dispute
dissident
distance
divide
do
doctor
document
dog
dollar
door
dot
doubt
down
download
drain
dream
dress
drink
drive
drop
drug
dry
during
dust
duty
each
ear
early
earn
earth
ease
east
easy
eat
ecology
economy
edge
education
effect
effort
egg
eight
either
elastic
elect
electricity
element
eleven
else
embassy
emergency
emotion
employ
empty
end
enemy
energy
enforce
engine
engineer
enjoy
enough
enter
environment
envy
equal
equipment
escape
especially
establish
estimate
ethnic
evaporate
even
evening
event
ever
every
evidence
evil
exam
examine
example
excellent
except
exchange
excuse
execute
exercise
exhibition
exile
exist
expand
expect
expensive
experience
experiment
expert
explain
explode
explore
export
express
extend
extra
extreme
eye
face
fact
factory
fail
fair
fall
0
familiar
family
famous
far
fashion
fast
fat
father
fault
favor
fear
feather
feature
February
feed
feel
female
fertile
few
field
fierce
fifteen
fifth
fifty
fight
fill
film
final
finance
find
fine
finger
finish
fire
firm
first
fish
fist
fit
five
fix
flag
flat
float
floor
flow
flower
fluid
fly
fog
follow
food
fool
foolish
foot
football
for
forbid
force
foreign
forest
forget
forgive
fork
form
former
forty
forward
four
frame
free
freedom
freeze
fresh
Friday
friend
frighten
from
front
fruit
fuel
full
fun
function
future
gain
game
garden
gas
gather
general
get
gift
girl
give
glass
glass
glasses
go
goal
god
gold
good
govern
government
grammar
grass
great
green
grey
grill
ground
group
grow
guarantee
guard
guest
guide
guilty
gun
habit
hair
half
halt
hand
hang
happen
happy
harbor
hard
harm
harmony
hat
hate
have
head
headquarters
heal
health
healthy
hear
heart
heat
heavy
helicopter
help
here
hers
hide
high
hijack
hill
hire
history
hit
hobby
hold
hole
holiday
hollow
holy
home
honest
honey
honor
hope
horrible
horse
hospital
hostage
hostile
hot
hotel
hour
house
however
huge
human
humor
hundred
hunger
hungry
hunt
hurry
hurt
husband
ice
idea
identify
ill
illegal
imagine
immediate
import
important
improve
in
incident
include
increase
independent
individual
industry
infect
inflation
influence
inform
information
inject
injure
innocent
insane
insect
inspect
instead
instrument
insult
insurance
intelligence
intense
interest
interfere
international
interpret
into
invade
invent
invest
investigate
invite
involve
iron
island
issue
jacket
jail
January
jewel
job
join
joint
joke
judge
juice
July
jump
June
jury
just
keep
key
kick
kill
kind
kiss
kit
knee
knife
know
knowledge
labor
laboratory
lack
lake
land
language
large
last
late
laugh
law
lawyer
lead
leak
learn
leave
left
leg
legal
leisure
lend
less
let
letter
level
library
lie
life
lift
light
like
limit
line
link
lip
liquid
list
listen
little
live
load
loan
local
lock
lonely
long
look
loose
lose
lot
loud
love
low
loyal
luck
machine
magazine
mail
main
mainly
majority
make
male
man
manufacture
many
map
March
march
mark
market
marry
match
material
matter
May
may
mayor
meal
mean
measure
meat
media
medicine
medium
meet
member
memory
mental
menu
mercy
message
metal
method
middle
might
mild
military
milk
million
mind
mine
minister
minor
minus
minute
mirror
miss
mist
mistake
misunderstanding
mix
mob
model
moderate
modern
Monday
money
month
moon
moral
more
morning
most
mother
mountain
mouth
move
movie
much
murder
muscle
music
must
mystery
nail
name
narrow
nation
native
natural
navy
near
necessary
neck
need
neither
nerve
neutral
never
new
news
next
nice
night
nine
ninth
noise
nominate
noon
normal
north
nose
note
nothing
November
now
nowhere
nuclear
number
obey
object
observe
occupy
ocean
October
of course
off
offensive
offer
office
officer
official
often
oil
old
on
once
one
only
open
operate
opinion
opposite
oppress
orange
order
organize
origin
other
oust
out
over
owe
own
page
pain
paint
pair
pan
pants
paper
parade
parallel
parcel
parent
park
parliament
part
partner
party
pass
passenger
passport
past
paste
path
patient
pay
peace
pen
pencil
people
percent
perfect
perform
perhaps
period
permanent
permit
person
pharmacy
physical
picture
piece
pig
pilot
pipe
place
plan
plane
plant
plastic
plate
play
please
plenty
plus
pocket
point
poison
police
policy
politics
pollute
poor
popular
population
port
position
possess
possible
post office
postpone
pot
potato
pour
powder
power
practical
practice
praise
pray
pregnant
present
president
press
pressure
prevent
price
print
prison
private
prize
probable
problem
process
produce
professor
profit
program
progress
project
promise
pronounce
property
propose
protect
protest
prove
provide
public
publish
pull
punish
purchase
pure
purpose
push
put
quality
question
quick
quiet
quit
quite
race
radar
radiation
radio
raid
rail
rain
raise
rare
rate
rather
ray
reach
react
read
ready
real
realistic
reason
receive
recession
recognize
recommend
record
recover
red
reduce
refer
refugee
refuse
regard
regards
regret
reject
relation
release
religion
rely on
remain
remember
remove
rent
repair
repeat
report
represent
request
require
rescue
research
resign
resist
resolution
resource
respect
responsible
rest
restrain
result
retire
return
revolt
reward
rice
rich
ride
right
ring
riot
rise
risk
river
road
rob
rock
rocket
role
roll
roof
room
root
rope
rough
round
rubber
ruin
rule
run
sabotage
sacrifice
sad
safe
sail
salad
salt
same
sand
satellite
satisfied
satisfy
Saturday
sausage
save
say
scale
school
science
scissors
sea
search
season
seat
second
secret
security
see
seek
seem
seize
seldom
self
sell
senate
send
sense
sentence
separate
September
series
serious
serve
set
settle
seven
several
severe
sex
shade
shake
shall
shame
shape
share
sharp
shelf
shell
shelter
shine
ship
shirt
shock
shoe
shoot
shop
short
should
shout
show
shrink
shut
sick
side
sign
signal
signature
silence
silent
silk
silver
similar
simple
since
sing
single
sister
sit
situation
six
size
skeleton
skill
skin
skirt
sky
slave
sleep
slice
slide
slip
slow
small
smash
smell
smile
smoke
smooth
snake
sneeze
snow
so
soap
social
society
soft
soil
soldier
solid
solve
son
song
soon
sort
soul
sound
soup
south
space
speak
special
speech
speed
spell
spend
spirit
spoon
sport
spot
spread
spring
spy
square
stairs
stand
star
start
starve
state
station
statue
stay
steal
steam
steel
step
stick
still
stomach
stone
stop
store
storm
story
straight
straight ahead
strange
street
stretch
strike
strong
structure
struggle
student
study
stupid
subject
substance
substitute
succeed
such
sudden
suffer
sugar
suggest
summer
sun
Sunday
supervise
supply
support
suppose
suppress
sure
surface
surprise
surrender
surround
survive
suspect
suspend
swallow
swear
sweet
swim
sympathy
system
table
tail
take
talk
tall
target
task
taste
tax
tea
teach
team
tear
technical
technology
telephone
television
tell
ten
term
terrible
territory
terror
test
thank
theater
then
theory
there
thick
thin
thing
think
third
thirsty
thirteen
thirty
though
thought
thousand
threaten
three
throat
through
throw
Thursday
tie
tight
time
times
tin
tired
today
together
toilet
tomorrow
tongue
tonight
too
tool
tooth
top
topic
torture
total
touch
toward
town
toy
trade
tradition
traffic
train
translate
transport
trash
travel
treason
treasure
treat
treatment
treaty
tree
trial
tribe
trick
trip
troop
trouble
trousers
truck
1
trust
truth
try
tube
Tuesday
turn
twelve
twenty
twice
two
under
understand
unite
universe
university
unless
until
up
urge
urgent
use
usual
valley
valuable
value
vegetable
vehicle
version
very
veto
vicious
victim
victory
view
village
violate
violence
visit
voice
vote
wage
wait
wake
walk
wall
want
war
warm
warn
wash
waste
watch
water
wave
way
weak
wealth
weapon
wear
weather
Wednesday
week
weight
welcome
well
west
wet
wheat
wheel
white
whole
wide
wife
wild
win
wind
window
wine
wing
winter
wire
wise
wish
withdraw
without
woman
wonder
wonderful
wood
wool
word
work
world
worry
worse
worth
wound
wreck
write
wrong
year
yellow
yesterday
yet
young
zero

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1. Verbal Auxiliaries
be
can-could
do
have
ought
will
would

2. Pronouns and Numerals
one
I
you
he
she
it
we
they
self
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
13-14-15-16-17-18-19
20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90
hundred
thousand
million
each-every
other
same
this-these
that-those
that-whose
whole
who(m)-whose?

3. Particles
a(n)
about
above
abroad
across
after
again
against
also
among
and
around
as
as...as
at
away_(from)
back
backward
because_(of)
before
behind
between
beyond
but
by
despite
down
during
either...or
even
except
for
forward
from
here
home
how
if
in
in_favour_of
instead_of
into
kindly
-less
neither...nor
never
no
not
now
of
on
on_behalf_of
or
out(side)
part_of
since
so_that
somewhat
soon
sort
than
the
then
there
therefore
though
through
thus
till
to
today
together
tomorrow
too
towards
under
up
very
what?
what
when
where
whether
while
why
with
without
yes
yesterday

4. Labels of Orientation and Units of Time
second
minute
hour
day
week
month
year
bottom
edge
end
front
middle
rear
side
top
east
north
south
west
left
right

5. Epithets
able
abundant
active
adhesive
adult
aesthetic
angry
assertive
attentive
audible
awake
aware
bad
big
bitter
black
blue
brown
certain
chemical
chief
cold
comfortable
compatible
complex
compulsory
consistent
conspicuous
contemporary
contemptuous
contrary
controversial
cruel
cultured
dark
deceitful
deep
dependent
difficult
divisible
durable
eager
early
earnest
easy
educational
electrical
emphatic
envious
equal
equitable
ethical
exact
expensive
expert
explosive
extant
factual
familiar
far
feeble
female
few
final
flat
foreign
fortunate
frequent
friendly
future
generous
good
grateful
green
grey
guilty
happy
hard
harmful
harmless
healthy
heavy
helpful
high
historical
hopeful
horizontal
hot
humorous
ignorant
imaginary
important
intelligent
intense
intentional
intermittent
late
legal
less-least
like
likely
little
long
loose
loud
low
magnetic
male
manifest
many
mechanical
medical
mental
mild
more-most
much
near
necessary
neutral
new
obedient
obstinate
old
ornate
painful
parallel
partial
past
patient
permanent
polite
political
poor
possible
powerful
practical
primitive
private
prone
provisional
public
punctual
pure
putrid
quarrelsome
quick
rare
ready
reasonable
recent
red
regular
relevant
reliable
religious
resolute
resonant
responsible
rich
ritual
rough
safe
secret
selfish
shallow
sharp
short
sick
small
social
soft
solitary
stable
steep
stiff
straight
sucessful
sudden
sufficient
surgical
sweet
synchronous
tall
territorial
theatrical
theoretical
thick
thin
thorough
tight
tranquil
transparent
true
typical
unique
universal
useful
usual
vertical
violent
visible
wasteful
white
wide
widespread
willing
worthy
yellow
young

6. Adjective-Verbs
alert
blind
blunt
clean
correct
dilute
dry
empty
fit
free
hollow
lame
mature
moderate
narrow
open
own
pale
perfect
round
separate
slow
smooth
tame
tidy
warm
weary
wet

7. Substantive-Verbs
7a. Instrument Class
bath
brush
comb
drill
filter
hammer
hook
lever
lock
mirror
net
pencil
pin
plane
plough
post
pump
screw
seat
shovel
trap
wedge
whip
whistle

7b. Applicative Class
butter
cement
color
cover
crown
dress
frame
label
oil
ornament
plant
powder
tile

7c. Personal Agent Class
ally
cook
exile
judge
nurse
pilot
rebel
rival
slave
witness

7d.i. Weak
accord
act
aim
answer
attack
attempt
benefit
bet
blame
blemish
blend
boast
branch
bribe
capture
cause
change
charge
chart
command
compromise
concern
consent
contrast
control
copy
cough
counsel
cure
damage
dance
decrease
delay
delight
demand
desire
discharge
disgust
dislike
display
dispute
doubt
esteem
exchange
experience
face
fear
finish
flash
flavour
flood
flow
flower
fold
force
forecast
grasp
groove
group
guess
gulp
hate
heat
help
hint
hire
hoard
hope
hunt
hurry
increase
jail
jerk
joke
journey
jump
knot
lack
laugh
lie
lift
light
limit
line
list
love
manufacture
mark
measure
move
name
need
number
offer
pardon
permit
picture
pity
place
plan
play
poison
praise
preserve
price
print
promise
protest
pull
purchase
push
puzzle
question
rain
reason
receipt
record
regret
repair
reprimand
request
rest
reverse
reward
rub
rule
safeguard
score
scorn
scratch
shape
share
shave
sign
slope
smile
smoke
sneeze
snow
sound
start
stitch
store
substitute
suck
talk
tax
test
thank
thunder
torture
touch
trade
transport
trick
trouble
trust
turn
twist
use
value
visit
vote
wait
walk
waste
work
worship
wound

7d.ii Minor Irregularities
bend
burn
dream
sleep

7d.iii Contracted Forms
burst
cut
hit
split

7d.iv Strong
bite
break
breed
fight
mistake
run

8. Simple Verbs
8a. Weak
absorb
accustom
acknowledge
amaze
annul
arrange
ascribe
assert
attend
avoid
balance
believe
boil
breathe
cease
celebrate
collect
compare
complain
compute
conceal
concentrate
conquer
consist_of
contain
continue
convince
cooperate
correspond
corrode
crush
cry_out
dare
deceive
decide
deem
deny
deprive
describe
desert
destroy
detect
dismember
dispose_of
dissolve
drop
employ
enable
equip
examine
explain
express
extend
fail
fasten
fill
follow
frighten
fulfil
glide
greet
happen
heed
imagine
impose
include
infer
intoxicate
invest
kill
learn
listen
live
locate
marry
misconceive
narrate
observe
obstruct
oppose
organize
overturn
participate
perform
pierce
please
pluck
ponder
pour
practise
prefer
prevent
procure
prohibit
project
propose
prove
publish
punish
react
receive
refrain
refuse
relinquish
remain
remember
remove
retain
revile
revive
satisfy
seem
select
stimulate
sue
suffer
suspend
sway
tempt
threaten
translate
transmit
unite
utter
warn
weigh

8b. Minor Irregularities
deal
die
dwell
feel
flee
hear
keep
lose
make
mean
pay
say
weep

8c. Contracted
cast
put
read
shut

8d. Strong
arise
become
come
drive
fly
forget
give
go
grow
know
meet
partake_of
see
seek
sell
send
shake
shine
sing
sit
stand
steal
swell
swim
teach
understand
undo
write

9. Names
aeroplane
air
ale
angle
animal
ankle
apartment
arch
arm
ass
assembly
bag
ball
band
bank
barrier
bay
bead
bee
bell
bill
bird
blood
boat
body
bone
book
boundary
bowl
box
brain
brake
bread
brick
bridge
brother
building
button
camel
cape
cat
cavity
chain
chairman
cheese
chest
child
circle
citizen
clay
clock
cloud
coal
coat
colleague
college
committee
compound
concrete
continent
copper
cord
corn
corner
corridor
cotton
couch
cow
cube
cup
cupboard
cylinder
daughter
device
diamond
digit
dirt
dish
dog
door
drawer
drink
drug
dust
ear
earth
editor
egg
elbow
elephant
enemy
eye
eyebrow
eyelash
fabric
factory
family
farm
fat
father
feather
fibre
filament
finger
fire
fish
fist
flag
flame
flax
flesh
floor
flour
fog
food
foot
forehead
forest
fork
fort
friend
fruit
furniture
gap
garden
gas
glass
goat
gold
grass
gun
gut
hair
hand
handle
head
heart
heel
hemp
hinge
hole
horn
horse
hospital
house
ice
ink
iron
island
jelly
joint
journal
juice
key
knee
knife
lake
lamp
land
lead
leaf
leather
leg
letter
library
lid
limb
lip
liquid
lung
machine
maize
man
manager
market
mat
match
mattress
member
metal
milk
mine
missile
moisture
money
moon
mother
mountain
mouth
nail
neck
needle
news
night
nose
oar
ocean
officer
offspring
ox
package
page
paper
parent
particle
pearl
pen
person
pest
piece
pig
pipe
platform
pocket
point
police
port
porter
priest
rail
rectangle
representative
rice
river
road
rod
roof
room
root
rubber
salt
sand
satellite
scale
school
sea
seed
shadow
sheep
sheet
shelf
shell
shoulder
sib
silk
silver
sister
skin
sky
slime
snake
soap
soil
solid
solution
son
soup
speaker
spine
spiral
sponge
spoon
spouse
square
stairs
stalk
stamp
star
station
steam
steel
step
stick
stone
stove
sugar
sun
table
tail
tap
tear
tent
thief
throat
thumb
ticket
tin
tobacco
toe
tongue
tool
tooth
town
track
train
tray
tree
tribunal
trunk
vapour
vehicle
wall
warehouse
water
wave
weapon
-wear
wheat
wheel
wind
window
wine
wing
wire
woman
wood
wool
worm
wrist
zinc

10. Concepts
ability
absence
achievement
addition
agreement
approval
arbitration
army
arrangement
art
authority
behaviour
birth
breath
capital
characteristic
circumstance
collison
colony
communication
competition
composition
condition
confirmation
consciousness
constituent
creed
criticism
current
customs
danger
death
decision
defence
degree
description
detail
development
difference
direction
disadvantage
disarmament
disease
displeasure
distance
distribution
dividend
duty
effect
element
empire
energy
engineering
entertainment
equality
excess
expanse
extent
fact
fatigue
fervour
fidelity
figure
fraud
freedom
friendliness
game
glee
goods
government
grant
growth
health
heap
idea
identity
importance
inquiry
insurance
interior
justice
knowledge
language
law
length
lesson
life
likeness
liquidation
loan
loss
majority
marriage
mass
material
membership
message
minority
mishap
monopoly
motion
music
nationalism
nationality
navy
negotiations
noise
oath
observation
obstacle
odor
offence
opinion
opportunity
organisation
peace
penalty
permission
personnel
pleasure
potential
power
prerequisite
presence
pressure
privilege
problem
procedure
process
product
programme
progress
prohibition
property
prose
purpose
quantity
rate
reaction
recipe
relation
reservation
resistance
resources
revolt
rhythm
science
search
security
seizure
selection
separation
sequence
service
sex
shock
song
source
space
specimen
stage
state
statement
status
stipulation
structure
surface
synopsis
system
task
temperature
testimony
thing
time
topic
trial
truth
tune
type
union
unit
verse
vibration
victim
view
voice
volume
war
way
weather
willingness
word

11. Supplementary List
abstract
accuracy
accuse
adhere
administrator
advancement
appearance
ascent
associate
average
background
basis
bat
blow
bunch
card
ceremony
chimney
complete
concede
conventional
crawl
crew
curve
deck
defend
different
difficulty
disappointment
discount
discover
engine
enthusiastic
entrance
environment
escape
exclusive
exercise
extinguish
fall
fashion
fiction
field
firm
friction
full
gift
God
ground
guilt
habit
hereditary
honesty
honorific
hostile
income
inference
innocence
instrument
invention
lewd
likelihood
link
miracle
missive
mix
narrative
opposition
partner
party
payment
pretend
proposal
publication
reality
remind
resignation
roll
rumour
sensual
similar
size
spear
speed
spool
stumble
subordinate
superstition
sword
tar
target
title
tolerant
total
treatment
vacation
verdict
viscous
wax

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