Essential Vocabulary Definitions: A-W

A-C Vocabulary Definitions

account (n)

When you keep your money in a bank, you have a bank account.

appearance (n)

What someone or something looks like.

axe (n)

A heavy stick with a sharp piece of metal on the end, used for cutting down trees.

burial (n)

Burying; putting a dead body in a grave in the ground.

cage (n)

A box or a place with bars for keeping wild animals.

chemical (n)

Liquid or solid things used in or made by chemistry.

client (n)

Someone who pays another person (e.g., a lawyer, a builder) to do a job for them.

confession (n)

Saying that you have done something wrong.

courtyard (n)

An unroofed open space surrounded by walls or buildings.

D-M Vocabulary Definitions

dose (n)

How much medicine you take at one time.

drug (n)

A chemical mixture that can make sick people well (a medicine) or that can harm people's minds and bodies.

evil (adj)

Very bad, harmful.

experiment (n)

A scientific test on something in order to find out what happens and to learn something new.

forgive (v)

To stop being angry with someone about something.

god (n)

The "person" who made the world and controls all things.

Good God!

An expression of surprise or fear.

laboratory (n)

A room where scientists work and do experiments.

liquid (n)

Anything that flows and is not a gas; oil and water are liquids.

locksmith (n)

A person who makes and mends locks.

mask (n)

A cover worn over the face to hide it.

master (n)

An old-fashioned word for a male employer.

M-W Vocabulary Definitions

memory (n)

Something that you remember.

mind (n)

The part of the head that thinks, feels, and remembers.

mix (v)

To put different things together.

mixture (n)

The result when different things are mixed together.

pale (adj)

With little color in the face.

passion (n)

A strong feeling of hate, love, or anger.

poison (n)

Something that can kill you if it is eaten or drunk.

pure (adj)

Completely clean, not mixed with anything else.

reputation (n)

What people think or say about someone else.

respectable (adj)

Thought to be good, correct, etc., by other people.

science (n)

The study of natural things, e.g., biology, chemistry.

scientific (adj)

Of or belonging to science.

scientist (n)

A person who studies science or works with science.

servant (n)

Someone who is paid to work in another person's house.

shameful (adj)

Very bad or wrong; causing unhappy, painful feelings.

shock (n)

A sudden and very unpleasant surprise.

thought (n)

Something that you think.

upset (adj)

Unhappy or worried about something.

weak (adj)

Not strong.

weep (v)

To cry.

will (n)

Someone's written wishes that say who will inherit their money after they die.