| affection |
a friendly feeling of liking or loving someone or something. |
| aid |
help or assistance that is given to someone in need. [1/3 definitions] |
| aim |
to point carefully with the hope of hitting something or someone. [1/6 definitions] |
| alien |
someone who lives in a country who is not a citizen of that country. [1/5 definitions] |
| analyst |
someone trained or skilled in a particular type of analysis. |
| annoyance |
someone or something that bothers or irritates. [1/3 definitions] |
| answer |
to be responsible to (someone). [1/7 definitions] |
| -ant |
a suffix that means someone or something that performs an action. [1/3 definitions] |
| antagonism |
a state of being enemies, or a strong feeling against someone or something. |
| appearance |
the way in which someone is dressed or groomed. [1/4 definitions] |
| apprentice |
someone who works for somebody else to learn that person's skill or trade. [1/2 definitions] |
| approve |
to show approval or think well of something or someone. [1/3 definitions] |
| arbitrate |
to have someone else settle; submit to arbitration. [1/2 definitions] |
| area code |
a set of three numbers given to different areas of the United States and Canada for telephone service. An area code must be dialed before the telephone number when calling someone outside a local area. |
| arouse |
to awaken (someone) from sleep. [1/2 definitions] |
| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. [1/2 definitions] |
| attitude |
a way of feeling or thinking about something or someone. [1/2 definitions] |
| audience |
a chance to be heard by someone in power. [1/3 definitions] |
| baptism |
a Christian ceremony in which someone who wishes to join the church is sprinkled with water or dipped in water. |
| behalf |
representing someone who is not present (used with "on" and followed by "of"). [1/2 definitions] |
| benefit |
anything that does someone good or gives an advantage. [1/4 definitions] |