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Word different used important every large available popular able basic known various difficult several united historical hot useful mental scared additional emotional old political similar healthy financial medical traditional federal entire strong actual significant successful electrical Frequency 215 204 160 95 95 94 81 74 61 60 59 58 55 55 52 50 49 47 45 41 35 34 34 32 30 29 29 29 28 27 27 26 24 24 23 Type (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective) (adjective)

expensive pregnant intelligent interesting poor happy responsible cute helpful recent willing nice wonderful impossible serious huge rare technical typical competitive critical electronic immediate whose aware educational environmental global legal relevant accurate capable dangerous dramatic efficient powerful foreign hungry practical psychological severe

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suitable numerous sufficient unusual consistent cultural existing famous pure afraid obvious careful latter obviously unhappy acceptable aggressive distinct eastern logical reasonable strict successfully administrative automatic civil former massive southern unfair visible alive angry desperate exciting friendly lucky realistic sorry ugly unlikely

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anxious comprehensive curious impressive informal inner pleasant sexual sudden terrible unable weak wooden asleep confident conscious decent embarrassed guilty lonely mad nervous odd remarkable substantial suspicious tall tiny more some one all many most other such even new just good any

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each much own great another same few free right still best public human both local sure better general specific enough long small less high certain little common next simple hard past big possible particular real major personal current left national least

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natural physical short last single individual main potential professional international lower open according alternative special working true whole clear dry easy cold commercial full low primary worth necessary positive present close creative green late fit glad proper complex content due effective

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middle regular fast independent original wide beautiful complete active negative safe visual wrong ago quick ready straight white direct excellent extra junior pretty unique classic final overall private separate western alone familiar official perfect bright broad comfortable flat rich warm young

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heavy valuable correct leading slow clean fresh normal secret tough brown cheap deep objective secure thin chemical cool extreme exact fair fine formal opposite remote total vast lost smooth dark double equal firm frequent internal sensitive constant minor previous raw soft

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solid weird amazing annual busy dead false round sharp thick wise equivalent initial narrow nearby proud spiritual wild adult apart brief crazy prior rough sad sick strange external illegal loud mobile nasty ordinary royal senior super tight upper yellow dependent funny

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gross ill spare sweet upstairs usual brave calm dirty downtown grand honest loose male quiet brilliant dear drunk empty female inevitable neat ok representative silly slight smart stupid temporary weekly that this what which time these work no only first over

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business his game think after life day home economy away either fat key training top level far fun house kind future action live period subject mean stock chance beginning upset chicken head material salt car appropriate inside outside standard medium choice

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north square born capital shot front living plastic express mood feeling otherwise plus saving animal budget minute character maximum novel plenty select background forward glass joint master red vegetable ideal kitchen mother party relative signal street connect minimum sea south status

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daughter hour trick afternoon gold mission agent corner east neither parking routine swimming winter airline designer dress emergency evening extension holiday horror mountain patient proof west wine expert native opening silver waste plane leather purple specialist bitter incident motor pretend prize

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resident

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