Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from. — Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).
The cinema
Buying and/or selling in a market (street market or market fair).
The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.
A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.
A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
To stir together.
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
The lowest limit.
To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
M/S: Initialism of motor ship.
An adherent of Islam.
A prescribed quantity or extent. — A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
millimole, millimoles
Having two or more separate aspects.
mother, mama
The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.
Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
A particular means of accomplishing something.
The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
Chiefly; for the most part.
The highest limit.
The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
A change whereby something goes from one place to another; a state of progression from one place to another; a change of position with respect to time.
A good ability to dance.
The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.
The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.
To direct or be in charge of.
Shopping, groceries, errands.
A deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net.
Household linen, especially as a category of goods in a store.
Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
Having a visible or identifying mark.
Occurring every month.
mountain range
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or fictional kind.
Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
The time between two events.
The state of being a member of a group or organization.
A member of an indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock.
A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
possessive case of men: belonging to some or all male humans.
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
Talking or speaking very quickly
Miniature, tiny, small.
A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
minoxidil
A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.