A Flashcards
(26 cards)
Aardvark
Animal
Abacus
Tool or toy for counting
Abalone
A shellfish
Abandon
An uncontrolled way of behaving that shows that sb doesn’t care what other people think
Abandonment
The act of leaving sb / sth / place
The act of giving up an idea / activity
Abattoir
Slaughterhouse
Abaya
A full-length piece of clothing
Arab men or women
Abbess
A woman who is the head of a convent
Abbey
A large church together with a group of buildings in which monks or nuns live or lived in the past
Abbot
A man who is the head of a monastery or an abbey
Abbreviation
A short form of a word
Abdomen
Part of the body
Abdominal
The muscles of the abdomen
Abductee
A person who has been abducted
Abductor
A person who abducts sb
Aberdonian
A person from Aberdeen in Scotland
Aberration
A fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual and that may be unacceptable
Abeyance
A state of temporary disuse or suspension
Abhorrence
A feeling of strong hatred, especially for moral reasons
Ability
To do sth
Ablation
The loss of material from a large mass of ice
Ablative
The form that a noun/pronoun/adjective can take to show, for example, who or what sth is done by or where sth comes from
Able seaman
A sailor of lower rank in the British navy
Ablutions
Formal or humorous
The act of washing yourself
