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Words starting with A

Words that start with A

Angry anteaters arguing against albino antelopes.

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Ais forAdhere

Something adheres to something else when it is stuck firmly to it. You usually use adhere to talk about glue. See also: adhesive.

Ais forAdmire

Admire means that you really like something. You may admire your teacher, which means you respect and look up to him or her. Parents often admire their children, which means they feel a lot of affection and approval for them.
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Ais forAdore

When you adore someone or something it means you have a high level of respect, admiration or love for that person or thing. For example, the man in the picture adores Audrey Hepburn because she was a great actress.

Ais forAdorn

Adorn means to make a person or thing more attractive by adding something beautiful to it. People often adorn themselves with jewelry. The statue in the picture has been adorned with flowers.
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Ais forAdrift

Adrift means something, such as a boat, is lost, abandoned, or floating freely in water without an anchor.
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Ais forAdult

A person or animal is an adult when they have fully grown up and matured. Before you are an adult, you are a juvenile.
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An advertisement a way of communicating with people, usually through pictures, video and/or text, that makes them do something. Advertising is most often used to try and convince people to buy something. Advertising can also be used to try and convince people to do something, like go see a particular movie, or to quit smoking.

Ais forAdvice

Advice is a kind of communication where you give some kind of information. Advice often takes the form of giving some information about different choices to help someone make that choice.
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Ais forAerie

A group of eagles is called an aerie.

Ais forAffair

An affair is when you have a short romantic relationship with someone, often as an aside from a regular longer term relationship like a marriage.