English Vocabulary with Meanings — undone … wages
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 34 of 36 · 8,840 words in total.
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- undone
- not done
- undue
- not yet payable
- uneasy
- relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
- unesco
- an agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts
- uneven
- lacking consistency
- unfair
- not fair
- unfit
- make unfit or unsuitable
- unfold
- develop or come to a promising stage
- unhappy
- generalized feeling of distress
- unheard
- not necessarily inaudible but not heard
- unholy
- extremely evil or cruel
- unicef
- an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries
- unicorn
- an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
- unified
- operating as a unit
- uniform
- clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification
- union
- the act of making or becoming a single unit
- unique
- highly unusual or rare but not the single instance
- unisex
- not distinguished on the basis of sex
- unison
- (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves
- unit
- an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
- unitary
- characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority
- unite
- join or combine
- united
- of or relating to two people who are married to each other
- unity
- the quality of being united into one
- unix
- trademark for a powerful operating system
- unknown
- a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
- unleash
- release or vent
- unlike
- marked by dissimilarity
- unload
- take the load off (a container or vehicle)
- unlock
- become unlocked
- unnamed
- being or having an unknown or unnamed source
- unpack
- remove from its packing
- unpaid
- not paid
- unreal
- lacking material form or substance
- unrest
- a feeling of restless agitation
- unsafe
- involving or causing danger or risk
- unseen
- a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit
- unsure
- lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- untrue
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection
- unused
- infrequently exposed to
- unusual
- not commonly encountered
- unwise
- not appropriate to the purpose
- up
- toward a higher place or position
- upbeat
- an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
- update
- news that updates your information
- upfront
- frank and honest
- uphill
- the upward slope of a hill
- uphold
- stand up for
- upland
- elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
- uplift
- a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
- upload
- transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location
- upper
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite
- upright
- a piano with a vertical sounding board
- uproar
- loud confused noise from many sources
- upscale
- appropriate for people with good incomes
- upset
- an improbable and unexpected victory
- upside
- the highest or uppermost side of anything
- upstate
- in or toward the northern parts of a state
- uptake
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- uptown
- a residential part of town away from the central commercial district
- upward
- directed up
- upwards
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- uranium
- a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element
- uranus
- a giant planet with a ring of ice particles
- urban
- located in or characteristic of a city or city life
- urdu
- the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi
- urge
- a strong restless desire
- urgent
- compelling immediate action
- urging
- the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
- urine
- liquid excretory product
- url
- the address of a web page on the world wide web
- urn
- a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
- us
- the speaker and others, as the object of a verb
- usa
- the army of the United States of America
- usable
- convenient for use or disposal
- usaf
- the airforce of the United States of America
- usage
- accepted or habitual practice
- usda
- the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy)
- use
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- used
- previously used or owned by another
- useful
- having a useful function
- user
- a person who takes drugs
- usher
- someone employed to conduct others
- using
- an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
- usps
- an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States
- ussr
- a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia
- usual
- occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
- usually
- under normal conditions
- utah
- a state in the western United States
- utc
- Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds
- ute
- the Shoshonean language spoken by the Utes
- uterus
- a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females
- utmost
- the greatest possible degree
- utopia
- an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
- utopian
- an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer
- utter
- articulate
- vacant
- without an occupant or incumbent
- vacate
- cancel officially
- vague
- not clearly understood or expressed
- vain
- unproductive of success
- vale
- a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
- valet
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
- valiant
- having or showing valor
- valid
- still legally acceptable
- valor
- the qualities of a hero or heroine
- value
- relative darkness or lightness of a color
- valued
- (usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind
- valve
- one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
- vampire
- (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
- van
- a truck with an enclosed cargo space
- vane
- the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
- vanilla
- a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
- vanish
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- vanity
- low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
- vapor
- the process of becoming a vapor
- vapour
- the process of becoming a vapor
- var
- a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
- variant
- something a little different from others of the same type
- varied
- broken away from sameness or identity or duplication
- variety
- noticeable heterogeneity
- various
- of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
- varnish
- a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
- varsity
- a team representing a college or university
- vary
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- varying
- marked by diversity or difference
- vas
- a tube in which a body fluid circulates
- vase
- an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
- vast
- unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
- vastly
- to an exceedingly great extent or degree
- vat
- a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
- vatican
- the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City
- vault
- the act of jumping over an obstacle
- vaulted
- having a hemispherical vault or dome
- veal
- meat from a calf
- vector
- (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
- vedic
- of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written
- veer
- shift to a clockwise direction
- veg
- edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
- vega
- the brightest star in the constellation Lyra
- vegan
- a strict vegetarian
- vehicle
- a conveyance that transports people or objects
- veil
- a garment that covers the head and face
- veiled
- muted or unclear
- vein
- one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
- vendor
- someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
- veneer
- an ornamental coating to a building
- venice
- the provincial capital of Veneto
- venom
- feeling a need to see others suffer
- vent
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- venting
- the act of venting
- ventral
- nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
- venture
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- venue
- in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held
- venus
- type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
- verb
- the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
- verbal
- communicated in the form of words
- verdict
- (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision
- verge
- a grass border along a road
- vermont
- a state in New England
- verona
- a city in Veneto on the River Adige
- verse
- a piece of poetry
- versed
- an injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures
- version
- manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)
- vertigo
- a reeling sensation
- very
- used as intensifiers
- vest
- a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
- vet
- a person who has served in the armed forces
- veteran
- an experienced person who has been through many battles
- veto
- a vote that blocks a decision
- viable
- capable of life or normal growth and development
- vial
- a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
- vibe
- a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively
- vibes
- a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
- vibrant
- of colors that are bright and striking
- vibrate
- feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
- vicar
- a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
- vice
- a specific form of evildoing
- victim
- an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
- victor
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- victory
- a successful ending of a struggle or contest
- vidal
- United States writer (born in 1925)
- video
- a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
- vie
- compete for something
- vienna
- the capital and largest city of Austria
- vietnam
- a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States
- view
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- viewer
- an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies
- viewers
- the audience reached by television
- vigil
- a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- vigor
- an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
- vii
- the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
- vile
- morally reprehensible
- villa
- pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds
- village
- a community of people smaller than a town
- vine
- a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
- vinegar
- sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
- vintage
- the oldness of wines
- vinyl
- shiny and tough and flexible plastic
- viola
- a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
- violate
- destroy
- violent
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- violet
- a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
- violin
- bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family
- vip
- an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
- viper
- venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
- viral
- relating to or caused by a virus
- virgin
- the sixth sign of the zodiac
- virgo
- the sixth sign of the zodiac
- virtue
- the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- virus
- (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts
- visa
- an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
- visible
- obvious to the eye
- vision
- the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- visit
- a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
- vista
- the visual percept of a region
- visual
- visible
- vital
- manifesting or characteristic of life
- vitamin
- any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism
- viva
- an examination conducted by spoken communication
- vocal
- a short musical composition with words
- vodka
- unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia
- vogue
- the popular taste at a given time
- voice
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- voiced
- produced with vibration of the vocal cords
- voicing
- the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color
- void
- an empty area or space
- volcano
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
- volt
- a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
- voltage
- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
- volume
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- vomit
- the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- vote
- the opinion of a group as determined by voting
- voter
- a citizen who has a legal right to vote
- voting
- a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
- vouch
- give supporting evidence
- voucher
- a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed
- vow
- a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- vox
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- voyage
- a journey to some distant place
- voyager
- a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
- waco
- a city in east central Texas
- wad
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- wade
- English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
- wading
- walking with your feet in shallow water
- wafer
- thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)
- waffle
- pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
- wag
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- wage
- something that remunerates
- wager
- the act of gambling
- wages
- a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing