THIS BOOK CONTAINS MEANINGS OF MORE THAN 3400 ADVANCED ENGLISH WORDS (including phrasal verbs and idioms). Learn Difficult English Words & Their Meanings Sample This: ("sb" implies somebody, "sth" implies something) abate to become, or make sth less strong abed in bed aberrant not socially acceptable abet to help, or encourage sb to do sth wrong in abeyance not being used for a period of time ablutions act of washing yourself aboard on a ship, plane, bus etc. abode where sb lives abolition ending of sth abominate to feel hatred, or disgust abomination extremely unpleasant, disgusting abortive unsuccessful above board legal and honest; in a legal and honest way abridge to make book, etc. shorter absent minded forgetful abstainer who chooses not to vote, who never drinks alcohol abstruse difficult to understand abundant plentiful abysmal extremely bad abyss deep wide space, or hole that seems to have no bottom accede to agree, to become king, or queen accommodating willing to help, obliging accomplish to achieve sth in accord with sb/sth in agreement with accord with sth to agree with sth accountable responsible accoutrements pieces of equipment for a particular activity accredited officially recognized accrue to increase over a period of time accursed suffering from a curse, or black magic ace person who is very good at doing sth Achilles heel weak point in sb's character attacked by other people acme peak acquaintance with sb slight friendship make sb's acquaintance to meet sb first time acquiesce to accept sth, even if you do not agree acrimonious bitter acrobat rope dancer acronym a word formed using initial letters of other words act up to behave badly acumen ability to understand and decide things quickly ad hominem against person's character ad nauseam again and again in boring and annoying way Adam's apple lump at the front of the throat adamantine very strong and impossible to break add up to seem reasonable add-on a thing that is added to sth else adieu goodbye ad-infinitum for ever adjourn to postpone adjudicate to make official decision adjure to order sb to do sth Adonis extremely attractive young man adorable attractive adoration great love, or worship adore to love very much, to like very much adrenalin hormone produced in the body due to excitement, fear, or anger adulation excessive praise the advent of sb/sth coming of invention, etc. adventitious happening by accident; not planned advisable sensible advise sb of sth to inform advisory official warning aeon thousands of years aerodrome small airport aesthete who love art and beautiful things affaire love affair affectation behaviour, action to impress other people affectionate loving affections person's feelings of love affective connected with emotions, attitudes affliction pain and suffering, or sth that causes it afforestation process of planting areas of land with trees aficionado who likes a particular subject, etc. very much and knows a lot about it afloat floating on water afoot being planned afore mentioned mentioned earlier aftermath situation existing after a war, an accident, etc. her mouth was agape wide open, because of surprise or shock come of age to become mature age of consent legal age to have sex aggrandizement increase in the power, or importance of a person, or country aggravate to worsen agonize over sth to spend a long time thinking and worrying about sth agreeable pleasant and easy to like aggrieved feeling that you have been treated unfairly aghast horrified ahead of earlier than agog excited