As an English student, you know that vocabulary is important. But do you know which words are the most important? This list of English vocabulary words will help you to focus your studies and improve your language skills. Each word is explained with an example sentence to show how it is used in context. So whether you are a beginner or an advanced learner, this list has something for everyone!
Vocabulary Words From A-Z
English vocabulary words list (A)
- amount
- also
- absence
- absolute
- absorb
- abuse
- approach
- accept
- according
- academic
- account
- alternative
- across
- adult
- analysis
- already
- act
- action
- activity
- admit
- actually
- and
- animal
- another
- apply
- add
- address
- administration
- affect
- after
- appear
- American
- argue
- all
- agency
- arm
- around
- arrive
- anything
- air
- along
- alone
- approximately
- art
- article
- anyone
- any
- answer
- among
- artist
- agree
- always
- ago
- agent
- as
- abroad
- although
- above
- ask
- about
- age
- assume
- at
- attack
- attention
- audience
- area
- appropriate
- author
- authority
- able
- auto
- ability
- architect
- approve
- available
- abandon
- ahead
- almost
- avoid
- a
- agreement
- approval
- again
- allow
- against
- away
English vocabulary words list (B)
- because
- bank
- between
- bar
- become
- ball
- bed
- before
- begin
- better
- best
- beat
- blood
- back
- blue
- board
- body
- benefit
- bag
- bad
- billion
- book
- born
- believe
- behind
- behavior
- beautiful
- both
- be
- box
- base
- boy
- break
- bring
- brother
- budget
- build
- black
- beyond
- building
- business
- but
- bit
- bill
- buy
- by
- big
- baby
English vocabulary words list (C)
- color
- clearly
- campaign
- can
- cancer
- candidate
- Congress
- car
- card
- capital
- care
- close
- career
- certain
- come
- clear
- carry
- case
- catch
- century
- cause
- commercial
- common
- community
- conference
- cell
- center
- central
- certainly
- chair
- condition
- collection
- contact
- citizen
- character
- contain
- container
- continue
- concern
- church
- class
- claim
- consume
- control
- cost
- computer
- compare
- company
- college
- could
- child
- cold
- check
- charge
- country
- camera
- coach
- call
- couple
- change
- course
- court
- cover
- create
- crime
- consumption
- consider
- cultural
- culture
- cup
- consumer
- consultant
- current
- choose
- civil
- customer
- choice
- construction
- challenge
- city
- chance
- cut
English vocabulary words list (D)
- delivery
- define
- determine
- definitely
- demand
- deficit
- democracy
- Democrat
- democratic
- detail
- despite
- delay
- different
- deep
- dead
- difficult
- dinner
- direction
- design
- decision
- defensive
- defense
- devote
- director
- discover
- description
- describe
- depict
- deliver
- discuss
- debate
- degree
- death
- deal
- discussion
- definition
- disease
- do
- doctor
- dog
- door
- down
- difference
- develop
- draw
- dream
- drive
- die
- device
- drop
- decide
- defendant
- drug
- decade
- development
- defend
- during
English vocabulary words list (E)
- environment
- environmental
- episode
- economy
- equal
- establish
- even
- especially
- evening
- event
- expect
- everybody
- everyone
- everything
- exist
- evidence
- exactly
- example
- executive
- experience
- expert
- economic
- eat
- education
- easy
- effort
- east
- early
- each
- effect
- edge
- entire
- enter
- enough
- enjoy
- energy
- end
- employee
- else
- election
- either
- explain
- eye
- eight
English vocabulary words list (F)
- field
- father
- finish
- fear
- fight
- fast
- figure
- fill
- film
- finger
- fine
- feeling
- fly
- factor
- focus
- follow
- food
- find
- fact
- far
- family
- fish
- foot
- for
- financial
- finally
- final
- few
- force
- feel
- foreign
- federal
- forget
- form
- former
- forward
- four
- free
- floor
- fire
- friend
- from
- front
- five
- first
- full
- face
- fall
- fund
- firm
- fail
- future
English vocabulary words list (G)
- gas
- general
- generation
- get
- girl
- give
- glass
- go
- goal
- good
- government
- great
- green
- ground
- garden
- group
- grow
- growth
- game
- guess
- gun
- guy
English vocabulary words list (H)
- half
- heart
- hand
- hang
- happen
- happy
- hear
- health
- high
- him
- himself
- his
- head
- her
- history
- hit
- he
- have
- hard
- hair
- hold
- home
- hope
- hospital
- hot
- hotel
- hour
- house
- herself
- heat
- how
- however
- huge
- here
- help
- human
- hundred
- heavy
- husband
English vocabulary words list (I)
- important
- impact
- imagine
- individual
- industry
- information
- inside
- image
- increase
- instead
- institution
- if
- identify
- idea
- interest
- interesting
- international
- interview
- into
- introduce
- introduction
- investment
- indicate
- improve
- involve
- issue
- it
- indeed
- including
- item
- its
- include
- itself
English vocabulary words list (J, K, L)
- large
- kind
- least
- kitchen
- last
- kill
- late
- later
- laugh
- learn
- leader
- land
- letter
- join
- level
- lie
- life
- lead
- job
- kid
- key
- legal
- light
- like
- lay
- lawyer
- law
- language
- likely
- knowledge
- line
- know
- list
- listen
- little
- live
- local
- long
- let
- leave
- look
- lose
- loss
- less
- leg
- lot
- keep
- love
- left
- just
- low
English vocabulary words list (M)
- measure
- material
- might
- matter
- media
- marriage
- medical
- meet
- meeting
- middle
- method
- me
- model
- manage
- magazine
- modern
- moment
- money
- message
- man
- market
- many
- minute
- month
- more
- mention
- memory
- member
- mean
- morning
- major
- maybe
- maintain
- main
- most
- may
- mother
- machine
- mouth
- move
- movement
- movie
- Mr
- mission
- military
- Mrs
- much
- music
- miss
- mind
- must
- make
- manager
- my
- majority
- million
- management
- myself
English vocabulary words list (N, O)
- not
- nice
- officer
- night
- note
- next
- nothing
- notice
- now
- office
- offer
- nor
- on
- network
- national
- once
- one
- only
- off
- need
- newspaper
- news
- oil
- onto
- open
- of
- occur
- number
- north
- operation
- near
- none
- nature
- natural
- opportunity
- no
- option
- nation
- or
- order
- organization
- other
- others
- old
- official
- our
- out
- outside
- ok
- oh
- over
- necessary
- new
- own
- nearly
- often
- never
- name
- owner
English vocabulary words list (P)
- policy
- plant
- prepare
- pain
- painting
- page
- paper
- play
- parent
- patient
- political
- plan
- part
- participant
- particular
- past
- particularly
- politics
- poor
- popular
- practice
- partner
- party
- pass
- pattern
- pay
- power
- point
- private
- physical
- perform
- probably
- problem
- process
- possible
- phone
- place
- piece
- pretty
- produce
- product
- positive
- position
- population
- police
- production
- period
- PM
- perhaps
- performance
- professional
- player
- professor
- per
- program
- project
- property
- protect
- prove
- price
- present
- provide
- public
- pull
- prevent
- pressure
- purpose
- personal
- picture
- push
- person
- president
- peace
- pick
- people
- put
English vocabulary Words (Q, R)
- reality
- real
- room
- quality
- rule
- run
- question
- research
- range
- require
- Republican
- respond
- represent
- quite
- responsibility
- report
- remove
- remember
- reduce
- record
- raise
- rate
- remain
- religious
- relationship
- relate
- reflect
- response
- read
- reach
- rather
- ready
- region
- resource
- role
- rock
- road
- realize
- radio
- race
- risk
- rise
- right
- really
- recognize
- reason
- recent
- receive
- recently
- rich
- quickly
- reveal
- return
- result
- rest
- red
English vocabulary Words (S)
- same
- safe
- sport
- space
- side
- sign
- significant
- serve
- similar
- stay
- simply
- since
- simple
- sing
- speak
- single
- small
- spring
- southern
- sister
- sit
- site
- skin
- situation
- staff
- stage
- stand
- station
- six
- size
- skill
- smile
- so
- serious
- series
- statement
- speech
- set
- strategy
- sense
- several
- senior
- send
- sell
- seat
- sea
- soon
- some
- street
- strong
- seem
- structure
- state
- seek
- see
- security
- song
- south
- source
- stop
- student
- second
- seven
- study
- section
- start
- star
- standard
- spend
- stuff
- something
- service
- specific
- someone
- somebody
- style
- show
- special
- shoulder
- subject
- should
- soldier
- success
- save
- successful
- such
- suddenly
- suffer
- story
- step
- suggest
- summer
- shot
- support
- short
- store
- stock
- sure
- shoot
- say
- score
- scene
- science
- school
- scientist
- son
- sound
- surface
- she
- sometimes
- share
- still
- shake
- sexual
- social
- sort
- society
- system
- sex
- season
Must Learn: Positive Words List
English vocabulary Words (T)
- three
- this
- top
- table
- take
- those
- talk
- ten
- through
- third
- task
- tax
- teach
- tell
- teacher
- throughout
- throw
- thus
- too
- team
- technology
- television
- tend
- term
- tonight
- thousand
- training
- there
- that
- travel
- treat
- treatment
- together
- theory
- think
- thing
- town
- tree
- trial
- today
- to
- time
- threat
- trip
- them
- thought
- their
- the
- trouble
- though
- truck
- thank
- truth
- try
- turn
- TV
- twenty
- traditional
- total
- twice
- twin
- two
- trade
- toward
- type
- then
- they
- type
- themselves
- tough
- test
- these
- than
- typical
English vocabulary Words (U, V, W, Y, Z)
- while
- what
- up
- upon
- use
- usually
- wind
- valuable
- value
- valley
- variety
- whatever
- various
- wait
- white
- wet
- very
- victim
- view
- vote
- village
- who
- whole
- whom
- win
- violence
- visit
- voice
- walk
- wall
- will
- whether
- wonder
- under
- weight
- water
- word
- work
- worker
- wife
- week
- western
- west
- within
- world
- worry
- wide
- why
- whose
- which
- would
- wealth
- where
- we
- way
- write
- unusual
- when
- until
- writer
- unlikely
- watch
- wrong
- yard
- yeah
- year
- yes
- woman
- window
- yet
- you
- unless
- young
- unknown
- without
- with
- your
- university
- wear
- well
- yourself
- universe
- weapon
- universal
- wish
- United
- unit
- want
- welcome
- war
- zone
- understand
