English Vocabulary Word List
VOA Special English Word List (1510 Words)
- a
- an
- able
- about
- above
- abuse
- accept
- accident
- accuse
- across
- act
- activist
- actor
- add
- administration
- admit
- adult
- advertise
- advise
- affect
- afraid
- after
- again
- against
- age
- agency
- aggression
- ago
- agree
- agriculture
- aid
- aim
- air
- air force
- airplane
- airport
- album
- alcohol
- alive
- all
- ally
- almost
- alone
- along
- already
- also
- although
- always
- ambassador
- amend
- ammunition
- among
- amount
- anarchy
- ancestor
- ancient
- and
- anger
- animal
- anniversary
- announce
- another
- answer
- any
- apologize
- appeal
- appear
- appoint
- approve
- archeology
- area
- argue
- arms
- army
- around
- arrest
- arrive
- art
- artillery
- as
- ash
- ask
- assist
- astronaut
- astronomy
- asylum
- at
- atmosphere
- attach
- attack
- attempt
- attend
- attention
- automobile
- autumn
- available
- average
- avoid
- awake
- award
- away
- baby
- back
- bad
- balance
- ball
- balloon
- ballot
- ban
- bank
- bar
- barrier
- base
- battle
- be
- beat
- beauty
- because
- become
- bed
- before
- begin
- behavior
- behind
- believe
- belong
- below
- best
- betray
- better
- between
- big
- bill
- biology
- bird
- bite
- black
- blame
- bleed
- blind
- block
- blood
- blow
- blue
- boat
- body
- boil
- bomb
- bone
- book
- border
- born
- borrow
- both
- bottle
- bottom
- box
- boy
- boycott
- brain
- brave
- bread
- break
- breathe
- bridge
- brief
- bright
- bring
- broadcast
- brother
- brown
- budget
- build
- building
- bullet
- burn
- burst
- bury
- bus
- business
- busy
- but
- buy
- by
- cabinet
- call
- calm
- camera
- camp
- campaign
- can
- cancel
- cancer
- candidate
- capital
- capture
- car
- care
- career
- careful
- carry
- case
- cat
- catch
- cause
- ceasefire
- celebrate
- center
- century
- ceremony
- chairman
- champion
- chance
- change
- charge
- chase
- cheat
- cheer
- chemicals
- chemistry
- chief
- child
- children
- choose
- circle
- citizen
- city
- civilian
- civil rights
- claim
- clash
- class
- clean
- clear
- clergy
- climate
- climb
- clock
- close
- cloth
- clothes
- cloud
- coal
- coalition
- coast
- coffee
- cold
- collapse
- collect
- college
- colony
- color
- combine
- come
- command
- comment
- committee
- common
- communicate
- community
- company
- compare
- compete
- complete
- complex
- compromise
- computer
- concern
- condemn
- condition
- conference
- confirm
- conflict
- congratulate
- Congress
- connect
- conservative
- consider
- constitution
- contact
- contain
- container
- continent
- continue
- control
- convention
- cook
- cool
- cooperate
- copy
- corn
- correct
- corruption
- cost
- cotton
- count
- country
- court
- cover
- cow
- crash
- create
- creature
- credit
- crew
- crime
- criminal
- crisis
- criticize
- crops
- cross
- crowd
- crush
- cry
- culture
- cure
- curfew
- current
- custom
- customs
- cut
- dam
- damage
- dance
- danger
- dark
- date
- daughter
- day
- dead
- deaf
- deal
- debate
- debt
- decide
- declare
- decrease
- deep
- defeat
- defend
- deficit
- define
- degree
- delay
- delegate
- demand
- democracy
- demonstrate
- denounce
- deny
- depend
- deplore
- deploy
- depression
- describe
- desert
- design
- desire
- destroy
- detail
- detain
- develop
- device
- dictator
- die
- diet
- different
- difficult
- dig
- dinner
- diplomat
- direct
- direction
- dirt
- disappear
- disarm
- disaster
- discover
- discrimination
- discuss
- disease
- dismiss
- dispute
- dissident
- distance
- dive
- divide
- do
- doctor
- document
- dog
- dollar
- donate
- door
- double
- down
- dream
- drink
- drive
- drop
- drown
- drug
- dry
- during
- dust
- duty
- each
- early
- earn
- earth
- earthquake
- ease
- east
- easy
- eat
- ecology
- economy
- edge
- education
- effect
- effort
- egg
- either
- elect
- electricity
- embassy
- embryo
- emergency
- emotion
- employ
- empty
- end
- enemy
- energy
- enforce
- engine
- engineer
- enjoy
- enough
- enter
- environment
- equal
- equipment
- escape
- especially
- establish
- estimate
- ethnic
- evaporate
- even
- event
- ever
- every
- evidence
- evil
- exact
- examine
- example
- excellent
- except
- exchange
- excuse
- execute
- exercise
- exile
- exist
- expand
- expect
- expel
- experience
- experiment
- expert
- explain
- explode
- explore
- export
- express
- extend
- extra
- extraordinary
- extreme
- extremist
- face
- fact
- factory
- fail
- fair
- fall
- false
- family
- famous
- fan
- far
- farm
- fast
- fat
- father
- favorite
- fear
- federal
- feed
- feel
- female
- fence
- fertile
- few
- field
- fierce
- fight
- fill
- film
- final
- financial
- find
- fine
- finish
- fire
- fireworks
- firm
- first
- fish
- fit
- fix
- flag
- flat
- flee
- float
- flood
- floor
- flow
- flower
- fluid
- fly
- fog
- follow
- food
- fool
- foot
- for
- force
- foreign
- forest
- forget
- forgive
- form
- former
- forward
- free
- freedom
- freeze
- fresh
- friend
- frighten
- from
- front
- fruit
- fuel
- full
- fun
- funeral
- future
- gain
- game
- gas
- gather
- general
- generation
- genocide
- gentle
- get
- gift
- girl
- give
- glass
- go
- goal
- god
- gold
- good
- goods
- govern
- government
- grain
- grass
- gray
- great
- green
- grind
- ground
- group
- grow
- guarantee
- guard
- guerrilla
- guide
- guilty
- gun
- hair
- half
- halt
- hang
- happen
- happy
- hard
- harm
- harvest
- hat
- hate
- have
- he
- head
- headquarters
- heal
- health
- hear
- heat
- heavy
- helicopter
- help
- here
- hero
- hide
- high
- hijack
- hill
- history
- hit
- hold
- hole
- holiday
- holy
- home
- honest
- honor
- hope
- horrible
- horse
- hospital
- hostage
- hostile
- hot
- hotel
- hour
- house
- how
- however
- huge
- human
- humor
- hunger
- hunt
- hurry
- hurt
- husband
- I
- ice
- idea
- identify
- if
- ignore
- illegal
- imagine
- immediate
- immigrant
- import
- important
- improve
- in
- incident
- incite
- include
- increase
- independent
- individual
- industry
- infect
- inflation
- influence
- inform
- information
- inject
- injure
- innocent
- insane
- insect
- inspect
- instead
- instrument
- insult
- intelligence
- intelligent
- intense
- interest
- interfere
- international
- Internet
- intervene
- invade
- invent
- invest
- investigate
- invite
- involve
- iron
- island
- issue
- it
- jail
- jewel
- job
- join
- joint
- joke
- judge
- jump
- jury
- just
- justice
- keep
- kick
- kidnap
- kill
- kind
- kiss
- knife
- know
- knowledge
- labor
- laboratory
- lack
- lake
- land
- language
- large
- last
- late
- laugh
- launch
- law
- lead
- leak
- learn
- leave
- left
- legal
- legislature
- lend
- less
- let
- letter
- level
- liberal
- lie
- life
- lift
- light
- lightning
- like
- limit
- line
- link
- liquid
- list
- listen
- literature
- little
- live
- load
- loan
- local
- lonely
- long
- look
- lose
- loud
- love
- low
- loyal
- luck
- machine
- magazine
- main
- major
- majority
- make
- male
- man
- manufacture
- many
- map
- march
- mark
- market
- marry
- mass
- mate
- material
- mathematics
- matter
- may
- mayor
- meal
- mean
- measure
- meat
- media
- medicine
- meet
- melt
- member
- memorial
- memory
- mental
- message
- metal
- method
- microscope
- middle
- militant
- military
- militia
- milk
- mind
- mine
- mineral
- minister
- minor
- minority
- minute
- miss
- missile
- missing
- mistake
- mix
- mob
- model
- moderate
- modern
- money
- month
- moon
- moral
- more
- morning
- most
- mother
- motion
- mountain
- mourn
- move
- movement
- movie
- much
- murder
- music
- must
- mystery
- name
- narrow
- nation
- native
- natural
- nature
- navy
- near
- necessary
- need
- negotiate
- neighbor
- neither
- neutral
- never
- new
- news
- next
- nice
- night
- no
- noise
- nominate
- noon
- normal
- north
- not
- note
- nothing
- now
- nowhere
- nuclear
- number
- obey
- object
- observe
- occupy
- ocean
- of
- off
- offensive
- offer
- office
- officer
- official
- often
- oil
- old
- on
- once
- only
- open
- operate
- opinion
- oppose
- opposite
- oppress
- or
- orbit
- order
- organize
- other
- our
- oust
- out
- over
- overthrow
- owe
- own
- pain
- paint
- paper
- parachute
- parade
- pardon
- parent
- parliament
- part
- partner
- party
- pass
- passenger
- passport
- past
- path
- patient
- pay
- peace
- people
- percent
- perfect
- perform
- period
- permanent
- permit
- person
- persuade
- physical
- physics
- picture
- piece
- pig
- pilot
- pipe
- place
- plan
- planet
- plant
- plastic
- play
- please
- plenty
- plot
- poem
- point
- poison
- police
- policy
- politics
- pollute
- poor
- popular
- population
- port
- position
- possess
- possible
- postpone
- pour
- poverty
- power
- praise
- pray
- predict
- pregnant
- present
- president
- press
- pressure
- prevent
- price
- prison
- private
- prize
- probably
- problem
- process
- produce
- profession
- professor
- profit
- program
- progress
- project
- promise
- propaganda
- property
- propose
- protect
- protest
- prove
- provide
- public
- publication
- publish
- pull
- pump
- punish
- purchase
- pure
- purpose
- push
- put
- quality
- question
- quick
- quiet
- race
- radar
- radiation
- radio
- raid
- railroad
- rain
- raise
- rape
- rare
- rate
- reach
- react
- read
- ready
- real
- realistic
- reason
- reasonable
- rebel
- receive
- recent
- recession
- recognize
- record
- recover
- red
- reduce
- reform
- refugee
- refuse
- register
- regret
- reject
- relations
- release
- religion
- remain
- remains
- remember
- remove
- repair
- repeat
- report
- represent
- repress
- request
- require
- rescue
- research
- resign
- resist
- resolution
- resource
- respect
- responsible
- rest
- restaurant
- restrain
- restrict
- result
- retire
- return
- revolt
- rice
- rich
- ride
- right
- riot
- rise
- risk
- river
- road
- rob
- rock
- rocket
- roll
- room
- root
- rope
- rough
- round
- rub
- rubber
- ruin
- rule
- run
- rural
- sabotage
- sacrifice
- sad
- safe
- sail
- sailor
- salt
- same
- sand
- satellite
- satisfy
- save
- say
- school
- science
- sea
- search
- season
- seat
- second
- secret
- security
- see
- seed
- seeking
- seem
- seize
- self
- sell
- Senate
- send
- sense
- sentence
- separate
- series
- serious
- serve
- service
- set
- settle
- several
- severe
- sex
- shake
- shape
- share
- sharp
- she
- sheep
- shell
- shelter
- shine
- ship
- shock
- shoe
- shoot
- short
- should
- shout
- show
- shrink
- sick
- sickness
- side
- sign
- signal
- silence
- silver
- similar
- simple
- since
- sing
- single
- sink
- sister
- sit
- situation
- size
- skeleton
- skill
- skin
- sky
- slave
- sleep
- slide
- slow
- small
- smash
- smell
- smoke
- smooth
- snow
- so
- social
- soft
- soil
- soldier
- solid
- solve
- some
- son
- soon
- sort
- sound
- south
- space
- speak
- special
- speech
- speed
- spend
- spill
- spirit
- split
- sport
- spread
- spring
- spy
- square
- stab
- stand
- star
- start
- starve
- state
- station
- statue
- stay
- steal
- steam
- steel
- step
- stick
- still
- stone
- stop
- store
- storm
- story
- stove
- straight
- strange
- street
- stretch
- strike
- strong
- structure
- struggle
- study
- stupid
- subject
- submarine
- substance
- substitute
- subversion
- succeed
- such
- sudden
- suffer
- sugar
- suggest
- suicide
- summer
- sun
- supervise
- supply
- support
- suppose
- suppress
- sure
- surface
- surplus
- surprise
- surrender
- surround
- survive
- suspect
- suspend
- swallow
- swear in
- sweet
- swim
- sympathy
- system
- take
- talk
- tall
- tank
- target
- taste
- tax
- tea
- teach
- team
- tear
- technical
- technology
- telephone
- telescope
- television
- tell
- temperature
- temporary
- tense
- term
- terrible
- territory
- terror
- terrorist
- test
- than
- thank
- that
- the
- theater
- them
- then
- theory
- there
- these
- they
- thick
- thin
- thing
- think
- third
- this
- threaten
- through
- throw
- tie
- time
- tired
- to
- today
- together
- tomorrow
- tonight
- too
- tool
- top
- torture
- total
- touch
- toward
- town
- trade
- tradition
- traffic
- tragic
- train
- transport
- transportation
- trap
- travel
- treason
- treasure
- treat
- treatment
- treaty
- tree
- trial
- tribe
- trick
- trip
- troops
- trouble
- truce
- truck
- true
- trust
- try
- tube
- turn
- under
- understand
- unite
- universe
- university
- unless
- until
- up
- urge
- urgent
- us
- use
- usual
- vacation
- vaccine
- valley
- value
- vegetable
- vehicle
- version
- very
- veto
- victim
- victory
- video
- village
- violate
- violence
- visa
- visit
- voice
- volcano
- volunteer
- vote
- wages
- wait
- walk
- wall
- want
- war
- warm
- warn
- wash
- waste
- watch
- water
- wave
- way
- we
- weak
- wealth
- weapon
- wear
- weather
- Web site
- week
- weigh
- welcome
- well
- west
- wet
- what
- wheat
- wheel
- when
- where
- whether
- which
- while
- white
- who
- whole
- why
- wide
- wife
- wild
- will
- willing
- win
- wind
- window
- winter
- wire
- wise
- wish
- with
- withdraw
- without
- witness
- woman
- wonder
- wonderful
- wood
- word
- work
- world
- worry
- worse
- worth
- wound
- wreck
- wreckage
- write
- wrong
- year
- yellow
- yes
- yesterday
- yet
- you
- young
- zero
- zoo