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Vocabulary.com
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short words - Vocabulary List | Vocabulary.com
October 24, 2012 - A vocabulary list featuring short words. word --fie;aye
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Marshall University
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June Harless Center TM 1 SHORT A WORD LIST Dad Bab Pat Al Hal Sal Val Pap ab
SHORT A WORD LIST · Dad · Bab · Pat · Al · Hal · Sal · Val · Pap · ab · cab · dab · gab · jab · lab · nab · tab · ad · bad · fad · had · lad · mad · pad · rad · sad · bag · gag · lag · nag · rag · sag · tag · wag · zag · yak ·
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Short words that mean a lot?
Hahaha Unitican has tons of these. Ill feature 3. The prefix "Fý-" indicated that something is done out of hope for serendipity, not doing it to actually achieve something. For example going to a supermarket not to buy stuff, but to see if theres anything on offer or discount that might pique your interest. Rý is a problematic word to translate in English, but the most accurate thing to say about it is that it deals with time. "Rý" is most commonly used to express future/past time hypotheticals and questions in hypotheticals in time. Here are some examples of usage. Rý zýlem? - When will it be done? Rý, ya zýto - When it is time, I will do it. Rý, ya fean't n jus'rin - At that time in the past, i ate an apple. Cyain is my favourite, and it translates to "as you wish" or "as your heart pleases". Its closest translation is the Chinese word 随 or 如意. Here are its possible uses Kýxya zývi ah? Cyain - how do I do this? However you want. Ya naklo't n nalltoz cyain - i bought a phone that can do whatever i want! Ya hisyal n cyaintoz - i have an item which grants all my wishes. More on reddit.com
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First draft finished, 34,000 words. Too short for all the "publishing guides" I see posted around. How do I increase the word count without killing my story?
Do you have an A plot and a B plot? Or just an A plot? Add a secondary plot--involving side characters, or just an additional, plotty/conflicty thing for your characters. In general, add conflict. Give your characters more things to do--things that relate to their character arcs, not just filler. I like to look to the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet when I'm unsure if I've hit enough of the "classic" story elements. http://timstout.wordpress.com/story-structure/blake-snyders-beat-sheet/ More on reddit.com
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Best short story in 10 words or less
911 call — abusive household, 3 kids. Shotgun involved. Bodybags needed. More on reddit.com
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Short function words and particles
I stumbled on a Wikipedia page with a list of Japanese particles with the traditional names for different kinds: Japanese_particles (Oddly enough, zo is missing.) For years I was determined that Pkalho-Kölo would have zero particles; there would be content words, pro-forms and affixes, that's it. Only fairly recently I realised that I already have a class of adverb/particles: they can often take the stative suffix -la and form a one-word utterance, but can never head a clause. One that I'm now overusing is inë, which I gloss 'in.fact', though I suppose it's a focus marker: inëla means, 'Well, Gosh, Heavens,' or something of that nature. A couple of other examples are mikä, 'who/what else but,' tinu, sole and sufficient reason, kopre, 'it's a fact that...; you know...' ilka, unlikely condition, 'if only...; if it were to....' More on reddit.com
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Wiktionary
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Appendix:Common short words in the English language - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English three-letter words · Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Appendix:Common_short_words_in_the_English_language&oldid=78260344" Category: English appendices · Search · Appendix:Common short words in the English language ·
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Thought Catalog
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250+ Cool Short Words To Enhance Vocabulary | Thought Catalog
March 4, 2025 - Azure. This word refers to the color between cyan and blue on the spectrum of visible light.
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Pinterest
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short term words
Word Abbreviations For Texting · Funny Texts From Parents Wrong Number · Mom Text Messages Iphone · Funny Mom Text Messages · Funny Things To Text Your Mom · Mother Daughter Humor Text · Funny Text For Mom · Pranks To Do On Your Mom Over Text · Texts From Mom · Mom Text Messages · Learn Computer Abbreviations · Learning Internet Abbreviations · Common Internet Slang · Common Abbreviations In English · Short ...
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ABCmouse
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Short A Words List | ABCmouse
March 20, 2025 - This collection of short ‘A’ word lists for kids is designed to help children understand and practice with the short ‘A’ sound, as well as expand their vocabulary and practice with word families, letter blends, digraphs, and sight words.
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engVid
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60+ English Words Shortened in Conversation · engVid
Do you want to test your understanding of some of these words and hear me pronounce them? Watch my video on 35 words that are shortened in conversation:
Find elsewhere
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Simple English Wikipedia
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Wikipedia:List of 1000 basic words - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
sad, safe, sail, salt, same, sand, save, say, school, science, scissors, search, seat, second, see, seem, sell, send, sentence, serve, seven, several, sex, shade, shadow, shake, shape, share, sharp, she, sheep, sheet, shelf, shine, ship, shirt, shoe, shoot, shop, short, should, shoulder, shout, show, sick, side, signal, silence, silly, silver, similar, simple, since, sing, single, sink, sister, sit, six, size, skill, skin, skirt, sky, sleep, slip, slow, small, smell, smile, smoke, snow, so, soap, sock, soft, some, someone, something, sometimes, son, soon, sorry, sound, soup, south, space, spea
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Grammarly
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The Shortest Words in the English Language | Grammarly Blog
May 13, 2019 - Aside from word games, short words come in handy in other ways. Phrontistery.info features a riddle: Add two and one and you may ken the odd key I’ll use for now. Not yet? ’Tis not too bad, but I’ll aid you. Thy tip: “wee.” Now can you spy the key? Yes! You win!
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EF
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3000 most common words in English | EF Global Site (English)
lt retain retire retirement return reveal revenue review revolution rhythm rice rich rid ride rifle right ring rise risk river road rock role roll romantic roof room root rope rose rough roughly round route routine row rub rule run running rural rush Russian sacred sad safe safety sake salad salary sale sales salt same sample sanction sand satellite satisfaction satisfy sauce save saving say scale scandal scared scenario scene schedule scheme scholar scholarship school science scientific scientist scope score scream screen script sea search season seat second secret secretary section sector se
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QuillBot
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40 Cool Words | Meanings & Examples
September 3, 2025 - Some cool words in English are “anomaly,” “calamity,” “copacetic,” “demure,” “macabre,” “paradox,” “queue,” “supernova,” and “vacuum.”
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ABCmouse
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Short I Words List | ABCmouse
February 7, 2025 - Discover our free printable lists of short 'I' words designed to help kids master the short 'I' sound. These resources include word families, sight words, CVC words, and more. Enhance learning with engaging activities and example sentences to build vocabulary and phonetic skills.
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Quora
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What does it mean when I say I'm short for words? - Quora
Answer (1 of 5): You find it difficult to express something in words. You can't find the right words or you don't know how to explain it. There are situations we experience in life which are difficult to utter articulately in words when asked to explain about them. We can't find the right words ...
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Related Words
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Short Words - 400+ Words Related to Short
Below is a massive list of short words - that is, words related to short. The top 4 are: long, brief, length and little. You can get the definition(s) of a word in the list below by tapping the question-mark icon next to it. The words at the top of the list are the ones most associated with short, and as you go down the relatedness becomes more slight.
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EF
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3000 most common words in English | EF United States
unique unit United universal universe university unknown unless unlike unlikely until unusual up upon upper urban urge us use used useful user usual usually utility vacation valley valuable value variable variation variety various vary vast vegetable vehicle venture version versus very vessel veteran via victim victory video view viewer village violate violation violence violent virtually virtue virus visible vision visit visitor visual vital voice volume volunteer vote voter vs vulnerable wage wait wake walk wall wander want war warm warn warning wash waste watch water wave way we weak wealth
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YourDictionary
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List of Short Vowel Words | YourDictionary
December 5, 2022 - For example, the word "bug" is a short vowel word because there's no long "U" sound. A word doesn't necessarily have to have three letters to be a short vowel word, but it makes for the easiest example and three-lettered words make up the bulk of any list of short vowel words.
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Parade
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250 Totally Unique Words To Spice up Conversations
September 9, 2024 - Related: 300 Words to Describe Yourself · 32. Earwig —any of numerous elongate, nocturnal insects of the order Dermaptera, having a pair of large, movable pincers at the rear of the abdomen (noun) 33. Elixir —a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing, or used as a vehicle for, medicinal substances (noun) 34. Ephemeral —lasting a very short time (adjective) 35.
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Examples
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450+ I Short & Long Words List, Meaning, PDF
January 21, 2025 - Short “I” words are those in the English language that feature the short “I” sound, which is pronounced as /ɪ/, similar to the “i” in “sit,” “hit,” or “lit.” This vowel sound is one of the most basic in English phonetics and is found in a wide array of commonly used words.
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Reddit
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r/conlangs on Reddit: Short words that mean a lot?
April 18, 2016 -

What are some words in your conlang that is short but means something complex? Or it could be not short but mean a lot more than people might expect.

I'll start off with some examples from my natlang, Japanese:

  • ぺらぺら (perapera) - an onomatopoeia for being able to speak a foreign language fluently

  • 苦労人 (kuroujin) - in my Japanese-English dictionary it is defined as: "a man who understands other's problems (because he has had a hard time himself)"

What are some of your words that mean a lot?

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EF
ef.edu › english-resources › english-vocabulary › top-100-words
100 most common words in English | EF United States
This list of the 100 most common vocabulary words in English can be used as a reference for beginner English students. It's a good idea to master these words fully before trying to move on to less common words, since this is the vocabulary you will encounter most often.