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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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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 | |
slum | n: a heavily populated urban area characterized by poor, run-down housing and infrastructure, often associated with poverty and social neglect | |
consumption | n: the amount used or eaten; the act of using up a resource such as energy, food, or materials | |
emission | n: the act of production or sending out gas, heat, light, etc. | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
crisis | n: a time of great disagreement, confusion, or danger when problems must be resolved or critical decisions must be taken | |
poverty | n: the condition of being extremely poor | |
aspect | n: one part or feature of a situation, problem, subject, etc. | |
willingness | n: the state of being ready or inclined to do something | |
engage | v: to attract and keep someone’s attention and interest; to participate in or obtain services of something | |
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 | |
institutionalize | v: to establish or make something a part of an institution (= a place such as a university, hospital, etc.) | |
resident | n: a person who lives in a particular place or has their home in a place | |
fulfill | v: to meet the requirements or expectations; to achieve or realize | |
engagement | n: a mutual promise to marry someone; an agreement to do something, especially at a particular time | |
voter | n: a person who votes or has a legal right to vote in a political election | |
turnout | n: the number of people who are present at an event or vote at an election | |
peak | n: the point to which something or someone is at its strongest, best, or most successful; the pointed top of a mountain | |
decline | v: to become gradually smaller, fewer, worse, etc.; to refuse to accept | |
pace | n: the speed at which someone or something moves, or the rate at which something happens or changes | |
nation | n: a large organized community of people living in a particular country or region and having a particular culture | |
dismal | adj: depressing or dreary; causing or showing unhappiness or despair | |
consolidate | v: to make something more vital, more solid, or more certain | |
nationwide | adj: extending throughout an entire nation | |
municipal | adj: of or relating to a municipality, which is a small administrative division within a larger city or town | |
elect | v: to choose someone for a specific position by voting for them; to decide or choose to do something | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
scary | adj: causing fear or fright; frightening; intimidating | |
sink | v: to submerge or go down below the surface of a liquid or substance; to decline or deteriorate; to cause something to go down into a liquid substance or sink into something else | |
spite | n: feelings of anger and resentment; (in spite of, also despite) a phrase that is used to indicate that something happened or exists even though there is a particular obstacle or difficulty | |
mandatory | adj: required by a rule or law, compulsory | |
annul | v: to make something legally or officially invalid | |
inclusive | adj: including much or everything, and especially including stated limits; not excluding any of the people, things, ideas, etc. involved in something | |
proof | n: a fact or piece of information that shows something is true or exists | |
incredibly | adv: in a way that is very difficult to believe; exceedingly or extremely | |
unequal | adj: different in amount, size, degree, or value; not fair | |
poorest | adj: having the least wealth or resources | |
index | n: a list of items, such as names, subjects, or keywords, that is arranged in a particular order and is usually found at the end of a book or document; a number or symbol that indicates the value or level of something, such as a stock index or a temperature index | |
sub-Saharan | adj: of or relating to or situated in the area south of the Sahara Desert | |
transit | n: the act or process of passing through or across a place or state; transportation | |
incredible | adj: unbelievable; enormous | |
wealth | n: a large amount of money, property, or other things that someone or an organization owns | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
flourish | v: to grow or develop vigorously or successfully | |
urbanization | n: the process of population growth and physical expansion of cities, often involving increased migration from rural areas and the development of urban infrastructure and culture | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
virtually | adv: almost completely | |
disappear | v: to cease to exist or be visible | |
solitude | n: the state of being alone and isolated from others | |
solidarity | n: unity or agreement of feelings or actions among a group, especially among individuals with a common interest | |
honesty | n: the quality of being truthful, sincere, and morally upright; adherence to moral and ethical principles | |
civic | adj: of or relating to a town, city, or the people who live in it | |
participate | v: to take part in something | |
asset | n: something or someone that is useful or valuable quality, skill, etc.; valuable property | |
diversity | n: the quality or fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things or people | |
decision-maker | n: a person who makes important decisions, especially at a high level in an organization | |
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 | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
citizenship | n: the status of being a member of a particular country | |
empower | v: to give someone the power or authority to do something | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
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 | |
protest | n: a strong expression of disagreement, disapproval, or opposition | |
sweep | v: to clean something, especially a floor or an area, by using a broom; move swiftly and smoothly | |
elector | n: a person who has the right to vote in an election | |
context | n: the circumstances, facts, or conditions that surround a particular event, situation, or statement and that give it meaning | |
humiliate | v: to cause someone to feel ashamed, embarrassed, or degraded, especially in public or through revealing personal information | |
arrest | v: to take into custody | |
structure | n: the way of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, or a complex thing constructed of many parts | |
representation | n: the act of speaking, acting, or being present on behalf of someone officially; a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting | |
complement | v: to improve or make something more appealing by adding or contributing extra features to it | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
inequality | n: the unfairness of a society in which some people have more opportunity, money, etc. than others; (mathematics) relation between two values when they are different | |
obvious | adj: easy to see, discover or understand | |
enabling | adj: providing the means, support, or resources necessary for something to happen or be achieved; allowing or encouraging a particular behavior or activity | |
widespread | adj: existing or happening in various places or among many people | |
redistribute | v: to share something among people in a different way | |
nightmare | n: a very frightening or unpleasant dream | |
communicate | v: to share or exchange information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals | |
unfortunately | adv: by bad luck; unluckily | |
foster | v: to promoto growth; to take care of another person’s child, usually for a limited time, without becoming their legal parents | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
technological | adj: based on scientific and industrial progress | |
pothole | n: a hole or depression in a road surface, usually caused by wear, weathering, or erosion; can be dangerous to drivers and cause damage to vehicles | |
extent | n: the point or degree or area to which something extends | |
invite | v: to ask someone to come or join; to offer an opportunity or possibility for something to happen or take place | |
improvisation | n: the act of making something up on the spot or creating or performing something without preparation | |
outcome | n: the result or effect of an action, event, etc. | |
pajama | n: a pair of loose pants with a matching top, worn for sleeping or lounging | |
allocate | v: to give or distribute something, such as resources or duties, to someone or something for a particular purpose | |
occupy | v: to consume all of someone’s space, attention, or time | |
manifest | v: to show something such as feeling, attitude, quality, etc. clearly through signs or actions | |
cofounder | n: one of several people who establishes an organization or starts a business | |
demolition | n: the act of destroying or tearing down a building or other structure | |
rank | n: a position in a hierarchy of status or authority; (verb) to take or have a position relative to others | |
demolish | v: to completely destroy or tear down a building, structure, or other entity; to ruin or eliminate the effectiveness or power of something | |
cam | n: a device or mechanism that converts rotary motion to linear motion or vice versa; a revolving cylinder with an irregular shape used in machinery to convert rotary motion into intermittent or reciprocating motion; an abbreviation for camera | |
monitor | v: to observe, check, and track the progress or quality of something over a period of time | |
afterward | adv: after the time mentioned | |
amazing | adj: extremely surprising, especially in a way that you like or admire | |
intelligence | n: the ability to learn, comprehend, or make judgments or conclusions based on reasons | |
fancy | v: to want to do or have something; (noun) something that many people believe but that is false, or that does not exist; imagination or fantasy | |
recycle | v: to sort and collect things to process them and produce valuable materials that can be used again | |
evict | v: to expel someone from a property, especially with the support of the law | |
construct | v: to build or create something; to assemble or combine different parts to form something whole | |
eve | n: (also as “Eve”) the day or period of time immediately preceding a particular event; the biblical figure who was the first woman and wife of Adam, according to the Jewish and Christian faiths | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
improve | v: to make or become better | |
ambitious | adj: having a great desire to attain achievement, power, or wealth | |
volunteer | n: a person who performs or offers to perform a job or service without being paid for or forced to do | |
destiny | n: the events that will inevitably happen to a particular person or thing in the future | |
distribute | v: to give something to a large number of individuals, or to spread or furnish something | |
centric | adj: tending towards or focused on a particular center, point, or perspective, sometimes to the exclusion of others; emphasizing or prioritizing a specific thing or group; (noun) something that is at the center or core of a specific thing or system | |
inspire | v: to make somebody fill with the desire, confidence, or enthusiasm, especially to do something creative | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
creative | adj: relating to or involving the use of skill and original and unusual ideas to create something | |
invention | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation; the act of inventing |