English Vocabulary with Meanings — aaa … amen
Every English word from the Akshara word game with its everyday meaning — the same reviewed definitions players see at the end of each level. Part 1 of 36 · 8,882 words in total.
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- aaa
- an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- aaron
- (Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites
- aba
- a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair
- abandon
- the trait of lacking restraint or control
- abbey
- a monastery ruled by an abbot
- abbot
- the superior of an abbey of monks
- abc
- the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
- abdomen
- the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- abel
- (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man
- abide
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- abiding
- unceasing
- ability
- the quality of being able to perform
- abject
- showing humiliation or submissiveness
- able
- (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- aboard
- on first or second or third base
- abode
- housing that someone is living in
- abolish
- do away with
- abort
- the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- abound
- be abundant or plentiful
- about
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- above
- an earlier section of a written text
- abraham
- the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac
- abroad
- in a foreign country
- abrupt
- surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner
- abs
- any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
- absence
- failure to be present
- absent
- go away or leave
- absorb
- cause to become one with
- abstain
- choose not to consume
- absurd
- a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
- abuja
- capital of Nigeria in the center of the country
- abuse
- cruel or inhumane treatment
- abused
- subjected to cruel treatment
- abuser
- someone who abuses
- abusive
- characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
- abyss
- a bottomless gulf or pit
- academy
- a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
- acc
- a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force
- accent
- a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
- accept
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- access
- the act of approaching or entering
- acclaim
- enthusiastic approval
- accord
- sympathetic compatibility
- account
- the quality of taking advantage
- accra
- the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port
- accuse
- bring an accusation against
- accused
- a defendant in a criminal proceeding
- ace
- a serve that the receiver is unable to reach
- acer
- type genus of the Aceraceae
- ache
- a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- achieve
- to gain with effort
- aching
- a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- acid
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
- acidic
- being or containing an acid
- acidity
- the property of being acidic
- acne
- an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin
- acorn
- fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
- acre
- a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
- acres
- extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
- acronym
- a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
- across
- transversely
- act
- something that people do or cause to happen
- actin
- one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split
- acting
- the performance of a part or role in a drama
- action
- something done (usually as opposed to something said)
- active
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
- actor
- a theatrical performer
- actress
- a female actor
- acts
- a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome
- actual
- presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
- acute
- a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- ad
- a short word for advertisement
- ada
- an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
- adam
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- adams
- a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)
- adapt
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- adapted
- changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
- adapter
- device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
- add
- a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- addict
- someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance
- address
- social skill
- aden
- an important port of Yemen
- adept
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- adhd
- a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- adhere
- follow through or carry out a plan without deviation
- adjunct
- a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
- adjust
- adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
- admiral
- any of several brightly colored butterflies
- admire
- feel admiration for
- admired
- regarded with admiration
- admirer
- someone who admires a young woman
- admit
- declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- ado
- a rapid active commotion
- adobe
- sun-dried brick
- adopt
- take into one's family
- adopted
- acquired as your own by free choice
- adore
- love intensely
- adored
- regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
- adorn
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- adorned
- provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
- adp
- data processing by a computer
- adrian
- English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons
- adrift
- off course, wandering aimlessly
- adult
- any mature animal
- advance
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- advent
- arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
- adverse
- in an opposing direction
- advert
- a public promotion of some product or service
- advice
- a proposal for an appropriate course of action
- advise
- give advice to
- advised
- having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
- adviser
- an expert who gives advice
- advisor
- an expert who gives advice
- aegis
- kindly endorsement and guidance
- aerial
- a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
- aerobic
- depending on free oxygen or air
- aerosol
- a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
- afar
- (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance
- affair
- a vaguely specified concern
- affairs
- transactions of professional or public interest
- affect
- the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
- affirm
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- afford
- be able to spare or give up
- afield
- off the subject
- afl
- a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
- afp
- an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly)
- afraid
- filled with regret or concern
- africa
- the second largest continent
- african
- a native or inhabitant of Africa
- afro
- a rounded thickly curled hairdo
- aft
- at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
- after
- happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- aga
- title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
- again
- anew
- agar
- a colloidal extract of algae
- age
- how long something has existed
- aged
- people who are old collectively
- ageing
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
- agency
- how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
- agenda
- a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- agent
- the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
- agile
- moving quickly and lightly
- aging
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
- ago
- gone by
- agony
- intense feelings of suffering
- agree
- consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something
- agreed
- united by being of the same opinion
- ahead
- at or in the front
- ahem
- the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat
- aid
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- aide
- an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
- aided
- having help
- aides
- (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology
- aids
- helps; gives support or assistance
- aiken
- United States writer (1889-1973)
- ailing
- somewhat ill or prone to illness
- aim
- the action of directing something at an object
- ain
- belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself)
- air
- travel via aircraft
- airbus
- a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances
- aired
- open to or abounding in fresh air
- airing
- the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
- airline
- a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
- airport
- an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
- airs
- affected manners intended to impress others
- airway
- a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
- airy
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
- aisle
- passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
- ajax
- a mythical Greek hero
- akron
- a city in northeastern Ohio
- ala
- a wing of an insect
- alabama
- the Muskhogean language of the Alabama
- aladdin
- in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie
- alamo
- a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836
- alarm
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- alarmed
- experiencing a sudden sense of danger
- alas
- by bad luck
- alaska
- a state in northwestern North America
- albany
- a town in southwest Georgia
- albert
- prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
- albino
- a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin
- albion
- an old poetic name for Britain
- album
- a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes
- alchemy
- a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
- alcohol
- a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
- ale
- a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast
- aleppo
- a city in northwestern Syria
- alert
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- alfred
- king of Wessex
- algae
- primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
- algebra
- the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
- algeria
- a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim
- ali
- the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites
- alias
- a name that has been assumed temporarily
- alibi
- (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
- alien
- a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
- alight
- come down
- align
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
- aligned
- brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause
- alike
- in a like manner
- alimony
- court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
- alive
- capable of erupting
- all
- completely given to or absorbed by
- allah
- Muslim name for the one and only God
- allege
- report or maintain
- alleged
- declared but not proved
- allen
- a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789)
- allergy
- hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen
- alley
- a narrow street with walls on both sides
- allied
- joined by treaty or agreement
- allies
- an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy
- allow
- allow or plan for a certain possibility
- alloy
- the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
- allure
- the power to entice or attract through personal charm
- ally
- a friendly nation
- almond
- oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
- almost
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished
- aloe
- succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers
- aloft
- in the higher atmosphere above the earth
- alone
- without any others being included or involved
- along
- with a forward motion
- alonso
- Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921)
- aloud
- using the voice
- alp
- any high mountain
- alpha
- the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
- alpine
- living or growing above the timber line
- alps
- a large mountain system in south-central Europe
- already
- prior to a specified or implied time
- alright
- nonstandard usage
- als
- thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord
- also
- in addition
- alt
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- altar
- a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
- alter
- remove the ovaries of
- altered
- changed in form or character without becoming something else
- alto
- the pitch range of the lowest female voice
- alum
- a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)
- always
- at all times
- am
- the form of 'be' used with 'I' — 'I am here'
- amateur
- someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
- amaze
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- amazing
- inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
- amazon
- mainly green tropical American parrots
- amber
- a deep yellow color
- ambient
- completely enveloping
- ambrose
- (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan
- ambush
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- amd
- macular degeneration that is age-related
- amelia
- congenital absence of an arm or leg
- amen
- a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath