Basic English Key Words List 3 - General Nouns 201 - 400 of 400

Here is a list of 850 words that was developed by Charles K. Ogden, and released in 1930 with the book: Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar. For more information about this list you can visit Odgen's Basic English page. This list is an excellent starting point for building up a vocabulary which allows you to converse fluently in English.

While this list is helpful for a strong beginning, more advanced vocabulary building will help you quickly improve your English. These vocabulary books will further help you build your vocabulary, especially at advanced levels.

Nouns 201 - 400

201. metal
202. middle
203. milk
204. mind
205. mine
206. minute
207. mist
208. money
209. month
210. morning
211. mother
212. motion
213. mountain
214. move
215. music
216. name
217. nation
218. need
219. news
220. night
221. noise
222. note
223. number
224. observation
225. offer
226. oil
227. operation
228. opinion
229. order
230. organization
231. ornament
232. owner
233. page
234. pain
235. paint
236. paper
237. part
238. paste
239. payment
240. peace
241. person
242. place
243. plant
244. play
245. pleasure
246. point
247. poison
248. polish
249. porter
250. position

251. powder
252. power
253. price
254. print
255. process
256. produce
257. profit
258. property
259. prose
260. protest
261. pull
262. punishment
263. purpose
264. push
265. quality
266. question
267. rain
268. range
269. rate
270. ray
271. reaction
272. reading
273. reason
274. record
275. regret
276. relation
277. religion
278. representative
279. request
280. respect
281. rest
282. reward
283. rhythm
284. rice
285. river
286. road
287. roll
288. room
289. rub
290. rule
291. run
292. salt
293. sand
294. scale
295. science
296. sea
297. seat
298. secretary
299. selection
300. self
301. sense
302. servant
303. sex
304. shade
305. shake
306. shame
307. shock
308. side
309. sign
310. silk
311. silver
312. sister
313. size
314. sky
315. sleep
316. slip
317. slope
318. smash
319. smell
320. smile
321. smoke
322. sneeze
323. snow
324. soap
325. society
326. son
327. song
328. sort
329. sound
330. soup
331. space
332. stage
333. start
334. statement
335. steam
336. steel
337. step
338. stitch
339. stone
340. stop
341. story
342. stretch
343. structure
344. substance
345. sugar
346. suggestion
347. summer
348. support
349. surprise
350. swim
351. system
352. talk
353. taste
354. tax
355. teaching
356. tendency
357. test
358. theory
359. thing
360. thought
361. thunder
362. time
363. tin
364. top
365. touch
366. trade
367. transport
368. trick
369. trouble
370. turn
371. twist
372. unit
373. use
374. value
375. verse
376. vessel
377. view
378. voice
379. walk
380. war
381. wash
382. waste
383. water
384. wave
385. wax
386. way
387. weather
388. week
389. weight
390. wind
391. wine
392. winter
393. woman
394. wood
395. wool
396. word
397. work
398. wound
399. writing
400. year


By Kenneth Beare, About.com Guide