The Prisoner of Zenda (23 page)

afeard
ADJ
afeard means afraid
shake it–and don't be afeard
(
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain)

affected
VERB
affected means followed
Hadst thou affected sweet divinity
(
Doctor Faustus 5.2
by Christopher Marlowe)

aground
ADV
when a boat runs aground, it touches the ground in a shallow part of the water and gets stuck
what kep' you?–boat get aground?
(
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain)

ague
NOUN
a fever in which the patient has alternate hot and cold shivering fits
his exposure to the wet and cold had brought on fever and ague
(
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens)

alchemy
ADJ
false or worthless
all wealth alchemy
(
The Sun Rising
by John Donne)

all alike
PHRASE
the same all the time
Love, all alike
(
The Sun Rising
by John Donne)

alow and aloft
PHRASE
alow means in the lower part or bottom, and aloft means on the top, so alow and aloft means on the top and in the bottom or throughout
Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft
(
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson)

ambuscade
NOUN
ambuscade is not a proper word. Tom means an ambush, which is when a group of people attack their enemies, after hiding and waiting for them
and so we would lie in ambuscade, as he called it
(
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain)

amiable
ADJ
likeable or pleasant
Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves
(
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen)

amulet
NOUN
an amulet is a charm thought to drive away evil spirits.
uttered phrases at once occult and familiar, like the amulet worn on the heart
(
Silas Marner
by George Eliot)

amusement
NOUN
here amusement means a strange and disturbing puzzle
this was an amusement the other way
(
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe)

ancient
NOUN
an ancient was the flag displayed on a ship to show which country it belongs to. It is also called the ensign
her ancient and pendants out
(
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe)