Vocabulary List - YDS Academy Hybrid Online Education

Abolish

To formally put an end to a system, practice, or institution.

Abolition

The action of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.

Absorb

To take in or soak up a liquid, energy, or another substance.

Abuse

The use of something in a way that is harmful or detrimental.

Academic

Related to education, especially at the college or university level.

Accelerator

A device that increases the speed or rate of something, such as the gas pedal in a car.

Accent

A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language.

Access

The means or opportunity to approach or enter a place.

Accessible

Able to be reached or entered.

Accounting

The process of recording, summarizing, and reporting financial transactions.

Accumulate

To gather or collect, often in gradual degrees.

Accused

A person who is charged with a crime.

Accustom

To make someone familiar with something through repeated exposure.

Accustomed

In the habit of; used to.

Achieve

To reach or attain a goal, level, or standard.

Achievement

A thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill.

Acid

A chemical substance that neutralizes alkalis.

Acknowledge

To accept or admit the existence or truth of something.

Acquire

To obtain or gain possession of something.

Acquisition

The act of acquiring something.

Addict

A person who is dependent on a substance.

Admiral

A high-ranking naval officer.

Admission

The act of allowing someone to enter.

Adopt

To take up or start to use an idea, method, or course of action.

Adverse

Preventing success or development; harmful.

Airport

A facility where aircraft can take off and land.

Album

A collection of recordings issued as a single item.

Alcohol

A colorless volatile liquid that is the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors.

Allocate

To distribute resources or duties for a particular purpose.

Allocations

The action or process of allocating or distributing something.

Allowance

A fixed amount of money given regularly.

Ally

A state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.

Alphabet

A set of letters or symbols in a fixed order used to represent the basic sounds of a language.

Alter

To change or modify.

Alternative

Available as another possibility.

Amateur

A person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid basis.

Ambulance

A vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from the hospital.

Amend

To make changes or corrections.

Ample

Enough or more than enough; plentiful.

Anchor

A heavy object attached to a cable or chain used to moor a vessel.

Angel

A spiritual being believed to act as a messenger of God.

Anger

A strong feeling of annoyance or displeasure.

Angle

The space between two intersecting lines or surfaces measured in degrees.

Anticipate

To expect or predict.

Antique

A collectible object such as a piece of furniture or work of art that has a high value.

Anxiously

In a manner resulting from anxiety.

Apartment

A set of rooms forming an individual residence.

Apparently

As far as one knows or can see.

Article of Association

A document that outlines the regulations for a company's operations.

Aspect

A particular part or feature of something.

Asset

A useful or valuable thing, person, or quality.

Association

A connection or cooperative link between people or organizations.

Assurance

A declaration intended to provide confidence.

Assure

To inform positively; to convince.

Assured

Guaranteed; certain.

Attachment

An extra part or extension.

Attendant

A person who is present at an event or situation.

Audience

A group of spectators or listeners.

Augment

To make something greater by adding to it.

Augmentation

The process of making something greater.

Author

A person who writes books or other texts.

Authority

The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

Award

Something given in recognition of an achievement.

Awkward

Causing difficulty; hard to deal with.

Babysitter

A person hired to look after children.

Bachelor

A man who is not and has never been married.

Backbone

The series of vertebrae forming the backbone of a vertebrate.

Bale

A large bundle of goods tightly wrapped and secured.

Banal

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

Bandage

A strip of material used to bind a wound.

Baneful

Causing ruin or harm; harmful.

Banish

To send someone away from a place as an official punishment.

Barbarous

Savage; cruel.

Barber

A person whose trade is cutting hair.

Basin

A hollow area in the ground, typically where water collects.

Bastardize

To spoil the purity of something.

Battery

A device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells.

Bawl

To shout or cry loudly.

Beforehand

In advance; ahead of time.

Bias

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing.

Birthday

The anniversary of the day on which a person was born.

Bladder

A sac in the body that holds fluid.

Blade

The flat cutting edge of a knife.

Blister

A small bubble on the skin filled with serum.

Blockade

An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods/people from entering.

Blouse

A woman's loose-fitting upper garment.

Bodyguard

A person or group of people assigned to protect someone.

Boiler

An appliance for heating water.

Bolt

A type of fastener.

Bonnet

A type of hat.

Bony

Very thin; having very little fat or flesh.

Booklet

A small book.

Boom

A loud, deep sound.

Boot

A type of footwear.

Boring

Not interesting; tiresome.

Bother

To take the trouble to do something.

Bounce

To move quickly up or away.

Bound

To leap or jump.

Boundary

A line that marks the limits of an area.

Brake

A device for slowing or stopping a vehicle.