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attentively ADVERB
attic attics
NOUN a room at the top of a house immediately below the roof
attitude attitudes
NOUN the way you think about someone or something and behave towards them • I’m not going in that shop again. I don’t like their attitude.
attract attracts, attracting, attracted
VERB 1 If something attracts people, it interests them and makes them want to go to it.
2 If someone attracts you, you like them and are interested in them.
3 When magnetic materials are attracted to a magnet, they are pulled towards it.
attraction attractions
NOUN 1 If you feel an attraction for someone, you like them very much.
2 somewhere people like to visit for interest or pleasure, such as a fun fair or a stately home
3 A force of attraction pulls magnetic materials towards a magnet.
attractive
ADJECTIVE 1 Someone who is attractive is good-looking or has an exciting personality.
2 If something is attractive, it is interesting.
aubergine aubergines
NOUN a dark purple, pear-shaped vegetable. It is also called an eggplant.
auburn
ADJECTIVE a red-brown hair colour
auction auctions, auctioning, auctioned
NOUN 1 a public sale in which goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price
VERB 2 to sell something in an auction
audible
ADJECTIVE If something is audible, you can hear it.
audience audiences
NOUN 1 the group of people who are watching or listening to a performance
2 a private or formal meeting with an important person • The winners of the bravery awards had an audience with the Queen.
audition auditions
NOUN a short performance by an actor or musician, so that a director can decide whether they are suitable for a part in a play or a film, or for a place in an orchestra
auditorium auditoriums or auditoria
NOUN the part of a theatre or concert hall where the audience sits
August
NOUN the eighth month of the year. August has 31 days.
aunt aunts
NOUN Your aunt is the sister of your mother or father, or the wife of your uncle.
author authors
NOUN The author of a book is the person who wrote it.
authority authorities
NOUN 1 the power to tell other people what to do • The teacher had the authority to give me detention.
2 an organization that controls public interests • the local health authority
3 Someone who is an authority on something, knows a lot about it.
authorize authorizes, authorizing, authorized
VERB If someone authorizes something, they give official permission for it.
authorization NOUN
auto-
PREFIX 1 self or same • autobiography
2 self-propelling • automatic car
autobiography autobiographies
NOUN an account of someone’s life that they have written themselves
autobiographical ADJECTIVE
autograph autographs
NOUN the signature of a famous person
[from Greek auto meaning self and graphos meaning written]
automatic automatics
ADJECTIVE 1 An automatic machine is programmed to perform tasks without needing a person to operate it.
NOUN 2 a car in which the gears change automatically as the car’s speed changes
autumn autumns
NOUN the season between summer and winter, when the leaves fall off the trees • I love the golden colours of the trees in autumn.
available
ADJECTIVE 1 If something is available, it is easy to get or to buy.
2 A person who is available is ready for work or free to talk to.
avalanche avalanches
NOUN a huge mass of snow and ice that falls down a mountainside
avenue avenues
NOUN a street, especially one with trees along it
average averages
NOUN 1 a result obtained by adding several amounts together and then dividing the total by the number of different amounts • If I shared 36 sweets between four children, the average would be nine sweets per child.
ADJECTIVE 2 standard or usual • The average teenager is interested in pop music.
SYNONYMS: normal, ordinary, typical
PHRASE 3 You say on average when mentioning what usually happens in a situation. • Men are, on average, taller than women.
aviary aviaries
NOUN a large cage or group of cages in which birds are kept
aviation
NOUN the science of flying aircraft
avocado avocados
NOUN a pear-shaped fruit with dark green skin, soft greenish-yellow flesh, and a large stone
avoid avoids, avoiding, avoided
VERB 1 If you avoid someone or something, you keep away from them. • To avoid him, she went home the other way.
2 If you avoid doing something, you make an effort not to do it.
SYNONYMS: dodge, shirk
awake
ADJECTIVE Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
award awards, awarding, awarded
NOUN 1 a prize or certificate for doing something well
VERB 2 If someone awards you something, they give it to you formally or officially. • He was awarded the prize for fastest runner.
aware
ADJECTIVE 1 If you are aware of something, you know about it.
2 If you are aware of something, you can see, hear, smell or feel it.
away
ADVERB 1 moving from a place • I saw them walk away from the house.
2 at a distance from a place • The nearest supermarket is 12 kilometres away.
3 in its proper place • He put his CDs away.
4 not at home, school or work • My friend’s been away from school for a week.
awe
NOUN FORMAL a feeling of great respect mixed with amazement, and sometimes slight fear • Looking up at the mountains, we felt a sense of awe.
awful
ADJECTIVE very unpleasant or very bad • Isn’t the weather awful?
SYNONYMS: dreadful, terrible
awkward
