New General Service List Ver 1.2, also known as the NGSL, is a list of 2809 words that occur with very high frequency within the domain of general English. The NGSL is based on a carefully selected academic corpus of 273 million words and gives approximately 92% coverage of most texts. NGSL 1.2 has been updated to include the following changes. Please note these changes affect the 1.01 SP wordlists. The 1.2 version of the NAWL, TSL, BSL, & FEL have been modified accordingly. Word Action best Added to GOOD better Added to GOOD blog Moved from BSL to NGSL born Added to BEAR candidate Moved from NAWL, TSL, & BSL to NGSL click Moved from NAWL, TSL, & BSL to NGSL conference Moved from NAWL, TSL, & BSL to NGSL criteria Change CRITERION to CRITERIA and removed CRITERIA from NAWL, TSL, and BSL data Change DATUM to DATA immigration Moved from TSL & BSL to NGSL rose Moved from TSL & BSL to NGSL solar Moved from NAWL, TSL, & BSL to NGSL website Moved from TSL & BSL to NGSL a abandon ability able abortion about above abroad absence absolute absolutely abstract abuse academic accept acceptable access accident accommodation accompany accomplish accord account accurate accuse achieve achievement acknowledge acquire acquisition across act action active activity actor actual actually ad adapt add addition additional address adequate adjust adjustment administration admire admit adopt adult advance advantage adventure advertise advertisement advice advise adviser advocate 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