Starting from 1990, Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) picks 20 million words of English text and speech each year, and now contains more than 520 million words. Based on COCA, this series of The Graded Lexicon of Contemporary English offer 6 levels of English vocabulary: Elementary, Intermediate, Upper-intermediate, Advanced, Superior, and Ultimate, grouped in 1,000 words and leading ultimately to 52,000 most frequently-used English words. 4,000 Elementary Words---Corresponding to the vocabulary size of elementary school students4,000 Intermediate Words---Corresponding to the vocabulary size of middle school students5,000 Upper-intermediate Words---Corresponding to the vocabulary size of high school students, TOEFL, IELTS, SAT, ACT5,000 Advanced Words---Corresponding to the vocabulary size of college students, SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT12,000 Superior Words---Corresponding to the vocabulary size of graduate students, GRE, GMAT