English Vocabulary with Meanings — hungary … jerome
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 16 of 36 · 8,882 words in total.
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- hungary
- a republic in central Europe
- hunger
- strong desire for something (not food or drink)
- hungry
- feeling hunger
- hunk
- a large piece of something without definite shape
- hunt
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- hunted
- reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted
- hunter
- a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal
- hunting
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- huron
- the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes
- hurried
- moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
- hurry
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- hurt
- the act of damaging something or someone
- hurting
- a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
- husband
- a married man
- hush
- a sudden calm silence
- hussein
- king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999)
- hustle
- a rapid active commotion
- hut
- small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- hutch
- small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- hutton
- Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797)
- huxley
- English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
- hybrid
- (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock
- hydra
- small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
- hydrate
- any compound that contains water of crystallization
- hygiene
- the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
- hymn
- a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
- hype
- blatant or sensational promotion
- iaea
- the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy
- ibrahim
- the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac
- icc
- a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states
- ice
- a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
- iceland
- a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle
- icing
- (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
- icon
- a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel
- iconic
- relating to or having the characteristics on an icon
- icu
- a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
- icy
- covered with or containing or consisting of ice
- id
- a person's sense of self; identity
- ida
- an agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank
- idaho
- a state in the Rocky Mountains
- idea
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- ideal
- the idea of something that is perfect
- ideally
- in an ideal manner
- idf
- the ground and air and naval forces of Israel
- idiot
- a person of subnormal intelligence
- idiotic
- having a mental age of three to seven years
- idle
- the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- idol
- a material effigy that is worshipped
- ignite
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
- ignited
- set afire
- ignore
- be ignorant of or in the dark about
- ignored
- disregarded
- iii
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- ike
- United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany
- ill
- an often persistent bodily disorder or disease
- illegal
- prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
- image
- a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
- imagery
- the ability to form mental images of things or events
- imagine
- expect, believe, or suppose
- imaging
- (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
- imam
- (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque
- imf
- a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies
- imitate
- make a reproduction or copy of
- immense
- unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
- immoral
- deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
- immune
- a person who is immune to a particular infection
- imo
- the United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
- imp
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- impact
- influencing strongly
- impala
- African antelope with ridged curved horns
- impart
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- impeach
- bring an accusation against
- impede
- block passage through
- impetus
- the act of applying force suddenly
- implant
- a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
- imply
- express or state indirectly
- import
- commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
- impose
- impose something unpleasant
- imposed
- set forth authoritatively as obligatory
- impress
- the act of coercing someone into government service
- imprint
- a device produced by pressure on a surface
- improve
- get better
- impulse
- the act of applying force suddenly
- in
- inside or within a place, time, or thing
- inbound
- directed or moving inward or toward a center
- inc
- a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq
- inca
- the small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
- inch
- a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
- incite
- provoke or stir up
- include
- add as part of something else
- income
- the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
- incur
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- indeed
- (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc.
- index
- the finger next to the thumb
- india
- a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia
- indian
- any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
- indiana
- a state in midwestern United States
- indie
- an independent film company not associated with an established studio
- indigo
- a blue-violet color
- indoor
- within doors
- indoors
- within a building
- induce
- reason or establish by induction
- indulge
- yield (to)
- indus
- an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
- inept
- revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
- inert
- slow and apathetic
- inertia
- a disposition to remain inactive or inert
- infancy
- the earliest state of immaturity
- infant
- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- infer
- believe to be the case
- inferno
- (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil
- inflate
- become inflated
- inflict
- impose something unpleasant
- info
- a message received and understood
- inform
- give character or essence to
- inhabit
- inhabit or live in
- inhale
- draw in (air)
- inhuman
- belonging to or resembling something nonhuman
- initial
- the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
- injure
- cause injuries or bodily harm to
- injured
- harmed
- injury
- wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
- ink
- dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods
- inland
- situated away from an area's coast or border
- inlet
- an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
- inmate
- a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- inn
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- innate
- present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
- inner
- inside or closer to the inside of the body
- input
- a component of production
- inquest
- an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
- ins
- an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
- insane
- afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
- insect
- small air-breathing arthropod
- insert
- (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
- inside
- the inner or enclosed surface of something
- insight
- grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
- insofar
- to the degree or extent that
- install
- set up for use
- instant
- a particular point in time
- instead
- in place of, or as an alternative to
- insular
- narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
- insult
- a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
- insure
- be careful or certain to do something
- insured
- a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy
- intact
- constituting the undiminished entirety
- intake
- the act of inhaling
- integer
- any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero
- intend
- have in mind as a purpose
- intense
- (of color) having the highest saturation
- intent
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- inter
- place in a grave or tomb
- interim
- the time between one event, process, or period and another
- intern
- an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
- intro
- a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music
- invade
- march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
- invalid
- someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
- invent
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- inverse
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- invest
- make an investment
- invoice
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- invoke
- request earnestly (something from somebody)
- involve
- make complex or intricate or complicated
- inward
- relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
- iodine
- a tincture consisting of a solution of iodine in ethyl alcohol
- ion
- a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative)
- ionic
- the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
- iowa
- a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa
- ipo
- a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
- ipod
- (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files
- ira
- belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- iran
- a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia
- iraq
- a republic in the Middle East in western Asia
- iraqi
- a native or inhabitant of Iraq
- ire
- belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- ireland
- an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
- iris
- diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
- irish
- the Celtic language of Ireland
- iron
- home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
- ironic
- characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
- ironing
- the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
- ironman
- a strong man of exceptional physical endurance
- irons
- metal shackles
- irony
- incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
- irs
- the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
- irving
- United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)
- isaac
- (Old Testament) the second patriarch
- isaiah
- an Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies
- isi
- the Pakistan intelligence agency
- isis
- Egyptian goddess of fertility
- islam
- the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran
- islamic
- of or relating to or supporting Islamism
- island
- a zone or area resembling an island
- isle
- a small island
- ism
- a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
- isn
- Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations
- isolate
- place or set apart
- isotope
- one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons
- israel
- an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea
- israeli
- a native or inhabitant of Israel
- issue
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- issuer
- an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.)
- it
- the thing already mentioned or being talked about
- italia
- a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula
- italian
- the Romance language spoken in Italy
- italy
- a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula
- itch
- an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
- itchy
- causing an irritating cutaneous sensation
- item
- a whole individual unit
- ithaca
- a Greek island to the west of Greece
- ives
- United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895)
- ivory
- a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- ivy
- Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
- jab
- the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
- jack
- male donkey
- jacket
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- jackpot
- any outstanding award
- jacks
- a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
- jackson
- a town in south central Michigan
- jacob
- (Old Testament) son of Isaac
- jacobs
- Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
- jade
- an old or over-worked horse
- jag
- a bout of drinking or drug taking
- jaguar
- a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard
- jail
- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- jailed
- being in captivity
- jain
- relating to or characteristic of Jainism
- jakarta
- capital and largest city of Indonesia
- jam
- deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
- james
- a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle
- jamming
- deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
- jan
- the first month of the year
- janitor
- someone employed to clean and maintain a building
- january
- the first month of the year
- janus
- (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages
- japan
- lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
- jar
- a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
- jargon
- specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
- jasmine
- any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
- jason
- (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
- jasper
- an opaque form of quartz
- java
- a platform-independent object-oriented programming language
- jaw
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
- jay
- crested largely blue bird
- jealous
- showing extreme cupidity
- jean
- a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
- jehovah
- terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
- jericho
- a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea
- jerk
- a sudden abrupt pull
- jerome
- (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate)