French for Reading vocab-A

abaisser

to lower, to reduce

abattre

to knock down

abbé

abbott, priest

abeille

bee

abord (d’)

;

at first

;

aborder

;

to take up a subject,

to reach a place

;

aboutir;;

;

to lead to,;

to result in

;

aboutissement

;

outcome

;

abstrait, abstraite

;

abstract

;

accabler

;

to overwhelm

;

acc;s

;

access, attack,

outburst

;

accessoire

;

accessory

;

accoler

;

to join side by side

;

accommodement

;

settlement

;

accommoder (s’)

to make oneself comfortable,

to get used to

accord

agreement

accorder

to grant

accouru

What verb is this related to?  How?  Meaning?

Past participle of accourir

ran up

accoutumer (s’)

;

to accustom oneself,

to become accustomed

;

accroire, (faire…; quelqu’un)

to make someone believe, 

to delude

accroissement

growth

accroître (s’)

;

to increase

;

accroupir (s’)

to crouch

accru

What verb is this related to?  How?  Meaning?

Past participle of accroître

increased

accueil

welcome

accueillir

to receive, 

to welcome

acharnement

relentlessness

acharner (s’)

;

to work unceasingly

;

acheter

;

to buy

;

achever

;

to complete,

to finish

;

acide

;

acid, sharp, sour

;

acqu;rir

;

to acquire

;

acre

;

acrid, bitter

;

acte

;

action, deed, act

;

actuel, actuelle

;

present

;

a;rien, a;rienne

;

aerial

;

affaiblir

;

to weaken

;

affaiblissement

;

weakening

;

affaires

;

business

;

affecter

;

to feign, pretend, affect

;

afficher

;

to post a notice

;

affiler (s’)

to join, to become affiliated with

affliger

to afflict

affluer

to flow to

affranchir (s’)

;

to become free

;

affreux, affreuse

;

horrible, frightful

;

affronter

;

to face up to,

to insult

;

afin de,

afin que

;

in order to,;

in order that

;

agir

;

to act

;

s’agir de

to be a question of,

to concern

aïeul/aïeux

grandfather/ancestors

aigu, aiguë

sharp, shrill

aile

wing

ailleurs/d’ailleurs

;

elsewhere/moreover, furthermore

;

aimant

;

magnet

;

a;n;

;

eldest

;

aine

;

groin

;

ainsi

;

thus, in this way

;

ainsi que

;

just as, in the same way as

;

ais;, ais;e

;

easy, well off financially

;

ajouter

;

to add

;

aliment

;

food

;

alimenter

;

to feed, to nourish

;

allaiter

;

to give milk

;

aller (allant, all;, vais, allai, aille)

;

to go

;

allumer

;

to light

;

allumeur

;

lighter

;

allure

;

bearing, style, way of moving

;

alors

;

then

;

alors que

;

while, just when

;

alt;ration

;

deterioration

;

alt;rer (s’)

to change for the worse

amant

lover

amasser

to accumulate, to pile up

ambulant, ambulante

peripatetic

âme

soul

amélioration

improvement

améliorer

to improve

amenuiser

to minimize, diminish

amertume

bitterness

amont/en amont

upper waters/up stream

amorcer

to begin

ange

angel

annelé, annelée

ringed

août

August