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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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technological | adj: based on scientific and industrial progress | |
confer | v: to have a meeting or discussion to come to a decision or agreement or exchange ideas; to bestow something | |
impressive | adj: arousing admiration due to size, quality, or skill | |
navigate | v: to plan and direct the way that a ship, plane, etc. will travel, often by using a map | |
hype | n: advertisements and media discussions informing the public about a product and how nice or vital it is | |
transport | n: a system for moving people or products from one location to another using automobiles, roads, and so on | |
allegedly | adv: according to what has been stated or reported; supposedly | |
seamless | adj: without spaces or breaks between one part and the next | |
autonomous | adj: capable of governing or controlling its affairs | |
scoot | v: to move or glide along quickly and smoothly on a surface, especially on a scooter or similar device | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
locate | v: to specify or determine the exact position of someone or something | |
automatically | adv: without needing a direct human control | |
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 | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
ubiquitous | adj: being or existing everywhere at once | |
monitor | v: to observe, check, and track the progress or quality of something over a period of time | |
asthma | n: a chronic respiratory disease characterized by wheezing, coughing, and difficulty breathing | |
inhale | v: to breathe in air or a different substance, such as smoke | |
infrared | adj: relating to or denoting electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength just longer than that of red light but shorter than that of microwave radiation, used for sensing heat and for remote control | |
temperature | n: the degree of hotness or coldness of a thing or place | |
anonymous | adj: having no known name, identity, or known source | |
thermometer | n: a device used to measure temperature, typically consisting of a glass or plastic tube containing a column of liquid, such as mercury, that rises and falls with changes in temperature | |
detect | v: to find or recognize something, especially something difficult to see, hear, etc. | |
outbreak | n: a sudden start of something, usually a disease or something dangerous or unpleasant | |
device | n: a piece of equipment, tool, or technology that serves a particular purpose or function, often mechanical or electronic | |
refrigerator | n: an appliance or device used for preserving and cooling food and beverages by maintaining a low temperature within a closed compartment | |
nutrition | n: the substances or the process that organisms take into their bodies as food for their growth and health | |
slim | adj: having a slender or thin build, often by design or effort; of small size, amount, or margin; reduced or limited | |
trim | v: to make neat or tidy by clipping, cutting, or pruning away excess or unwanted parts; to adjust or modify to improve efficiency or performance | |
retailer | n: a person or business that sells goods to the public, typically in small quantities | |
app | n: (abbreviation for application) software designed to run on smartphones and other mobile devices or inside a web browser on a PC | |
preference | n: a stronger liking or interest for something or someone than another thing or person | |
consolidate | v: to make something more vital, more solid, or more certain | |
convenient | adj: useful, helpful, or quick to do | |
carbon | n: a chemical element that can be found in pure form as diamond or graphite, and it is also an essential part of coal and oil and is found in all plants and animals | |
footprint | n: a mark of a foot, shoe, or animal’s foot left on a surface | |
underlying | adj: significant as a cause or basis of something but not immediately apparent or stated clearly | |
requirement | n: something that is needed or wanted | |
distant | adj: far away in space, time, or where you are; far apart in relevance, relationship, or kinship | |
competitor | n: a person who participates in a sporting contest; a person or organization that competes with others, particularly in business | |
dilemma | n: a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more options, especially that are equally unfavorable ones | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
overcome | v: to succeed in controlling or dealing with something, such as a problem or difficulty; to defeat or overwhelm someone | |
smart-city | n: an urban development that utilizes technology and data to improve efficiency, sustainability, and quality of life for its residents; a city that employs advanced communications and information technologies to manage and enhance its public services and resources | |
opportune | adj: suitable or happening at a time that is suitable or convenient for a particular purpose | |
competitive | adj: involving competition or competitiveness | |
advantage | n: a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position; a beneficial feature or asset that someone or something has | |
improve | v: to make or become better | |
sustainable | adj: able to continue or be continued for a long time | |
motivate | v: to make someone want to do something, especially something that requires tremendous work and effort | |
progression | n: the act or process of changing to the next stage or phase or moving forward | |
platform | n: the raised flat space close to the track at a train station where passengers get on or off the train; (technology) a computational or digital environment in which a piece of software is executed | |
ecosystem | n: all the plants and living creatures in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment | |
vertical | adj: upright or perpendicular to a horizontal surface or line | |
complicated | adj: involving a lot of different things or parts in a way that is difficult to understand or analyze | |
unintended | adj: not planned or meant | |
disclose | v: to make something, such as secret or new information, known publicly | |
brand | n: a type of product, service, etc., made by a particular company and sold under a specific name; identification mark on the skin of livestock, criminals, etc., made by burning | |
broad | adj: very wide; general | |
commerce | n: the activity of buying and selling things, especially on a large scale | |
motivation | n: the reason or enthusiasm for acting or behaving in a particular way | |
fierce | adj: severe and violent in a way that is frightening | |
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 | |
idle | adj: not working hard or not having a job; useless | |
prevailing | adj: most frequent, widespread, or currently dominant, usually referring to a particular opinion, attitude, or trend | |
smog | n: a type of air pollution that forms a mixture of smoke and fog resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels, industrial activity, and motor vehicle emissions in urban areas | |
jump-start | v: to start or revitalize something stagnant or slow-moving, often by introducing new ideas or energy; to kick-start a car or other vehicle by connecting it to another vehicle’s battery | |
virtue | n: high moral standards in behavior or attitudes | |
cycle | n: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; a bicycle or motorcycle | |
innovation | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation | |
unexpected | adj: not anticipated or regarded as likely to happen | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
analyze | v: to think about in-depth and evaluate to discover essential features or meaning | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
fertilizer | n: a natural or chemical substance added to soil to make plants grow more successfully | |
irrigate | v: to supply water to land to help plants grow | |
trek | n: a long and difficult journey, typically on foot | |
scan | v: to examine something hastily, with the eyes or with a machine, to get information | |
planet | n: any of the nine large celestial bodies that circle in the solar system; any celestial body that revolves around a star | |
sensor | n: a device that receives a signal or stimulus such as heat, pressure, light, motion, etc. and responds to it in a specific manner | |
enterprise | n: a business or company; a purposeful or industrious undertaking, especially one that requires effort | |
geek | n: a person who is highly interested and knowledgeable about a particular subject or field, often to the point of being obsessed | |
fiction | n: the type of book or story, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people; anything made up or imagined that is not true | |
satellite | n: an electronic device that is sent up into space and moves around the Earth or another planet, used for gathering information or communicating by radio, television, etc. | |
drone | n: a low continuous humming noise; someone who takes more time than necessary; a pilot-less aerial vehicle that is operated by remote control | |
equip | v: to provide a person or a place with the things that are needed for a particular purpose or activity | |
crop | n: a plant that is cultivated in large amounts, particularly for food | |
yield | n: the total output of crops, profits, etc. that are produced; (verb) to produce or supply helpful something, such as a profit, an amount of food, or information | |
chemical | adj: relating to or connected with chemistry; | |
conserve | v: to protect something, especially the natural environment or culture, from change, damage, or destruction | |
scarce | adj: not abundant or plentiful, and therefore not easy to find or obtain | |
generate | v: to produce or create something; to make offspring by reproduction | |
fascinating | adj: extremely interesting | |
agriculture | n: the practice or science of cultivating the land or raising stock | |
innovate | v: to introduce new methods, ideas, or products | |
typical | adj: having the usual characteristics or traits of a specific group of things | |
hire | v: to give somebody a job | |
agile | adj: able to move quickly and easily, often in a way that is graceful and controlled | |
digital | adj: processing or storing information as a succession of 1 and 0 to show that a signal is present or missing; relating to the use of computer technology, especially the internet | |
utility | n: the state or quality of being useful or convenient; the service, such as electric power or water or transportation, provided by a public | |
invest | v: to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or achieve a result | |
renewable | adj: capable of being renewed, extended, or replaced | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
accelerate | v: to make something faster or earlier; to cause to develop or progress more quickly | |
adoption | n: the action or fact of legally taking another’s child as one’s own; the act of accepting with approval | |
traffic | n: the movement of vehicles, people, or goods along a route or through a transport system; the amount of such movement in a particular place or at a particular time | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
individually | adv: separately or apart from others | |
scenario | n: a description of possible actions or events in the future; a written outline of a play, film, or literary work | |
joint | adj: shared, held, or made between two or more people; (noun) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton | |
old-fashioned | adj: of or relating to a time in the past; not modern |