A — The school dictionary · page 121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12avenueA wide street in a town or city, often with trees along the sides.11 sentencesaverTo aver is to say something firmly, as if it were certainly true. This is an old or formal word.4 sentencesaverageThe average (mean) is the number you get when you share a total equally: add the numbers, then divide by how many there are.13 sentencesaverseNot liking something or strongly against it: «averse to» something.9 sentencesaversionA strong dislike of something.9 sentencesavertTo avert something bad means to stop it from happening, as in «avert a disaster».8 sentencesavertingStopping something bad from happening.9 sentencesavianTo do with birds: «avian flu» is bird flu.10 sentencesaviaryAn aviary is a large cage, building or enclosed space where birds are kept, big enough for them to fly about.9 sentencesaviationFlying aircraft, and everything to do with building, running and flying planes.7 sentencesavocadoAn avocado is a pear-shaped fruit with dark green or black skin, soft pale-green flesh and one big seed (stone) in the middle.8 sentencesavoidTo avoid something means to keep away from it.11 sentencesavoidanceThe act of keeping away from something or not doing something.7 sentencesavowTo say something openly and firmly, to declare it.9 sentencesawaitTo await is to wait for something.9 sentencesawakeAwake means not sleeping.11 sentencesawakenTo wake up, or to wake someone up (a bit formal or story-like).11 sentencesawardA prize or a reward given for doing something well.12 sentencesawareIf you are aware of something, you know about it or notice it.11 sentencesawarenessAwareness is knowing about something or noticing it.8 sentencesawayAway means off to another place, not here any more: the bird flew away.23 sentencesaweA strong feeling of wonder and respect, sometimes with a little fear, when you see something huge, beautiful or powerful.11 sentencesawesomeAwesome means very good, great or cool, as in «That film was awesome!».11 sentencesawfulAwful means very bad or unpleasant: awful weather, an awful smell.12 sentencesawfullyVery; extremely: «awfully kind», «awfully sorry».8 sentencesawhileAwhile means for a short time: wait awhile. After a word like «after» or «for», we write «a while» as two words.5 sentencesawkwardAwkward means uncomfortable or embarrassing, when you don't know what to say or do.13 sentencesawkwardlyIn a clumsy way that is not smooth or easy, as in «he fell awkwardly».11 sentencesawkwardnessThe feeling of being uncomfortable or embarrassed, especially in a social situation.9 sentencesawlAn awl is a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in leather, wood or cloth, for example when sewing.3 sentencesawnA thin, stiff bristle growing from the seed head of some grasses and grains, like barley and wheat.7 sentencesawryAwry means crooked, not straight or not in its right place: a hat set awry.4 sentencesaxAn ax is a tool with a heavy metal blade on a long handle, used for chopping wood.9 sentencesaxeAn axe is a tool with a heavy metal blade on a long handle, used for chopping wood or cutting down trees.11 sentencesaxialAbout an axis: the line around which something turns or which runs through its middle.7 sentencesaxisAn axis is an imaginary straight line that something spins around, like the Earth's axis.11 sentencesaxleAn axle is a rod or bar that goes through the centre of a wheel, or joins two wheels, so the wheels can turn.7 sentencesaxolotlAn axolotl is a Mexican salamander, an amphibian that keeps its baby features all its life: feathery pink gills on its head and a tail fin…9 sentencesaztecThe Aztecs were a people who built a great empire in what is now central Mexico, with their capital Tenochtitlan built on a lake, until th…12 sentencesazureAzure means a bright, clear blue, like a cloudless sky.3 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/12/