625 Base Vocabulary Word List
Animals : dog, cat, fish, bird, cow, pig, mouse, horse, wing, animal
Transportation: train, plane, car, truck, bicycle, bus, boat, ship, tire, gasoline, engine, (train) ticket,
transportation
Location: city, house, apartment, street/road, airport, train station, bridge, hotel, restaurant, farm,
court, school, office, room, town, university, club, bar, park, camp, store/shop, theater, library, hospital,
church, market, country (U, France, etc.), building, ground, space (outer space), bank, location
Clothing: hat, dress, suit, skirt, shirt, -shirt, pants, shoes, pocket, coat, stain,
Color: red, green, blue (light/dark), yellow, brown, pink, orange, black, white, gray, color
People: son*, daughter*, mother, father, parent (K mother/father), baby, man, woman, brother*,
sister*, family, grandfather, grandmother, husband*, wife*, king, queen, president, neighbor, boy, girl,
child (K boy/girl), adult (K man/woman), human (L animal), friend (dd a friend
Job: teacher, student, lawyer, doctor, patient, waiter, secretary, priest, police, army, soldier, artist, author,
manager, reporter, actor, job
Society: religion, heaven, hell, death, medicine, money, dollar, bill, marriage*, wedding*, team,
relationship, race (ethnicity), sex (the act), sex (gender), murder, prison, technology, energy, war, peace,
attack, election, magazine, newspaper, poison, gun, sport, race (sport), exercise, ball, game, price,
contract, drug, sign, science, God
Art: band, song, instrument (musical), music, movie, art
Beverages: coffee, tea, wine, beer, juice, water, milk, beverage
Food: egg, cheese, bread, soup, cake, chicken, pork, beef, apple, banana, orange, lemon, corn, rice, oil,
seed, knife, spoon, fork, plate, cup, breakfast, lunch, dinner, sugar, salt, bottle, food
Home: table, chair, bed, dream, window, door, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, pencil, pen, photograph,
soap, book, page, key, paint, letter, note, wall, paper, floor, ceiling, roof, pool, lock, telephone, garden,
yard, needle, bag, box, gift, card, ring, tool
Electronics: clock, lamp, fan, cell phone, network, computer, program (computer), laptop, screen,
camera, television, radio oy: head, neck, face, beard, hair, eye, mouth*, lip*, nose, tooth, ear, tear
(drop), tongue, back, toe, finger, foot, hand, leg, arm, shoulder, heart, blood, brain, knee, sweat, disease,
bone, voice, skin, body
Nature: sea*, ocean*, river, mountain, rain, snow, tree, sun, moon, world, Earth, forest, sky, plant,
wind, soil/earth, flower, valley, root, lake, star, grass, leaf, air, sand, beach, wave, fire, ice, island, hill,
heat, nature
Materials: glass, metal, plastic, wood, stone, diamond, clay, dust, gold, copper, silver, material
Math and Measurements: meter, centimeter, kilogram, inch, foot, pound, half, circle, square,
temperature, date, weight, edge, corner
Misc Nouns: map, dot, consonant, vowel, light, sound, yes, no, piece, pain, injury, hole, image, pattern,
noun , verb , adjective
Note: Use these last three (noun, verb, adjective) as labels to help distinguish between very similar
looking words (e.g. to die(verb), death(noun), dead(adjective)
Directions: top, bottom, side, front, back, outside, inside, up, down, left, right, straight, north, south,
east, west, direction
Seasons: summer, spring, Winter, Fall, seasonC
Numbers: 1 to 22, 30,31,32, 40,41,42, 50, 51, 52, 60, 62, 70, 71, 72, 80, 81, 82, 90, 91, 92, 100, 101,
102, 110, 111, 1000, 1001, 10000, 1000000, million, billion, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Months: January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Weeks: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Time: year, month, day, hour, minute, seconds, morning, afternoon, evening, night, time
Verbs: work, play, walk, run, drive, fly, swim, go , stop, follow, think, speak/say, eat, drink, kill, die,
smile, laugh, cry, buy*, pay*, sell*, shoot(a gun), learn, jump, smell, hear* (a sound), listen* (music),
taste, touch, see (a bird), watch (), kiss, burn, melt, dig, explode, sit, stand, love, pass
by, cut, fight, lie down, dance, sleep, wake up, sing, count, marry, pray, win, lose, mix/stir, bend, wash,
cook, open, close, write, call, turn, build, teach, grow, draw, feed, catch, throw, clean, find, fall, push,
pull, carry, break, wear, hang, shake, sign, beat, lift
Adjectives: long, short (vs long), tall, short (vs tall), wide, narrow, big/large, small/little, slow, fast, hot,
cold, warm, cool, new, old (new), young, old (young), good, bad, wet, dry, sick, healthy, loud, quiet,
happy, sad, beautiful, ugly, deaf, blind, nice, mean, rich, poor, thick, thin, expensive, cheap, flat, curved,
male, female, tight, loose, high, low, soft, hard, deep, shallow, clean, dirty, strong, weak, dead, alive,
heavy, light (heavy), dark, light (dark), nuclear, famous
Pronouns: , you (singular), he, she, it, we, you (plural, as in ‘you all’, they
