Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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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 |
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