| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| alarm | sudden surprise or fear. The same word also means a warning of danger, often a bell |
| album | a book of blank pages in which you keep a collection of things like stamps or photographs |
| alcohol | pure spirit of wine |
| ale | a kind of beer |
| aleft | towards the left side of hand |
| alert | wide awake; active or watchful |
| algebra | a branch of Mathematics in which you use letters as well as figures |
| alibi | an excuse by someone that he could not have done something, because he can prove that he was somewhere else when it happened |
| alight | in flames; burning |
| alive | living; not dead |
| all | the whole of everything or everyone |
| allay | to calm, to put down, to lighten, soothe |
| allege | to assert, affirm, plead in excuse |
| alley | a narrow passage between buildings in cities and towns |
| alligator | a dangerous animal very like a crocodile, but with a shorter nose |
| allot | to distribute by lot or as shares |
| allow | to permit or let |
| alloy | a mixture of two or more metals |
| allright | good; safe and sound, agreed |
| ally | to combine, associate, join in friendship or marriage |
| almanac | a book that gives information about the weather and other things that may happen in the days, weeks and months of one year |
| almond | a kind of flat nut that grows inside the fruit of an almond tree |
| almost | nearly, but not quite |
| alms | donation, gifts to the poor |
| alone | all by yourself with nobody else |
| aloof | at a distance, apart |
| aloud | out loud; the opposite of silent |
| alphabet | all the letters used in a language, arranged in a special order |
| already | sooner than expected |
| alsatian | a large wolf-like dog |
| also | as well as too in addition |
| altar | a kind of raised table inside a church |
| alter | to make a change in something, to make or become different in some way |
| alteration | a change |
| although | even if; in spite of |
| altogether | entirely, quite, on the whole |
| aluminium | a lightweight, silver-coloured metal |
| always | at all times; forever |
| amass | to collect in quantity, accumulate, heap up |
| amateur | some who plays games or takes part in something without being paid because he likes doing it |
| amaze | to surprise greatly |
| ambassador | diplomatic representative sent by one state to another |
| ambition | a wish to do very well, or to have power |
| amble | to walk along slowly |
| ambulance | a special car for taking people who are ill or hurt, to hospital |
| among | in the midst of |
| amount | a quantity; the sum reached when several things are added together |
| ample | of a large size; in plenty |
| amuse | to make others smile or laugh by something you say or do |
| analyse | to examine closely, critically |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.