| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| admission | entrance, confession |
| admit | to agree that something is so. The same word means to allow someone to come in |
| ado | trouble, fuss, difficulty |
| adopt | to take and accept as a child, embrace |
| adore | to love intensely, worship |
| adorn | to beautify, embellish, deck |
| adult | a person who is fully grown up |
| advance | to move forward |
| advantage | gain, favourable condition, benefit |
| adventure | an exciting or dangerous thing that you do or that happens to you |
| advertise | to announce, publish, inform |
| advice | counsel, personal opinion, personal view |
| advocate | barrister, pleader, lawyer in favour |
| aerial | the metal rods or wires which receive or send radio or television signals |
| aeroplane | a flying machine |
| afar | from a distance, at a distance |
| affair | a happening or an event |
| affect | to do something that causes a change |
| affection | great liking; fondness |
| afford | to have enough money for something you want to buy |
| afield | in or on the field |
| afloat | floating on the water |
| afoot | on foot, on the move, in action |
| afraid | frightened; full of fear |
| after | later; behind; following on |
| after-wards | at a later time |
| afternoon | the time between midday and sunset |
| again | once more |
| against | in an opposite direction to; on the opposite side to |
| age | the number of years something or someone has been alive, or has existed |
| agenda | things to be done, issues to be discussed and passed, matters to be discussed and decided |
| aghast | terrified, struck with fear, amazed |
| agile | lively; nimble |
| ago | past, gone by |
| agony | extreme pain of body or mind, pangs of death |
| agree | to consent to something, or to think the same as someone else |
| agreeable | friendly; easy to get on with |
| agriculture | cultivation of soil; cultivating-ground |
| aground | stuck on the sand or rocks. Ships sometimes run aground and cannot move without help |
| ahead | in front; before |
| air | the mixture of gases which we breathe and which surrounds the earth |
| air force | aircraft used for fighting and the people who control them |
| aircraft | any machine that can rise in the air and move through it |
| airfield | a place where aircraft can land and take off |
| airgun | a gun in which the bullet is shot by the force of compressed air |
| airm | to point a gun or other weapon steadily at the thing you want to hit |
| airman | a man who flies or helps to fly aircraft |
| airport | the place where aeroplanes come in to land and take off |
| airtight | closed so tightly that air cannot get in or out |
| aisle | a pathway between rows of seats in a church, a cinema or theatre |
Abbreviation An abbreviation is a short form of a word or expression. Abbreviations are used for words used frequently.