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The list of 10 Hundred words from Randall Monrole's book "Thing Explainer" (https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer), verified against the list provided at the back of the book
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| a | |
| able | |
| about | |
| above | |
| accept | |
| across | |
| act | |
| actually | |
| add | |
| admit | |
| afraid | |
| after | |
| afternoon | |
| again | |
| against | |
| age | |
| ago | |
| agree | |
| ahead | |
| air | |
| alive | |
| all | |
| allow | |
| almost | |
| alone | |
| along | |
| already | |
| also | |
| although | |
| always | |
| among | |
| and | |
| angry | |
| animal | |
| another | |
| answer | |
| any | |
| anybody | |
| anymore | |
| anyone | |
| anything | |
| anyway | |
| anywhere | |
| apartment | |
| appear | |
| approach | |
| area | |
| arm | |
| around | |
| arrive | |
| art | |
| as | |
| ask | |
| asleep | |
| at | |
| attack | |
| attention | |
| aunt | |
| avoid | |
| away | |
| baby | |
| back | |
| bad | |
| bag | |
| ball | |
| bank | |
| bar | |
| barely | |
| bathroom | |
| be | |
| beach | |
| bear | |
| beat | |
| beautiful | |
| because | |
| become | |
| bed | |
| bedroom | |
| beer | |
| before | |
| begin | |
| behind | |
| believe | |
| belong | |
| below | |
| bend | |
| beneath | |
| beside | |
| best | |
| better | |
| between | |
| beyond | |
| big | |
| bird | |
| bit | |
| bite | |
| black | |
| block | |
| blood | |
| blow | |
| blue | |
| board | |
| boat | |
| body | |
| bone | |
| book | |
| boot | |
| bore | |
| both | |
| bother | |
| bottle | |
| bottom | |
| box | |
| boy | |
| brain | |
| branch | |
| break | |
| breast | |
| breath | |
| breathe | |
| bridge | |
| bright | |
| bring | |
| brother | |
| brown | |
| building | |
| burn | |
| bus | |
| business | |
| busy | |
| but | |
| buy | |
| by | |
| call | |
| calm | |
| camera | |
| can | |
| car | |
| card | |
| care | |
| careful | |
| carefully | |
| carry | |
| case | |
| cat | |
| catch | |
| cause | |
| ceiling | |
| center | |
| certain | |
| certainly | |
| chair | |
| chance | |
| change | |
| check | |
| cheek | |
| chest | |
| child | |
| choice | |
| choose | |
| church | |
| cigarette | |
| circle | |
| city | |
| class | |
| clean | |
| clear | |
| clearly | |
| climb | |
| close | |
| clothes | |
| cloud | |
| coat | |
| coffee | |
| cold | |
| college | |
| color | |
| come | |
| company | |
| completely | |
| computer | |
| confuse | |
| consider | |
| continue | |
| control | |
| conversation | |
| cool | |
| cop | |
| corner | |
| count | |
| counter | |
| country | |
| couple | |
| course | |
| cover | |
| crazy | |
| create | |
| creature | |
| cross | |
| crowd | |
| cry | |
| cup | |
| cut | |
| dad | |
| dance | |
| dark | |
| darkness | |
| daughter | |
| day | |
| dead | |
| death | |
| decide | |
| deep | |
| desk | |
| despite | |
| die | |
| different | |
| dinner | |
| direction | |
| dirt | |
| disappear | |
| discover | |
| distance | |
| do | |
| doctor | |
| dog | |
| door | |
| doorway | |
| down | |
| dozen | |
| drag | |
| draw | |
| dream | |
| dress | |
| drink | |
| drive | |
| driver | |
| drop | |
| dry | |
| during | |
| dust | |
| each | |
| ear | |
| early | |
| earth | |
| easily | |
| east | |
| easy | |
| eat | |
| edge | |
| effort | |
| egg | |
| eight | |
| either | |
| else | |
| empty | |
| end | |
| engine | |
| enjoy | |
| enough | |
| enter | |
| entire | |
| especially | |
| even | |
| event | |
| ever | |
| every | |
| everybody | |
| everyone | |
| everything | |
| everywhere | |
| exactly | |
| except | |
| excite | |
| expect | |
| explain | |
| expression | |
| extra | |
| eye | |
| face | |
| fact | |
| fade | |
| fail | |
| fall | |
| familiar | |
| family | |
| far | |
| fast | |
| father | |
| fear | |
| feed | |
| feel | |
| few | |
| field | |
| fight | |
| figure | |
| fill | |
| final | |
| finally | |
| find | |
| fine | |
| finger | |
| finish | |
| fire | |
| first | |
| fish | |
| fit | |
| five | |
| fix | |
| flash | |
| flat | |
| flight | |
| floor | |
| flower | |
| fly | |
| follow | |
| food | |
| foot | |
| for | |
| force | |
| forehead | |
| forest | |
| forever | |
| forget | |
| form | |
| forward | |
| four | |
| free | |
| fresh | |
| friend | |
| from | |
| front | |
| fuck | |
| full | |
| fun | |
| funny | |
| future | |
| game | |
| garden | |
| gate | |
| gather | |
| gently | |
| get | |
| gift | |
| girl | |
| give | |
| glance | |
| glass | |
| go | |
| god | |
| gold | |
| good | |
| grab | |
| grandfather | |
| grandmother | |
| grass | |
| gray | |
| great | |
| green | |
| ground | |
| group | |
| grow | |
| guard | |
| guess | |
| gun | |
| guy | |
| hair | |
| half | |
| hall | |
| hallway | |
| hand | |
| hang | |
| happen | |
| happy | |
| hard | |
| hardly | |
| hate | |
| have | |
| he | |
| head | |
| hear | |
| heart | |
| heat | |
| heavy | |
| hell | |
| hello | |
| help | |
| her | |
| here | |
| herself | |
| hey | |
| hi | |
| hide | |
| high | |
| hill | |
| him | |
| himself | |
| history | |
| hit | |
| hold | |
| hole | |
| home | |
| hope | |
| horse | |
| hospital | |
| hot | |
| hotel | |
| hour | |
| house | |
| how | |
| however | |
| huge | |
| human | |
| hundred | |
| hurry | |
| hurt | |
| husband | |
| I | |
| ice | |
| idea | |
| if | |
| ignore | |
| image | |
| imagine | |
| immediately | |
| important | |
| in | |
| information | |
| inside | |
| instead | |
| interest | |
| into | |
| it | |
| itself | |
| jacket | |
| job | |
| join | |
| joke | |
| jump | |
| just | |
| keep | |
| key | |
| kick | |
| kid | |
| kill | |
| kind | |
| kiss | |
| kitchen | |
| knee | |
| knife | |
| knock | |
| know | |
| lady | |
| land | |
| language | |
| large | |
| last | |
| later | |
| laugh | |
| law | |
| lay | |
| lead | |
| leaf | |
| lean | |
| learn | |
| leave | |
| leg | |
| less | |
| let | |
| letter | |
| lie | |
| life | |
| lift | |
| light | |
| like | |
| line | |
| lip | |
| listen | |
| little | |
| local | |
| lock | |
| long | |
| look | |
| lose | |
| lot | |
| loud | |
| love | |
| low | |
| lucky | |
| lunch | |
| machine | |
| main | |
| make | |
| man | |
| manage | |
| many | |
| map | |
| mark | |
| marriage | |
| marry | |
| matter | |
| may | |
| maybe | |
| me | |
| mean | |
| meet | |
| member | |
| memory | |
| mention | |
| message | |
| metal | |
| middle | |
| might | |
| mind | |
| mine | |
| minute | |
| mirror | |
| miss | |
| moment | |
| money | |
| month | |
| moon | |
| more | |
| morning | |
| most | |
| mostly | |
| mother | |
| mountain | |
| mouth | |
| move | |
| movie | |
| much | |
| music | |
| must | |
| my | |
| myself | |
| name | |
| narrow | |
| near | |
| nearly | |
| neck | |
| need | |
| neighbor | |
| never | |
| new | |
| news | |
| next | |
| nice | |
| night | |
| no | |
| nobody | |
| nod | |
| noise | |
| none | |
| nor | |
| normal | |
| north | |
| nose | |
| not | |
| note | |
| nothing | |
| notice | |
| now | |
| number | |
| nurse | |
| of | |
| off | |
| offer | |
| office | |
| officer | |
| often | |
| oh | |
| okay | |
| old | |
| on | |
| once | |
| one | |
| only | |
| onto | |
| open | |
| or | |
| order | |
| other | |
| our | |
| out | |
| outside | |
| over | |
| own | |
| page | |
| pain | |
| paint | |
| pair | |
| pale | |
| palm | |
| pants | |
| paper | |
| parent | |
| part | |
| party | |
| pass | |
| past | |
| path | |
| pause | |
| pay | |
| people | |
| perfect | |
| perhaps | |
| personal | |
| phone | |
| photo | |
| pick | |
| picture | |
| piece | |
| pile | |
| pink | |
| place | |
| plan | |
| plastic | |
| plate | |
| play | |
| please | |
| point | |
| police | |
| pool | |
| poor | |
| pop | |
| porch | |
| position | |
| possible | |
| pour | |
| power | |
| prepare | |
| press | |
| pretend | |
| pretty | |
| probably | |
| problem | |
| promise | |
| prove | |
| pull | |
| push | |
| put | |
| question | |
| quick | |
| quickly | |
| quiet | |
| quietly | |
| quite | |
| radio | |
| rain | |
| raise | |
| rather | |
| reach | |
| read | |
| ready | |
| real | |
| realize | |
| really | |
| reason | |
| receive | |
| recognize | |
| red | |
| refuse | |
| remain | |
| remember | |
| remind | |
| remove | |
| repeat | |
| reply | |
| rest | |
| return | |
| reveal | |
| rich | |
| ride | |
| right | |
| ring | |
| rise | |
| river | |
| road | |
| rock | |
| roll | |
| roof | |
| room | |
| round | |
| row | |
| rub | |
| run | |
| rush | |
| sad | |
| safe | |
| same | |
| sand | |
| save | |
| say | |
| scared | |
| scene | |
| school | |
| scream | |
| screen | |
| sea | |
| search | |
| seat | |
| second | |
| see | |
| seem | |
| sell | |
| send | |
| sense | |
| serious | |
| seriously | |
| serve | |
| service | |
| set | |
| settle | |
| seven | |
| several | |
| sex | |
| shadow | |
| shake | |
| shape | |
| share | |
| sharp | |
| she | |
| sheet | |
| ship | |
| shirt | |
| shit | |
| shoe | |
| shoot | |
| shop | |
| short | |
| should | |
| shoulder | |
| shout | |
| shove | |
| show | |
| shower | |
| shrug | |
| shut | |
| sick | |
| side | |
| sigh | |
| sight | |
| sign | |
| silence | |
| silent | |
| silver | |
| simple | |
| simply | |
| since | |
| sing | |
| single | |
| sir | |
| sister | |
| sit | |
| situation | |
| six | |
| size | |
| skin | |
| sky | |
| slam | |
| sleep | |
| slide | |
| slightly | |
| slip | |
| slow | |
| slowly | |
| small | |
| smell | |
| smile | |
| smoke | |
| snap | |
| snow | |
| so | |
| soft | |
| softly | |
| soldier | |
| somebody | |
| somehow | |
| someone | |
| something | |
| sometimes | |
| somewhere | |
| son | |
| song | |
| soon | |
| sorry | |
| sort | |
| soul | |
| sound | |
| south | |
| space | |
| speak | |
| special | |
| spend | |
| spin | |
| spirit | |
| spot | |
| spread | |
| spring | |
| stage | |
| stair | |
| stand | |
| star | |
| stare | |
| start | |
| state | |
| station | |
| stay | |
| steal | |
| step | |
| stick | |
| still | |
| stomach | |
| stone | |
| stop | |
| store | |
| storm | |
| story | |
| straight | |
| strange | |
| street | |
| stretch | |
| strike | |
| strong | |
| student | |
| study | |
| stuff | |
| stupid | |
| such | |
| suddenly | |
| suggest | |
| suit | |
| summer | |
| sun | |
| suppose | |
| sure | |
| surface | |
| surprise | |
| sweet | |
| swing | |
| system | |
| table | |
| take | |
| talk | |
| tall | |
| tea | |
| teach | |
| teacher | |
| team | |
| tear | |
| television | |
| tell | |
| ten | |
| terrible | |
| than | |
| thank | |
| that | |
| the | |
| their | |
| them | |
| themselves | |
| then | |
| there | |
| these | |
| thick | |
| thin | |
| thing | |
| think | |
| third | |
| thirty | |
| this | |
| those | |
| though | |
| three | |
| throat | |
| through | |
| throw | |
| tie | |
| time | |
| tiny | |
| tire | |
| to | |
| today | |
| together | |
| tomorrow | |
| tone | |
| tongue | |
| tonight | |
| too | |
| tooth | |
| top | |
| toss | |
| touch | |
| toward | |
| town | |
| track | |
| train | |
| travel | |
| tree | |
| trip | |
| trouble | |
| truck | |
| true | |
| trust | |
| truth | |
| try | |
| turn | |
| twenty | |
| twice | |
| two | |
| uncle | |
| under | |
| understand | |
| unless | |
| until | |
| up | |
| upon | |
| use | |
| usual | |
| usually | |
| very | |
| view | |
| village | |
| visit | |
| voice | |
| wait | |
| wake | |
| walk | |
| wall | |
| want | |
| war | |
| warm | |
| wash | |
| watch | |
| water | |
| wave | |
| way | |
| we | |
| wear | |
| wedding | |
| week | |
| weight | |
| well | |
| west | |
| wet | |
| what | |
| whatever | |
| wheel | |
| when | |
| where | |
| whether | |
| which | |
| while | |
| whisper | |
| white | |
| who | |
| whole | |
| whom | |
| whose | |
| why | |
| wide | |
| wife | |
| wild | |
| will | |
| win | |
| wind | |
| window | |
| wine | |
| wing | |
| winter | |
| wipe | |
| wish | |
| with | |
| within | |
| without | |
| woman | |
| wonder | |
| wood | |
| wooden | |
| word | |
| work | |
| world | |
| worry | |
| would | |
| wrap | |
| write | |
| wrong | |
| yard | |
| yeah | |
| year | |
| yell | |
| yellow | |
| yes | |
| yet | |
| you | |
| young | |
| your | |
| yourself |
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