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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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enlightened | adj: having or showing a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook | |
principle | n: a fundamental law or truth that explains or controls how something happens or works | |
outweigh | v: to be heavier, more significant, or more critical than something | |
participate | v: to take part in something | |
injustice | n: a violation of the rights of others or the laws of a society | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
declaration | n: a formal or explicit statement or announcement | |
independence | n: freedom from another’s or others’ control or influence | |
democracy | n: a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation, or to choose governing officials to do so | |
republic | n: a state or country in which the people and their elected representatives hold supreme power and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch | |
property | n: a thing or things that belong to someone | |
colony | n: a country or an area that is governed by a more powerful country that is often far away | |
enslave | v: to make someone a slave; to deprive someone of their freedom of choice or action | |
single-handed | adj: done or accomplished by one person alone | |
overturn | v: to turn something upside down; to upset | |
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 | |
slavery | n: the practice or system of owning, buying, and selling people as property and forcing them to work | |
honor | n: high regard or great respect for someone; the quality of having and doing based on a keen sense of morality; (verb) to show respect towards someone | |
continental | adj: of or relating to a continent (= one of the earth’s large landmasses) | |
congress | n: a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups | |
clause | n: a group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a sentence | |
opposing | adj: competing, fighting, or working against each other | |
slave | n: a person who is, either legally or illegally, owned by someone; a person entirely dominated by some influence or a person | |
delegate | n: a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular, an elected representative sent to a conference; (verb) to transfer power to someone | |
nevertheless | adv: in spite of that; yet | |
immoral | adj: not conforming to accepted society’s standards of honesty or morality | |
condemn | v: to express strong disapproval or criticism of something | |
governor | n: the person who holds the highest executive office in a state or province | |
intellect | n: the ability to think logically and comprehend information, especially at an advanced level | |
inferior | adj: lower in rank, status, or quality | |
emancipate | v: to set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; to liberate | |
origin | n: the first existence or beginning of something | |
argument | n: a set of statements or reasons used to support or refute a proposition or theory; a verbal or physical fight or dispute | |
contribution | n: the act of giving something, especially money, to a particular cause or organization; a voluntary gift as of money or service or ideas made to some worthwhile cause | |
religion | n: a deep conviction in a supernatural power that controls human destiny | |
gender | n: the range of characteristics of femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them, especially when considering social and cultural differences rather than differences in biology | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
pave | v: to cover something with a hard, flat material such as stones, bricks, or concrete, to make it suitable for travel or use | |
modern | adj: of or belonging to the present time or recent times | |
draft | n: a preliminary version of something that is not yet in its final form | |
inherit | v: to receive money, property, or a title from someone after they have died | |
wealth | n: a large amount of money, property, or other things that someone or an organization owns | |
reform | n: the act of improving or correcting something that is wrong or bad; a change made to correct a flaw or problem | |
fundamental | adj: forming an essential base or core from which everything else develops or is affected | |
indigenous | adj: someone or something that is native to or occurring naturally in a particular place | |
ridiculous | adj: very silly or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at | |
pursue | v: to do something or attempt to attain something over time; to follow or seek someone or something, especially in trying to catch them | |
frequent | adj: happening constantly | |
exterminate | v: to destroy completely, often referring to the eradication of pests or weeds | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
revolutionary | adj: relating to or characterized by a complete or dramatic change | |
objection | n: a reason or statement expressing disapproval or dissent | |
tribe | n: a social group made up of members who live together, sharing the same language, culture, religion, etc., especially those who do not live in towns or cities | |
allied | adj: united or connected by a political or military agreement | |
peacetime | n: the state of a country or the world during a period when there is no war | |
conflict | n: a strong disagreement, argument, or a violent clash between two opposing groups or individuals | |
native | adj: connecting with or describing someone’s birth country or place of birth, or someone born in a specific country or place | |
defend | v: to protect someone or something from attack, criticism, danger, etc. | |
attempt | n: an act or effort of trying to do something, especially something difficult | |
forcibly | adv: done by physical power or violence; against someone’s will | |
assimilate | v: to take in and understand information or ideas; to integrate | |
recommendation | n: an official suggestion that something is good or suitable for a particular purpose or job | |
basis | n: the most important facts, ideas, or events from which something is developed; the way how things are organized or arranged | |
removal | n: the act of taking something away or off from a particular place | |
diplomat | n: a person appointed by a government to conduct diplomacy (= the management of relationships between countries) with one or more other countries or international organizations | |
secretary | n: a person whose job is to deal with correspondence, keep records, and do administrative work for a company or organization | |
elect | v: to choose someone for a specific position by voting for them; to decide or choose to do something | |
vice | n: wrongdoing or wicked behavior; (in the form of vice versa) with the order reversed; (as a prefix) someone with a job immediately below a particular person | |
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. | |
undermine | v: to make someone or something less powerful, less effective, weaker gradually; to make someone’s fame, confidence, or authority less effective or weaker gradually | |
overrule | v: to make a decision or judgment that is different from an earlier one; to overturn or override a decision or action | |
deem | v: to consider or decide something in a particular way | |
unconstitutional | adj: not in accordance with the constitution (= the set of fundamental principles or established precedents) of a country or state | |
cite | v: to refer to something such as a passage, book, etc. as evidence for a theory or as a reason why something has happened | |
union | n: a group of employees who have banded together to advocate for their rights and better their working conditions; the act or the state of joining together or being joined together | |
unreasonable | adj: not fair, sensible, or likely to be true | |
motivate | v: to make someone want to do something, especially something that requires tremendous work and effort | |
overreach | v: to reach too far or beyond one’s limits; to fail by aiming too high or trying too hard | |
preparation | n: the activity of getting ready for something or making something ready | |
legislation | n: a law or a set of laws suggested and then passed by a parliament, or the act of making or enacting laws | |
tight | adj: fixed, fastened, or kept together firmly or closely | |
restriction | n: a limitation or constraint placed on something, or the act of limiting or constraining something | |
immigrant | n: a person who has come to a country where they were not born to live there permanently | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
ultimate | adj: furthest or highest in degree or order | |
dubious | adj: having doubts or reservations; uncertain | |
victory | n: success in a game, competition, election, or battle, or the knowledge that you have won | |
addition | n: the act or process of adding something to something else; the process of adding numbers | |
elector | n: a person who has the right to vote in an election | |
debt | n: something, especially money, goods, or services owed by one person to another; the state of owing something | |
dramatically | adv: in a very impressive manner | |
expand | v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance | |
territory | n: an area under the control of a ruler or state | |
forbidding | adj: giving the impression that something is difficult or unpleasant; intimidating or uninviting | |
importation | n: the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country | |
soil | n: the top layer of Earth in which plants grow | |
flesh | n: the soft substance composing the body of a person or animal, as opposed to bones and other structures | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
maid | n: a girl or young woman employed to do domestic work | |
publicly | adv: in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; by the government | |
denounce | v: to speak out against; to strongly criticize something or someone | |
refuse | v: to show that one is not willing to do or accept something | |
indefensible | adj: unable to be protected or justified from criticism | |
uphold | v: to support or defend something, such as a law, idea, decision, etc. | |
rely | v: to require a specific thing or the assistance and support of someone or something to continue, run properly, or succeed. | |
exploitation | n: the process of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | |
labor | n: productive work, especially physical work done for wages; the people who do manual or physical work in a country or company for wage; (verb) to work hard or to strive and make an effort to reach a goal | |
contemporary | adj: belonging to the same or present time | |
opposed | adj: being completely different from something or disagreeing strongly with something | |
abolish | v: to do away with completely; to put an end to | |
icon | n: a picture or statue of a holy person considered to be a sacred thing; a little icon on the screen of a computer or smartphone that denotes an application or a file | |
mount | v: to increase, go up, or advance gradually or continuously; to prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; to ride on something or someone | |
problematic | adj: full of difficulties; difficult to deal with or solve | |
judge | n: a person who makes decisions in a court of law; (verb) to determine the result of or form a critical opinion of something | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management |