Oxford 3000

Absorb
Abuse
Accent
Access
Accommodation
Accompany
Accurate
Accuse
Acknowledge
Acquire
Across
Adapt
Adequate
Adjust
Admiration
Admire
Admit
Adopt
Adult
Advance
Adventure
Advise
Advice
Affair
Afford
Agency
Agent
Aggressive
Ahead
Aid
Alarm
Alcoholic
ally n., v. allied adj. almost adv. alone adj., adv. along prep., adv. alongside prep., adv. aloud adv. alphabet n. alphabetical adj. alphabetically adv. alter v. alternative n., adj. alternatively adv. amaze v. amazed adj. ambition n. amuse v. amusing adj. amused adj. an a, an analyse (BrE) (NAmE analyze) v. analysis n. ancient adj. angrily adv. ankle n. anniversary n. annoy v. annoying adj. annoyed adj. anticipate v. anxiety n. anxious adj. anxiously adv. apart from (also aside from especially in NAmE) prep. apparent adj. apparently adv. appeal n., v. appear v. appearance n. appreciate v. approach v., n. appropriate adj. approval n. approve (of) v. approving adj. approximate adj. approximately adv. army n. arrest v., n. arrival n. arrive v. arrow n. artificial adj. artificially adv. artist n. artistic adj. as prep., adv., conj. ashamed adj. aside adv. aside from apart from asleep adj. fall asleep aspect n. assist v. assistance n. assistant n., adj. associate v. associated with association n. assume v. assure v. atmosphere n. atom n. attach v. attached adj. attack n., v. attempt n., v. attempted adj. attend v. attention n. pay attention attitude n. attorney n. (especially NAmE) attract v. attraction n. attractive adj. audience n.
August n. (abbr. Aug.) aunt n. author n. authority n. automatic adj. automatically adv. autumn n. (especially BrE) available adj. average adj., n. avoid v. awake adj. award n., v. aware adj. away adv. awful adj. awfully adv. awkward adj. awkwardly adv. backward adj. bacteria n.