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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
cohesive | adj: causing cohesion; bringing people or things together | |
peculiar | adj: odd and uncommon, sometimes in an unpleasant way | |
cement | v: make fast as if with cement; (noun) a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay, used with water, sand, and small stones to make concrete | |
realm | n: a domain of activity, interest, or knowledge | |
bond | n: a close emotional connection between two or more people; a certificate of debt that a government or corporation issues to raise money | |
massive | adj: enormous amount; very heavy and solid | |
monolithic | adj: characterized by massiveness, rigidity, and uniformity | |
entity | n: something that exists independently and has its own identity | |
organization | n: a group of people who work together for a shared purpose | |
psychology | n: the scientific study of mind and behavior | |
garrison | n: a group of soldiers stationed to defend a town or fort | |
province | n: the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | |
principle | n: a fundamental law or truth that explains or controls how something happens or works | |
universal | adj: existing or affecting everywhere or everyone | |
enforce | v: to make sure that people obey a particular law, rule, or situation | |
conduct | v: to organize and carry out a particular activity | |
absolute | adj: perfect or complete or to the most considerable degree possible | |
certainty | n: the state of being certain | |
threaten | v: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against someone | |
utterly | adv: completely or absolutely | |
obsession | n: the state in which a person’s mind is filled with thoughts of one single object or particular person | |
unity | n: the condition of being together or in agreement | |
cohesion | n: the act or state of keeping or sticking together | |
scatter | v: to cause to separate and go in different directions | |
organism | n: a tiny living thing | |
expand | v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance | |
Mediterranean | n: the sea encircled by southern Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia | |
lane | n: a narrow road in the countryside; a well-defined track or path for someone such as a swimmer or driver | |
assemble | v: to collect in one place as a single group | |
territorial | adj: related to a specific country’s ownership of land or water | |
conquest | n: the act or process of taking control of a country, area, or situation | |
contrast | v: to put in opposition to show or emphasize differences | |
stark | adj: empty, simple, or apparent; devoid of any qualifications | |
conquer | v: to bring under control by force or authority | |
essential | adj: indispensable; fundamental | |
undeniable | adj: not possible to deny; true or certain | |
march | v: to walk militarily with stiff, regular steps | |
wed | v: to marry someone | |
landsman | n: a person who lives and works on land | |
phenomenon | n: something that exists and can be perceptible, especially one that is not fully understood | |
emphasis | n: particular importance or significance that is given to something | |
instinct | n: an inborn behavioral pattern that is often responsive to specific stimuli; an innate feeling that causes you to act or believe that something is true | |
imperative | adj: very important or requiring attention or action | |
priority | n: something that is more important than other things and should be dealt with first | |
exploitation | n: the process of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | |
probable | adj: likely to happen or likely to be true | |
fertile | adj: capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops; intellectually productive | |
plain | adj: without being decorated in any way; (Noun) a vast expanse of flat land with few trees | |
origin | n: the first existence or beginning of something | |
habitual | adj: commonly used or repeated | |
settlement | n: an official agreement that brings an argument to a close; the process of establishing permanent residence in a place. | |
property | n: a thing or things that belong to someone | |
genius | n: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | |
orderly | adj: clean or organized in a neat, careful and logical way | |
attachment | n: a feeling of affection for someone or something | |
stability | n: the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast | |
rural | adj: of or relating to the countryside | |
engender | v: to make a feeling or situation exist; to cause or give rise to | |
foster | v: to promoto growth; to take care of another person’s child, usually for a limited time, without becoming their legal parents | |
virtue | n: high moral standards in behavior or attitudes | |
gravitas | n: the quality of seriousness and importance | |
devotion | n: great loyalty and love or deep consideration for someone or something | |
attitude | n: the way you think and feel about someone or something | |
infinite | adj: unlimited or very great; impossible to measure | |
impressive | adj: arousing admiration due to size, quality, or skill | |
thorough | adj: done completely; significantly careful and accurate | |
disgust | n: a strong feeling of dislike or disapproval | |
worship | v: to have or show a strong feeling of profound respect and admiration for a religious entity such as God or a god | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
predispose | v: to make someone susceptible | |
admire | v: to have regard for or respect for someone’s qualities or the actions they have performed | |
attract | v: to draw or entice someone or something towards them through the qualities they have, especially positive ones | |
subtlety | n: the quality of being subtle | |
solid | adj: hard or firm; characterized by good substantial quality | |
dislike | v: to not like someone or something | |
imitation | n: a duplicate of anything, particularly something valuable; the act of replicating someone or something | |
continuation | n: the act of carrying something on over time without interruption | |
mere | adj: used to emphasize how insignificant or minor someone or something is | |
quantity | n: the amount or number of something; magnitude | |
derivative | n: something which is based on another thing or word or idea; a financial instrument whose value is based on another security | |
invention | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation; the act of inventing | |
division | n: the act or outcome of splitting into separate parts; a critical organizational unit or sector | |
intellect | n: the ability to think logically and comprehend information, especially at an advanced level | |
novelty | n: the quality of being new, attractive, and unusual | |
disdain | v: to look down on | |
epistle | n: a specially long, formal letter | |
debt | n: something, especially money, goods, or services owed by one person to another; the state of owing something | |
enormous | adj: extremely large or great | |
adopt | v: to choose to follow something; to legally take a child from another family and care for them as if they were one’s own | |
religion | n: a deep conviction in a supernatural power that controls human destiny | |
morality | n: principles of right and evil or good and bad behavior | |
philosophy | n: the study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind | |
consciously | adv: with awareness; in a deliberate manner | |
absolutely | adv: without restriction or limitation; completely or utterly | |
educated | adj: having received a high standard of education | |
fluent | adj: able to communicate in a specific language smoothly or effectively, or easily | |
speculate | v: to form a theory or conjecture or guess about a subject without solid evidence | |
virtually | adv: almost completely | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
achievement | n: a thing that someone has accomplished, primarily through their effort and ability | |
engineer | n: a person whose job is designing, building, or maintaining something such as machines, structures, or software | |
sensibility | n: mental responsiveness and awareness toward something | |
accident | n: an unfortunate event, especially one causing damage or injury | |
statesman | n: a man who is a respected leader or politician in national or international affairs | |
caliber | n: a level of excellence or worth of someone or something; diameter of a tube or gun barrel |