| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 12 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| alarm | verb | Loud noises will alarm most people. | to fill with fright; scare |
| noun | The alarm made the robber go away. | a warning of existing or approaching danger | |
| alas | intj. | Alas, he would not believe me. | to his sorrow |
| album | noun | The photos were in an album. | a book of blank pages for insertion of collections |
| alcohol | noun | Beer has 6% alcohol in it. | intoxicant |
| alert | adj. | An alert guard can stop crime. | vigilantly attentive; watchful |
| alike | adj. | Some good books are alike. | having a close resemblance; similar |
| adv. | They both look alike. | in the same manner or to the same degree | |
| alive | adj. | The audience was alive. | full of activity or animation |
| adj. | Her face was alive with mischief. | lively | |
| all | adj. | Treat all men equally. | each one |
| pron. | All were drowned in the shipwreck. | everybody | |
| adv. | She is all wrong. | completely | |