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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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county | n: an administrative division of a country or state, typically one of several comprising a larger division | |
engineer | n: a person whose job is designing, building, or maintaining something such as machines, structures, or software | |
typical | adj: having the usual characteristics or traits of a specific group of things | |
academic | adj: associated with schools, colleges, and universities, especially studying and thinking, not with practical skills | |
underrepresented | adj: not adequately or proportionately represented, often in terms of a particular group, population, or perspective being excluded or marginalized | |
Latina | n: a female person of Latin American origin or descent; a term used to refer to women from Latin American countries or with Latin American heritage | |
background | n: the details of a person’s social heritage, such as family, vocational or educational experience; past information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem | |
grade | n: a particular level of quality, size, importance, etc. | |
mathematics | n: the science dealing with the logic of quantities, shapes, spaces, and arrangement | |
freeman | n: a person who is not a serf or enslaved person and has the right to hold property and vote | |
amazing | adj: extremely surprising, especially in a way that you like or admire | |
church | n: a building or institution dedicated to religious worship or activities; a Christian religious organization or denomination | |
placate | v: to make someone less angry or hostile; to calm or soothe someone upset or agitated | |
participate | v: to take part in something | |
peaceful | adj: not involving violence, conflict, or war | |
demonstration | n: a display or show, often of a particular skill or product, intended to convince or persuade others | |
absolutely | adv: without restriction or limitation; completely or utterly | |
rough | adj: not quite exact or correct; having or caused by an irregular surface | |
frank | adj: honest and sincere; open and candid in expression | |
hypocrite | n: a person who claims to have certain beliefs or values but acts in a way that contradicts those beliefs or values; a person who pretends to be virtuous or moral but behaves in an unethical or deceitful way | |
pray | v: to make a request or petition to a higher power, especially in the form of a respectful or humble request | |
march | v: to walk militarily with stiff, regular steps | |
jail | n: a facility where criminals are kept to be punished for their crimes; a prison | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
hose | n: a flexible tube or pipe used to convey fluids, typically water or air; to spray someone or something with water or another liquid in a forceful manner | |
scared | adj: afraid or frightened | |
courageous | adj: able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | |
hand-me-down | n: a used item that is passed down from one person to another, especially in a family or community | |
attend | v: to be present at an event, to go to a place | |
crusade | n: a series of wars fought by Christians in the middle ages to recover the holy land from the Muslims; a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | |
empower | v: to give someone the power or authority to do something | |
institutional | adj: of, in, or relating to a large important organization, such as a university or bank; organized as or forming part of the standard systems, practices, etc. | |
experiment | n: the scientific test conducted to observe what happens and gain new knowledge | |
institute | n: an organization that has a specific purpose, particularly one dealing with science, education, or a particular profession; (verb) to initiate, introduce, or establish something | |
muse | n: a source of inspiration, particularly for creative endeavors such as writing or art; a mythical spirit thought to inspire poets and artists | |
philanthropy | n: the practice of voluntarily helping the poor, especially by giving money | |
ph | n: a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, on a scale of 0 to 14, with seven being neutral, lower values indicating greater acidity, and higher values indicating greater alkalinity | |
graduate | n: a person who has a first degree from university or college; (verb) to complete the first course of university or college and get a degree | |
strengthen | v: to become stronger or more effective; to make someone or something stronger or more effective | |
creditor | n: a person, company, etc. to whom a debtor owes money | |
prestigious | adj: having a high reputation or status; respected or honored; widely recognized as being of high quality or importance | |
premed | n: (an abbreviation for “pre-medical”) a course of study or preparation undertaken by students planning to enter medical school or pursue a career in medicine | |
weed | n: a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants | |
barrier | n: a fence or other obstruction that makes it hard to move or get in; any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective | |
preparation | n: the activity of getting ready for something or making something ready | |
rigor | n: strictness or severity in opinion, temper, or judgment | |
attitude | n: the way you think and feel about someone or something | |
belly | n: the front part of the body below the chest, containing the stomach and bowels; the rounded or curved part of an object, such as a ship or aircraft | |
excite | v: to make someone feel suddenly enthusiastic or eager | |
laureate | n: a person who has been awarded an honor or a prize for achievement in a particular field, especially in literature or academia; a poet who is honored for achieving the highest level of excellence in a competition or for producing a lifetime body of work | |
contrast | v: to put in opposition to show or emphasize differences | |
Jewish | adj: of or relating to people whose traditional religion is Judaism | |
curiosity | n: a strong desire to know or learn about something | |
encouraging | adj: giving hope, confidence, or support; inspiring | |
survive | v: to live or exist despite a dangerous event or period | |
excel | v: to be extremely good at or proficient in doing something | |
retake | v: to take something again or a second time, especially an examination or a photograph, to correct mistakes or improve the result | |
secondly | adv: used to introduce the second point or item in a list or series of statements, considerations, etc. | |
faculty | n: an inborn or natural ability to hear, see, think, move, etc.; a department or group of the university concerned with a major division of knowledge | |
psychiatry | n: the branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of mental illness | |
neuroscience | n: the scientific study of the function, structure, and disorder of the brain and the nervous system | |
adviser | n: a person who gives advice about a particular subject | |
patent | n: a legal document that grants an inventor exclusive rights to their invention for a certain period of time; the invention or process for which a patent has been granted | |
diabetes | n: a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to control the glucose levels in the blood | |
patient | n: a person who is receiving medical treatment, care, or attention from a healthcare professional, such as a doctor, nurse, or therapist; a personal quality or characteristic | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
cutthroat | adj: marked by ruthless competition or deceit; willing to do anything to achieve one’s goals, even if it means hurting others | |
stud | n: a small object with a head on one end and a sharp point on the other, used for fastening clothing, leather, or other materials; an animal used for breeding, typically a male horse or bull that is of superior breeding stock; (verb) to decorate or adorn with studs; to provide with studs for support | |
concept | n: an idea or principle associated with something abstract | |
clarity | n: the quality of being coherent and understandable; the quality of transparency or purity | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
discipline | n: the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using and punishments if these are broken; a region of activity, knowledge, or influence | |
lab | n: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research; a laboratory | |
regularly | adv: at regular intervals or times | |
appreciate | v: to value and acknowledge the worth of someone or something; to be grateful for something or someone | |
snowstorm | n: a storm with heavy snowfall, usually with a strong wind | |
medical | adj: relating to the treatment of illness or injuries; relating to the practice of medicine | |
grant | v: to agree to give or allow somebody | |
refuse | v: to show that one is not willing to do or accept something | |
protein | n: a molecule made up of a long chain of amino acids, which is essential for the structure and function of the body’s tissues | |
involve | v: to include or affect someone or something as a necessary part of something else | |
observe | v: to watch or notice something carefully, often to gather information or insights; to take note of something or someone; to celebrate or commemorate a special event or occasion | |
develop | v: to grow or expand; to improve or refine through a process of progress and refinement, often to achieve greater sophistication or complexity; to elaborate or add detail to something that is in the process of being created | |
evaluate | v: to assess or estimate the quality, significance, quantity, or value of something | |
assess | v: to judge or decide the nature or quality of someone or something | |
redesign | v: to design something again, especially in a different or modified form; (noun) the process of designing something again | |
chemistry | n: the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | |
physics | n: the science of matter and energy and their interactions | |
bore | v: to make someone feel weary or uninterested, often by talking at length about uninteresting or mundane topics; to cause someone to feel bored or unengaged; (noun) a hole or tunnel drilled or dug into the ground, either for exploration or extraction of natural resources | |
engage | v: to attract and keep someone’s attention and interest; to participate in or obtain services of something | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
emphasis | n: particular importance or significance that is given to something | |
collaboration | n: the act or situation of working together to create or produce something | |
biology | n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things | |
struggle | v: to make a great effort to do something when it is difficult, or there are a lot of problems; to use force or violence to break away from restraint or constriction | |
innovation | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation | |
decline | v: to become gradually smaller, fewer, worse, etc.; to refuse to accept | |
president | n: the leader of a republic, for example, the US; the person in charge of the organization such as a company, university, club, etc. | |
excellence | n: the quality of being extremely good | |
accident | n: an unfortunate event, especially one causing damage or injury | |
intention | n: something you want to do and are going to do | |
sincere | adj: (of a person, feelings, or behavior) open and genuine; not deceitful | |
intelligent | adj: having the capacity for thought and reason, especially to a high degree | |
execution | n: the act or process of carrying out a plan, order, or course of action; the act or process of carrying out the death penalty | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
alternative | n: one of two or more available possibilities or choice | |
goosebump | n: a small bump that appears on the skin due to cold, fear, or excitement; a physiological response that causes the skin to contract and produce small bumps | |
determinant | n: a factor, circumstance, or condition that contributes to the shaping, influencing, or determining of a particular outcome or result | |
destiny | n: the events that will inevitably happen to a particular person or thing in the future |