Here, to go with today’s article about Globish – a simplified version of English designed to help all cultures understand each other as English-as-second-language speakers – is the full list of their 1,500 base words.
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a
able
about
above
accept
according (to)
account
accuse
achieve
across
act
adapt
add
admit
adult
advertisement
advise
affect
afraid
after
again
against
age
agency
ago
agree
ahead
aid
aim
air
alive
all
allow
ally
almost
alone
along
already
also
although
always
among
amount
and
anger
angle
announce
another
answer
any
apartment
apologize
appeal
appear
apple
apply
appoint
approve
area
argue
arm
army
around
arrest
arrive
art
as
ask
assist
at
attach
attack
attempt
attend
attention
authority
automatic
autumn
available
average
avoid
awake
award
away
baby
back
bad
bag
balance
ball
ballot
ban
bank
bar
barrier
base
basket
bath
battle
be
bear
beat
beauty
because
become
bed
beer
before
begin
behind
believe
bell
belong
below
bend
beside
best
betray
better
between
big
bill
bird
birth
bit
bite
black
blade
blame
blank
blanket
bleed
blind
block
blood
blow
blue
board
boat
body
bomb
bone
bonus
book
boot
border
born
borrow
boss
both
bottle
bottom
box
boy
boycott
brain
brake
branch
brave
bread
break
breathe
brick
bridge
brief
bright
bring
broad
broadcast
brother
brown
brush
budget
build
bullet
burn
burst
bury
business
busy
but
butter
button
buy
by
cabinet
call
calm
camera
camp
campaign
can
cancel
capture
car
card
care
carriage
carry
case
cash
cat
catch
cause
celebrate
cell
center
century
ceremony
certain
chain
chair
chairman
challenge
champion
chance
change
channel
character
charge
chart
chase
cheap
check
cheer
cheese
chemical
chest
chief
child
choose
church
circle
citizen
city
civilian
claim
clash
class
clean
clear
climate
climb
clock
close
cloth
cloud
coal
coast
coat
code
cold
collect
college
colony
color
combine
come
comfort
command
comment
committee
common
communicate
community
company
compare
compete
complete
compromise
computer
concern
condemn
condition
conference
confirm
congratulate
congress
connect
consider
consumption
contact
contain
continent
continue
control
cook
cool
cooperate
copy
cork
corn
corner
correct
cost
cotton
count
country
course
court
cover
cow
crash
create
credit
crew
crime
crisis
criteria
criticize
crop
cross
crowd
crush
cry
culture
cup
cure
current
custom
cut
damage
dance
danger
dark
date
daughter
day
dead
deaf
deal
dear
debate
debt
decide
declare
decrease
deep
defeat
defend
define
degree
delay
delicate
deliver
demand
demonstrate
denounce
deny
departure
depend
deploy
depression
describe
desert*
design
desire
destroy
detail
develop
device
die
diet
differ
difficult
dig
dinner
diplomat
direct
dirt
disappear
discover
discuss
disease
disk
dismiss
dispute
distance
divide
do
doctor
document
dog
door
doubts
down
drain
draw
dream
dress
drink
drive
drop
drug
dry
during
dust
duty
each
ear
early
earn
earth
east
easy
eat
edge
education
effect
effort
egg
either
elastic
electricity
element
else
embassy
emergency
emotion
employ
empty
end
enemy
enforce
engine
enjoy
enough
enter
entertain
environment
equal
equate
equipment
erase
escape
especially
establish
estimate
ethnic
evaporate
even
event
ever
every
evidence
evil
exact
example
except
exchange
excuse
execute
exercise
exist
exit
expand
expect
expense
experience
experiment
expert
explain
explode
explore
export*
express
extend
extra
extreme
eye
face
fact
factory
fail
fair
fall
false
family
famous
far
fast
fat
father
fear
feather
feature
feed
feel
female
fertile
few
field
fierce
fight
figure
file
fill
film
final
finance
find
fine
finger
finish
fire
firm
first
fish
fist
fit
fix
flag
flat
float
floor
flow
flower
fluid
fly
fog
fold
follow
food
fool
foot
for
forbid
force
foreign
forest
forget
forgive
form
former
forward
frame
free
freeze
fresh
friend
frighten
from
front
fruit
fuel
full
fun
future
gain
gallon
game
gang
garden
gas
gather
general
gentle
get
gift
girl
give
glass
global
go
goal
god
gold
good
govern
grass
gray (grey)
great
green
ground
group
grow
guarantee
guard
guess
guide
guilty
gun
guy
hair
half
halt
hand
hang
happen
happy
hard
harm
hat
hate
have
he
head
heal
health
hear
heart
heat
heavy
help
her
here
hide
high
hijack
hill
him
hire
his
history
hit
hold
hole
holiday
hollow
holy
home
honest
hope
horrible
horse
hospital
hostage
hostile
hot
hour
house
how
however
huge
human
humor
hunger
hunt
hurry
hurt
husband
I
ice
idea
identify
if
ill
imagine
import*
important
improve
in
inch
incident
include
increase*
independent
indicate
individual
industry
infect
influence
inform
inject
injure
innocent
insane
insect
inspect
instead
insult*
insurance
intelligence
intense
interest
interfere
international
into
invade
invent
invest
investigate
invite
involve
iron
island
issue
it
item
jacket
jail
jewel
job
join
joint
joke
joy
judge
jump
jury
just
keep
key
kick
kid
kill
kind
king
kiss
kit
kitchen
knife
know
labor
laboratory
lack
lake
land
language
large
last
late
laugh
law
lay
lead
leak
learn
least
leave
left
leg
legal
lend
length
less
let
letter
level
lie
life
lift
light
like
limit
line
link
lip
liquid
list
listen
little
live
load
loan
local
locate
lock
log
lone
long
look
loose
lose
lot
loud
love
low
luck
magic
mail
main
major
make
male
man
manufacture
many
map
march
mark
market
marry
master
match
material
matter
may
mayor
me
meal
mean
measure
meat
media
meet
member
memory
mental
mercy
message
metal
meter
method
middle
might
mile
military
milk
mind
mine
minister
minor
miscellaneous
miss
mistake
mix
mob
model
moderate
modern
money
month
moon
moral
more
morning
most
mother
motion
mountain
mouth
move
much
murder
muscle
music
must
my
mystery
nail
name
narrow
nation
native
navy
near
necessary
neck
need
neighbor
neither
nerve
neutral
never
new
news
next
nice
night
no
noise
noon
normal
north
nose
not
note
nothing
notice
now
nowhere
number
obey
object
observe
occupy
occur
of
off
offensive
offer
office
officer
often
oil
old
on
once
only
open
operate
opinion
opportunity
opposite
oppress
or
order
organize
other
ounce
our
ours
oust
out
over
owe
own
page
pain
paint
pan
pants
paper
parade
parcel
parent
parliament
part
party
pass
passenger
past
paste
path
patient
pattern
pay
peace
pen
pencil
people
percent
perfect
perform
perhaps
period
permanent
permit
person
physical
pick
picture
piece
pig
pilot
pint
pipe
place
plain
plan
plane
plant
plastic
plate
play
please
plenty
pocket
point
poison
policy
politics
pollute
poor
popular
port
position
possess
possible
postpone
potato
pound
pour
powder
power
practice
praise
pray
pregnant
present
press
pretty
prevent
price
print
prison
private
prize
problem
process
product
professor
profit
program
progress*
project*
property
propose
protect
protest
prove
provide
public
publish
pull
punish
purchase
pure
purpose
push
put
quality
quart
quarter
queen
question
quick
quiet
quit
quite
race
radiation
raid
rail
rain
raise
range
rare
rate
rather
ray
reach
react
read
ready
real
reason
receive
recognize
record*
recover
red
reduce
refugee
refuse*
regret
regular
reject
relation
release
remain
remember
remove
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
roll
roof
room
root
rope
rough
round
row
rub
rubber
ruin
rule
run
sad
safe
sail
salt
same
sand
satisfy
save
say
scale
scare
school
science
score
script
sea
search
season
seat
second
secret
section
security
see
seed
seek
seem
seize
seldom
self
sell
senate
send
sense
sentence
separate
series
serious
serve
set
settle
several
severe
sex
shade
shake
shall
shame
shape
share
sharp
she
sheet
shelf
shell
shelter
shine
ship
shirt
shock
shoe
shoot
shop
short
should
shout
show
shrink
shut
sick
side
sign
signal
silence
silk
silver
similar
simple
since
sing
single
sister
sit
situation
size
skill
skin
skirt
sky
slave
sleep
slide
slip
slow
small
smart
smash
smell
smile
smoke
smooth
snack
snake
sneeze
snow
so
soap
social
society
soft
soil
soldier
solid
solve
some
son
song
soon
sorry
sort
soul
sound
south
space
speak
special
speech
speed
spell
spend
spirit
spot
spread
spring
spy
square
stage
stairs
stamp
stand
star
start
starve
state
station
status
stay
steal
steam
steel
step
stick
still
stomach
stone
stop
store
storm
story
straight
strange
stream
street
stretch
strike
string
strong
structure
struggle
study
stupid
subject
substance
substitute
succeed
such
sudden
suffer
sugar
suggest
suit
summer
sun
supervise
supply
support
suppose
suppress
sure
surface
surprise
surround
survive
suspect
suspend
swallow
swear
sweet
swim
symbol
sympathy
system
table
tail
take
talk
tall
target
task
taste
tax
tea
teach
team
tear
tear
tell
term
terrible
territory
terror
test
than
thank
that
the
theater
theirs
them
then
theory
there
these
they
thick
thin
thing
think
third
this
those
though
thought
threaten
through
throw
thus
tie
tight
time
tin
tiny
tire
title
to
today
together
tomorrow
tone
tongue
tonight
too
tool
tooth
top
total
touch
toward
town
track
trade
tradition
traffic
train
transport*
travel
treason
treasure
treat
treaty
tree
trial
tribe
trick
trip
troop
trouble
truck
true
trust
try
tube
turn
twice
under
understand
unit
universe
unless
until
up
upon
urge
us
use
valley
value
vary
vegetable
vehicle
version
very
veto
vicious
victim
victory
view
violence
visit
voice
volume
vote
wage
wait
walk
wall
want
war
warm
warn
wash
waste
watch
water
wave
way
we
weak
wealth
weapon
wear
weather
week
weight
welcome
well
west
wet
what
wheat
wheel
when
where
whether
which
while
white
who
whole
why
wide
wife
wild
will
win
wind
window
wine
wing
winter
wire
wise
wish
with
withdraw
without
woman
wonder
wood
wool
word
work
world
worry
worse
worth
wound
wreck
write
wrong
yard
year
yellow
yes
yesterday
yet
you
young