| 1 | Almighty | The Almighty is a name for a god in a religion. |
| 2 | August | August is the eighth month of the year. |
| 3 | Bible | The Bible is the book of sacred writing in the Christian religion. |
| 4 | Catholic | A Catholic thing or person is one that is connected with the Roman Catholic Church. |
| 5 | Celsius | Celsius is a scale for measuring temperature. |
| 6 | DNA | DNA is the short form of deoxyribonucleic acid. |
| 7 | December | December is the twelfth month of the year. |
| 8 | FALSE | If something is false, it is not correct. |
| 9 | Fahrenheit | Fahrenheit is a temperature scale where water freezes at 32° and boils at 212°. |
| 10 | January | January is the first month of the year. |
| 11 | July | The seventh month of the year is July. |
| 12 | Mandarin | Mandarin is one of the two main Chinese languages. |
| 13 | Renaissance | The Renaissance was a period between the 14th and 17th centuries. |
| 14 | abandon | To abandon something is to leave it forever or for a long time. |
| 15 | abbey | An abbey is a house, or group of houses, where monks or nuns live. |
| 16 | ability | Ability is the quality of a person being able to do something well. |
| 17 | abnormal | If something is abnormal, it is different from normal or average. |
| 18 | aboard | Someone aboard a ship or plane is in or on it. |
| 19 | abolish | To abolish something means to put an end to it, such as a system or law. |
| 20 | above | If something is above, it is at a higher level than something else. |
| 21 | abroad | An action done abroad is done in a different country. |
| 22 | abrupt | If something is abrupt, it is sudden or unexpected. |
| 23 | absence | Absence is the state of something being away. |
| 24 | absent | If someone or something is absent, they are missing or not in the place they are expected to be. |
| 25 | absorb | To absorb a liquid means to take it inside. |
| 26 | abstract | An abstract thing is an idea or thought, not a physical thing. |
| 27 | absurd | If something or someone is absurd, they are ridiculous. |
| 28 | abundant | If something is abundant, then it is available in large quantities. |
| 29 | abuse | To abuse means to hurt someone or something on purpose. |
| 30 | academic | When something is academic, it relates to schools and education. |
| 31 | academy | An academy is a special type of school. |
| 32 | accelerate | To accelerate means to increase in speed. |
| 33 | accent | An accent is a certain way of speaking that shows where a person is from. |
| 34 | accept | To accept something that is offered is to take it. |
| 35 | acceptance | Acceptance is when people agree that an idea, statement, explanation, etc., is right or true. |
| 36 | access | Access is the right to enter or use something. |
| 37 | accessory | An accessory is a thing that is added to another thing to make it look better. |
| 38 | accident | An accident is unexpected, and may cause some trouble. |
| 39 | accommodate | To accommodate is to have enough room. |
| 40 | accompany | To accompany other people means to join them or go with them. |
| 41 | accomplish | To accomplish something means to finish it. |
| 42 | accordingly | If someone acts accordingly, they act in a way that is suitable. |
| 43 | account | An account with a bank is an arrangement to keep one’s money there. |
| 44 | accountable | When someone is accountable, he or she is responsible for the effects of his or her actions. |
| 45 | accountant | An accountant is a person whose job is to keep financial accounts for a business. |
| 46 | accounting | People study accounting so they can deal with money and finance properly. |
| 47 | accumulate | To accumulate something is to collect a lot of it over time. |
| 48 | accurate | If something is accurate, it is completely correct. |
| 49 | accuse | To accuse someone of something is to blame them for doing it. |
| 50 | accustom | To accustom oneself to something is to get used to it. |
| 51 | ache | To ache is to hurt, or cause pain. |
| 52 | achieve | To achieve something is to successfully do it after trying hard. |
| 53 | acid | An acid is a chemical that can burn or dissolve other substances. |
| 54 | acknowledge | To acknowledge something is to accept that it is true or that it exists. |
| 55 | acquaint | To acquaint is to get to know something or someone. |
| 56 | acquire | To acquire something is to get or gain possession of that thing. |
| 57 | acquisition | An acquisition is something that a person buys or gets in some way. |
| 58 | acre | An acre is a unit for measuring area. |
| 59 | acrobat | An acrobat is a person who entertains people by doing amazing physical things. |
| 60 | across | To go across something is to go to the other side of it. |
| 61 | active | When someone is active, they move a lot or have a lot of things to do. |
| 62 | actual | Actual means real or true. |
| 63 | actually | Actually means in fact or really. |
| 64 | acute | When a bad thing is acute, it is very severe and intense. |
| 65 | adapt | To adapt means to change in order to deal with a new situation. |
| 66 | addict | An addict is a person who cannot stop doing something. |
| 67 | addictive | If something is addictive, it is hard to stop doing. |
| 68 | adequate | Something adequate is good enough. |
| 69 | adhere | To adhere means to act in the way that a rule or agreement says is right. |
| 70 | adjacent | When something is adjacent, it is next to or adjoining something else. |
| 71 | adjoin | To adjoin something means to be next to or attached to something else. |
| 72 | adjoining | If something is adjoining, it is next to or joined with a building or room. |
| 73 | adjust | To adjust something means to change it so it is better. |
| 74 | administer | To administer means to take responsibility for organizing something. |
| 75 | administration | An administration is the group of people who manage a company or organization. |
| 76 | administrative | Administrative describes anything related to managing a company or organization. |
| 77 | administrator | An administrator is a person who controls a business, company, or organization. |
| 78 | admiral | An admiral is someone who controls many military ships. |
| 79 | admission | Admission is the act of allowing to enter a place. |
| 80 | admonish | To admonish someone is to tell them you disapprove of their behavior. |
| 81 | adolescent | An adolescent is a young person or a teenager. |
| 82 | adult | An adult is a person who is more than 18 years old. |
| 83 | advance | To advance is to go forward. |
| 84 | advent | An advent is the arrival or beginning of an important person, thing, or event. |
| 85 | adventure | An adventure is a fun or exciting thing that you do. |
| 86 | adverse | Something that has an adverse effect can be harmful, dangerous, or unfavorable. |
| 87 | advertise | To advertise is to describe or draw attention to a product or event by using a public medium. |
| 88 | advice | Advice is an opinion about what to do. |
| 89 | advise | To advise someone is to tell them what to do. |
| 90 | advocacy | Advocacy is the act of supporting or recommending something. |
| 91 | advocate | To advocate a plan or idea is to support or suggest it in public. |
| 92 | aerial | When something is aerial, it relates to being in the air or flying. |
| 93 | aesthetic | If something is aesthetic, then it is concerned with a love of beauty. |
| 94 | affair | An affair is an event or a thing that happened. |
| 95 | affect | To affect someone or something is to have an influence over them. |
| 96 | affection | Affection is a feeling of liking someone or something. |
| 97 | afflicted | Afflicted means to suffer physically or mentally. |
| 98 | affluent | If someone is affluent, they are wealthy. |
| 99 | afford | To afford something means to have enough money to pay for it. |
| 100 | afterlife | The afterlife is a life that some people believe begins when a person dies. |
| 101 | against | To be against something is to be touching it or opposed to it. |
| 102 | age | Age is how many years someone has lived. |
| 103 | agency | An agency is a business or service set up to act for others. |
| 104 | agenda | An agenda is a plan or goal that guides someone’s behavior. |
| 105 | aggregate | When something is aggregate, it is made up of smaller amounts added together. |
| 106 | aggression | Aggression is behavior that is mean or violent to others. |
| 107 | aggressive | If someone is aggressive, then they constantly want to fight or argue. |
| 108 | agony | Agony is severe pain or suffering. |
| 109 | agree | To agree is to have the same opinion or belief as another person. |
| 110 | agreement | An agreement is a formal decision about future action. |
| 111 | agriculture | Agriculture is the growing of plants and raising of animals for food. |
| 112 | ahead | If something is ahead of something else, it is in front of it. |
| 113 | ailing | If something is ailing, it is sickly or not doing well. |
| 114 | aim | An aim is a goal someone wants to make happen. |
| 115 | aircraft | An aircraft is a vehicle that flies in the sky, such as an airplane or helicopter. |
| 116 | airline | An airline is a company that takes people to different places by plane. |
| 117 | airway | An airway is the passage by which air reaches a person’s lungs. |
| 118 | aisle | An aisle is a space between two things that people use to walk. |
| 119 | alarm | An alarm is something that warns people of danger. |
| 120 | albeit | Albeit means although. (It is made of three parts – al(though), be, it. |
| 121 | alcohol | Alcohol is a type of drink that can make people drunk. |
| 122 | alert | To alert someone is to tell or warn that person about something. |
| 123 | alien | An alien is a creature from a different world. |
| 124 | align | To align is to support a political group, country, or person that you agree with. |
| 125 | alike | If two people or things are alike, they are similar to each other. |
| 126 | alive | Someone or something that is alive is not dead. |
| 127 | allege | To allege something is to say that it is true without offering proof. |
| 128 | alley | An alley is a narrow road between houses or buildings. |
| 129 | alliance | An alliance is a group of people who work together. |
| 130 | allocate | To allocate something means to put it aside for a certain purpose or person. |
| 131 | allow | To allow something to happen means to let it happen. |
| 132 | ally | An ally is someone who agrees to help or support another person or group. |
| 133 | alone | A person who is alone is not with another person. |
| 134 | along | Along means down the length of a road, river, etc. |
| 135 | alongside | If something is alongside another thing, then it is next to it. |
| 136 | aloud | An action done aloud is done so that people can hear it. |
| 137 | alpha | The alpha member of a group is the most dominant or has the highest rank. |
| 138 | already | If something happens already, it happens before a certain time. |
| 139 | also | Also means in addition to or too. |
| 140 | altar | An altar is a table used in churches. |
| 141 | alter | To alter something means to change it. |
| 142 | alternate | An alternate option is a different option. |
| 143 | alternative | An alternative is something that you can choose instead of your first choice. |
| 144 | although | You use although to say that one thing is contrasted by another. |
| 145 | altogether | If something happens altogether, it happens completely. |
| 146 | aluminum | Aluminum is a chemical element that is a light silver-coloured metal. |
| 147 | always | Always means that something happens all the time. |
| 148 | amateur | An amateur is a person who does something for fun and isn’t paid for it. |
| 149 | amaze | To amaze people is to surprise them very much. |
| 150 | ambassador | An ambassador is a government worker who works in another country. |
| 151 | ambiguous | If something is ambiguous, it is not entirely clear. |
| 152 | ambition | Ambition is the desire to succeed and to become the best at something. |
| 153 | ambitious | An ambitious person wants to be rich or successful. |
| 154 | ambulance | An ambulance is a vehicle that transports people in a medical emergency. |
| 155 | amend | To amend something means to change it to improve or make it accurate. |
| 156 | amid | If something is amid something else, then it is in the middle of it. |
| 157 | amnesty | Amnesty is a pardon given to prisoners of war. |
| 158 | among | If you are among certain things, they are all around you. |
| 159 | amount | An amount is how much there is of something. |
| 160 | ample | If something is ample, then it is enough or more than enough. |
| 161 | amuse | To amuse someone means to do something that is funny or entertaining. |
| 162 | analogous | If something is analogous to another thing, then it is like it in certain ways. |
| 163 | analytic | If something is analytic, it is related to logic and reasoning. |
| 164 | analyze | To analyze something is to study it. |
| 165 | ancestor | An ancestor is a family member from the past. |
| 166 | anchor | An anchor is a heavy object dropped from a boat to make it stay in one place. |
| 167 | ancient | If something is ancient, it is very old. |
| 168 | anew | If you do something anew, you do it again, possibly in a different way. |
| 169 | angle | An angle is the direction from which something is looked at. |
| 170 | animal | An animal is a living thing that can move. |
| 171 | animate | When something is animate, it has life. |
| 172 | ankle | An ankle connects your leg to your foot. |
| 173 | anniversary | An anniversary is a day that celebrates something from the past. |
| 174 | announce | To announce something is to make it known. |
| 175 | annual | An annual event happens once a year. |
| 176 | anonymous | If someone is anonymous, no one knows who he or she is. |
| 177 | anthem | An anthem is a formal or religious song. |
| 178 | anthropology | Anthropology is the study of people, society, and culture. |
| 179 | antibiotic | An antibiotic is a medical drug used to kill bacteria and treat infections. |
| 180 | anticipate | To anticipate something is to think that it will happen. |
| 181 | antique | If something is antique, it is very old and rare, and therefore valuable. |
| 182 | anxiety | Anxiety is a feeling of worry and fear. |
| 183 | anxious | Anxious means feeling worried or nervous. |
| 184 | apart | When people or things are apart, they are not next to each other. |
| 185 | apartment | An apartment is a set of rooms in a building where people live. |
| 186 | apology | An apology is what people say to show that they are sorry. |
| 187 | appall | To appall means to disgust someone. |
| 188 | apparatus | An apparatus is a device used for a particular purpose. |
| 189 | apparent | Apparent means clear or easy to see. |
| 190 | appeal | To appeal to someone is to be interesting or attractive. |
| 191 | appear | To appear is to seem. |
| 192 | appetite | Your appetite is your hunger for food. |
| 193 | appetizing | When food is appetizing, it looks and smells very good. |
| 194 | applaud | To applaud means to clap in order to show approval. |
| 195 | applause | Applause is the noise made when people clap their hands to show approval. |
| 196 | appliance | An appliance is a piece of equipment used for jobs in the home. |
| 197 | applicable | If something is applicable to a person or thing, it is relevant to them. |
| 198 | applicant | An applicant is someone who writes a request to be considered for a job or prize. |
| 199 | apply | To apply something means to put it on. |
| 200 | appoint | To appoint someone to a job means to give the job to them. |