Top 1000 General English (only verbs)

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Verbs filtered out of a top 1000 most frequent general english wordlist. Modals removed.
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  1. must
    a necessary or essential thing
    We must look at terrorism as a mental disease.
  2. be
    have a specified quality or characteristic
  3. have
    possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
  4. do
    engage in
  5. say
    utter aloud
  6. go
    change location
  7. get
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  8. make
    perform or carry out
  9. know
    be cognizant or aware of a fact or a piece of information
  10. think
    judge or regard; look upon; judge
  11. take
    get into one's hands
  12. see
    perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
  13. come
    move toward, travel toward
  14. want
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  15. look
    perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
  16. use
    put into service
  17. find
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  18. give
    transfer possession of something concrete or abstract
  19. tell
    narrate or give a detailed account of
  20. work
    activity directed toward making or doing something
  21. call
    utter a sudden loud cry
  22. try
    make an effort or attempt
  23. ask
    make a request or demand for something to somebody
  24. need
    require or want
  25. feel
    be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state
  26. become
    come into existence
  27. leave
    go away from a place
  28. put
    cause to be in a certain state
  29. mean
    denote or connote
  30. keep
    continue a certain state, condition, or activity
  31. let
    actively cause something to happen
  32. begin
    set in motion, cause to start
  33. seem
    give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
  34. help
    give assistance; be of service
  35. talk
    use language
  36. turn
    move around an axis or a center
  37. start
    take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  38. show
    make visible or noticeable
  39. hear
    perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
  40. play
    engage in recreational activities rather than work
  41. run
    move fast by using one's feet
  42. move
    change location
  43. like
    having the same or similar characteristics
  44. live
    have life, be alive
  45. believe
    accept as true; take to be true
  46. hold
    have in one's hands or grip
  47. bring
    take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
  48. happen
    come to pass
  49. write
    name the letters that comprise the accepted form of
  50. provide
    give something useful or necessary to
  51. sit
    take a seat
  52. stand
    be standing; be upright
  53. lose
    fail to keep or to maintain
  54. pay
    give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
  55. meet
    come together
  56. include
    have as a part; be made up out of
  57. continue
    keep or maintain in unaltered condition
  58. set
    put into a certain place or abstract location
  59. learn
    gain knowledge or skills
  60. change
    become different in some particular way
  61. lead
    take somebody somewhere
  62. understand
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
  63. watch
    look attentively
  64. follow
    travel behind, go after, or come after
  65. stop
    have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
  66. create
    bring into existence
  67. speak
    use language
  68. read
    look at and say out loud something written or printed
  69. allow
    make it possible for something to happen
  70. add
    join or combine or unite with others
  71. spend
    pass time in a specific way
  72. grow
    increase in size by natural process
  73. open
    affording free passage or access
  74. walk
    use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
  75. win
    a victory (as in a race or other competition)
  76. offer
    present for acceptance or rejection
  77. remember
    recall knowledge; have a recollection
  78. love
    a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
  79. consider
    think about carefully; weigh
  80. appear
    come into sight or view
  81. buy
    obtain by purchase
  82. wait
    stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
  83. serve
    devote one's life or efforts to, as of countries or ideas
  84. die
    lose all bodily functions necessary to sustain life
  85. send
    cause to go somewhere
  86. expect
    regard something as probable or likely
  87. build
    make by combining materials and parts
  88. stay
    continue in a place, position, or situation
  89. fall
    descend freely under the influence of gravity
  90. cut
    separate with or as if with an instrument
  91. reach
    move forward or upward in order to touch
  92. kill
    cause to die
  93. remain
    continue in a place, position, or situation
  94. suggest
    make a proposal; declare a plan for something
  95. raise
    move upwards
  96. pass
    go across or through
  97. sell
    exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
  98. require
    have need of
  99. report
    to give an account or representation of in words
  100. decide
    reach, make, or come to a conclusion about something
  101. pull
    apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
  102. return
    go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
  103. explain
    make plain and comprehensible
  104. hope
    the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
  105. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
  106. carry
    physically move while supporting, by vehicle, hands, or body
  107. drive
    operate or control a vehicle
  108. break
    destroy the integrity of
  109. thank
    express gratitude or show appreciation to
  110. receive
    get something; come into possession of
  111. join
    cause to become joined or linked
  112. agree
    consent or assent to a condition
  113. pick
    look for and gather
  114. wear
    put clothing on one's body
  115. support
    the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
  116. end
    either extremity of something that has length
  117. hit
    deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
  118. base
    lowest support of a structure
  119. produce
    bring forth or yield
  120. eat
    take in solid food
  121. teach
    impart skills or knowledge to
  122. face
    the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin
  123. cover
    provide with a covering or cause to be covered
  124. describe
    give a statement representing something
  125. catch
    take hold of so as to seize or stop the motion of
  126. draw
    cause to move by pulling
  127. choose
    pick out from a number of alternatives
  128. cause
    events that provide the generative force of something
  129. point
    a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
  130. listen
    hear with intention
  131. realize
    be fully aware or cognizant of
  132. place
    a point located with respect to surface features of a region
  133. close
    at or within a short distance in space or time
  134. involve
    contain as a part
  135. increase
    a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous
  136. seek
    try to locate, discover, or establish the existence of
  137. deal
    be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
  138. fight
    be engaged in a contest or struggle
  139. throw
    propel through the air
  140. fill
    make full, also in a metaphorical sense
  141. represent
    be a delegate or spokesperson for
  142. focus
    the concentration of attention or energy on something
  143. drop
    let fall to the ground
  144. plan
    a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be achieved
  145. push
    move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
  146. reduce
    make smaller
  147. note
    a brief written record
  148. enter
    to come or go into
  149. share
    assets belonging to an individual person or group
  150. rise
    move upward
  151. shoot
    fire a shot
  152. save
    bring into safety
  153. protect
    shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
  154. lie
    be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
  155. occur
    come to pass
  156. accept
    receive willingly something given or offered
  157. identify
    recognize as being
  158. determine
    find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry
  159. prepare
    make ready or suitable or equip in advance
  160. argue
    have a disagreement about something
  161. recognize
    perceive to be something or something you can identify
  162. indicate
    designate a place, direction, person, or thing
  163. wonder
    the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
  164. lay
    put into a certain place
  165. fail
    be unable
  166. arrive
    reach a destination
  167. name
    a language unit by which a person or thing is known
  168. present
    happening or existing now
  169. answer
    a statement made to reply to a question or criticism
  170. compare
    examine and note the similarities or differences of
  171. miss
    fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
  172. act
    behave in a certain manner
  173. state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  174. discuss
    consider or examine in speech or writing
  175. force
    influence that results in motion, stress, etc. when applied
  176. check
    examine to determine accuracy or quality
  177. laugh
    produce laughter
  178. guess
    expect, believe, or suppose
  179. study
    applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject
  180. prove
    establish the validity of something
  181. hang
    cause to be hanging or suspended
  182. design
    the act of working out the form of something
  183. forget
    dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
  184. claim
    assert or affirm strongly
  185. remove
    take something away as by lifting, pushing, or taking off
  186. sound
    mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
  187. enjoy
    derive or receive pleasure from
  188. form
    a perceptual structure
  189. establish
    set up or found
  190. visit
    the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
  191. care
    providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
  192. avoid
    stay away from
  193. imagine
    expect, believe, or suppose
  194. finish
    come or bring to an end
  195. respond
    show a reaction to something
  196. maintain
    keep in a certain state, position, or activity
  197. reveal
    make visible
  198. contain
    hold or have within
  199. head
    the upper part of the human body or the body in animals
  200. control
    power to direct or determine
  201. apply
    employ for a particular purpose
  202. shake
    move or cause to move back and forth
  203. fly
    travel through the air; be airborne
  204. manage
    be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
  205. perform
    get done
  206. discover
    determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  207. treat
    apply a process to with the aim of preparing for a purpose
  208. affect
    have an influence upon
  209. worry
    a strong feeling of anxiety
  210. mention
    make reference to
  211. improve
    to make better
Created on Thu Aug 30 08:26:34 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Aug 30 08:28:22 EDT 2012)

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