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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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nutrition | n: the substances or the process that organisms take into their bodies as food for their growth and health | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
deforest | v: to clear an area of forest or trees | |
insecure | adj: not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way, or not assured of safety | |
healthcare | n: the organized activity or business of preserving mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession | |
pollution | n: the introduction of harmful substances or waste into the natural environment that causes adverse change | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
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 | |
perspective | n: a confident attitude toward something; a particular style of thinking about something | |
forbid | v: to order somebody not to do something, especially officially; to keep something from happening or arising | |
ponder | v: to think deeply or carefully about something | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
philanthropy | n: the practice of voluntarily helping the poor, especially by giving money | |
entity | n: something that exists independently and has its own identity | |
tremendous | adj: very great in degree or extent or amount or impact; extremely good | |
enormous | adj: extremely large or great | |
innovation | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation | |
talent | n: a natural ability to be good at something; someone who has a natural ability to be good at something | |
mobilize | v: to make something ready for action or use; to organize people or resources for a particular purpose | |
structure | n: the way of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, or a complex thing constructed of many parts | |
involve | v: to include or affect someone or something as a necessary part of something else | |
nonprofit | adj: not established for commercial profit | |
societal | adj: relating to society or social relationships | |
awkward | adj: making you feel uncomfortable or embarrassed; causing inconvenience or difficulty | |
progression | n: the act or process of changing to the next stage or phase or moving forward | |
daunting | adj: looking challenging to manage in prospect; making someone anxious and less confident about carrying out something | |
intractable | adj: difficult to manage or control; stubborn or obstinate | |
achieve | v: to successfully complete a task or goal, often through hard work, perseverance, and dedication; to attain or accomplish something that one has set out to do | |
increment | n: a regular increase in the amount of something, such as money; a process of becoming larger, longer, or more important | |
fundamental | adj: forming an essential base or core from which everything else develops or is affected | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
large-scale | adj: involving many people or things and involving a lot of change or activity | |
revenue | n: the income that a government receives from taxes or that a company earns from its business | |
philanthropic | adj: characterized by a desire to promote the welfare of others, especially by donating money or providing charitable aid; of or relating to the practice of philanthropy | |
donation | n: a voluntary gift of money, service, or ideas that are given to a person or an organization, or the act of giving them | |
confront | v: to face, meet or deal with a problem or difficult situation or person | |
scarcity | n: the state of being in short supply; a small and inadequate amount | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
fiscal | adj: relating to government revenue and expenditures; relating to financial matters | |
wealth | n: a large amount of money, property, or other things that someone or an organization owns | |
profit | n: money that is earned in business or by selling things after deducting the costs involved | |
charitable | adj: giving money, food, or help free to those who are poor or in need; full of love and generosity | |
institutionalize | v: to establish or make something a part of an institution (= a place such as a university, hospital, etc.) | |
utilize | v: to use something for a practical purpose in an effective way | |
overwhelming | adj: very great or intense; so powerful that you cannot fight or react against it | |
tap | v: to hit someone or something quickly, gently, and often repeatedly; to use existing resources, such as energy, knowledge, etc. | |
magic | n: beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces; any art or performance that invokes supernatural powers | |
infinite | adj: unlimited or very great; impossible to measure | |
scalable | adj: capable of being easily expanded or increased in size, number, or scale to meet changing demands | |
sustain | v: to supply enough of what somebody or something needs to survive or exist; to accept as valid | |
deploy | v: to move troops or weapons into a position or military action; to bring into something in an effective way | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
economy | n: the system by which a country or region produces manages, and distributes goods and services, including the money and finances involved in these activities; (of an airline) the lowest-priced, most basic option for seating in commercial travel | |
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 | |
poverty | n: the condition of being extremely poor | |
profound | adj: extremely great; sensed or experienced very strongly; displaying a high level of knowledge or comprehension | |
conventional | adj: based on or following traditional rules, standards, customs, etc. | |
wisdom | n: the quality of being wise, or the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make sensible decisions | |
economics | n: the branch of social science that deals with the production, consumption, and transfer of goods and services | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
trade-off | n: a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; an exchange that occurs as a compromise | |
classic | adj: judged or deserving to be regarded as one of the best or most important of its kind over a period of time; of a well-known type | |
pollute | v: to make an area or substance, such as land, air, water, etc., dirty or harmful to living things by adding waste matter or harmful chemicals | |
profitable | adj: making or likely to make material gain or profit | |
resist | v: to refuse to accept something and attempt to prevent it from happening | |
improve | v: to make or become better | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
opposition | n: the act of disagreeing or resisting; the state of strong disagreement | |
simplistic | adj: oversimplified or lacking in complexity or depth; characterized by an attempt to explain something complex or multifaceted with overly vague or simple terms | |
emission | n: the act of production or sending out gas, heat, light, etc. | |
efficient | adj: performing at the highest level of productivity with the least wasted effort or resources; capable of achieving maximum output with minimum wasted effort, time, or materials | |
accident | n: an unfortunate event, especially one causing damage or injury | |
process | n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products | |
efficiency | n: the state or quality of doing something well with no waste of input such as time or money | |
employee | n: a person who is hired to work for a business or organization in exchange for wages or salary; a worker | |
treasure | n: a valuable or desirable possession; something that is cherished or held dear; a collection of valuable objects or money that is hidden or protected | |
absent | adj: not present in a particular place at a particular time | |
interface | n: (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user and that allows the user to interact with the system; (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things | |
synergy | n: the interaction of elements that, when combined, produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements | |
opposing | adj: competing, fighting, or working against each other | |
ultimate | adj: furthest or highest in degree or order | |
chemical | adj: relating to or connected with chemistry; | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
innovative | adj: introducing or using new methods, ideas, etc. | |
irrigation | n: the agricultural practice of supplying land with water through pipes or channels so that crops grow well | |
drip | v: to fall in drops or make it fall in drops; (noun) liquid or moisture that falls in drops | |
substantially | adv: to a great extent or degree | |
forestry | n: the science, art, and practice of managing forests, including planting, cultivating, and caring for trees and conserving and developing natural forests | |
eucalyptus | n: a genus of flowering trees and shrubs native to Australia that are known for their aromatic leaves and medicinal properties | |
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 | |
hectare | n: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters | |
pulp | n: a soft and moist mass of fibers or small pieces, typically produced by grinding, crushing, or shredding plant or wood material; a type of paper made from wood or plant pulp; the soft fleshy part of a fruit or vegetable | |
expand | v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance | |
opportune | adj: suitable or happening at a time that is suitable or convenient for a particular purpose | |
disseminate | v: to spread or distribute widely, especially information or ideas; to scatter or disperse | |
adapt | v: to make fit for or change to suit a new purpose or environment | |
capitalism | n: an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit | |
compete | v: to strive to achieve more success than someone or something | |
trivial | adj: of little value or importance | |
attribute | v: to say or regard that something is the result of a particular thing; (noun) a quality or feature that someone or something possesses; | |
simultaneously | adv: at the same time | |
unleash | v: to suddenly release a strong force, emotion, etc. that cannot be controlled | |
possibility | n: a chance that something may happen or be true | |
underway | adj: having started and currently in progress | |
trap | n: a piece of equipment or hole for catching animals or people; (verb) to catch animals or people and prevent them from escaping | |
embrace | v: to accept something willingly and enthusiastically; (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms as in greeting or affection | |
recognize | v: to acknowledge or realize something or someone; to identify, remember, or become aware of something that was previously known or encountered | |
partnership | n: the state of a cooperative relationship between people or groups, especially in business | |
needle | n: a thin, pointed object typically used for sewing or medical purposes; a metal or plastic instrument used for administering injections or drawing blood | |
collaborate | v: to work with someone else to produce or achieve something | |
willingness | n: the state of being ready or inclined to do something | |
divide | v: to separate or cause to separate into parts or groups | |
uneasy | adj: causing or feeling anxiety or discomfort |