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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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shark | n: a long-bodied, mostly predatory marine fish that has sharp teeth and a pointed fin on its back; a person who is ruthless, greedy, and dishonest | |
mosquito | n: a small flying insect whose female bites people and animals and sucks their blood, and sometimes transmits serious diseases such as malaria | |
creature | n: a living being, especially an animal | |
plague | n: any epidemic disease with a high death rate; (also called pest) a serious, sometimes fatal, infection spread by rats that causes fever and swellings on the body | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
sanitation | n: the process of maintaining a clean and hygienic environment, particularly in public health and safety contexts; the practice of disposing of waste products in a safe and appropriate manner | |
wealth | n: a large amount of money, property, or other things that someone or an organization owns | |
disease | n: a disorder or illness that affects the body or mind, often characterized by specific symptoms or abnormal functioning of organs or systems | |
malaria | n: a severe disease caused by a parasite that is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
suddenly | adv: quickly and unexpectedly | |
virus | n: a tiny infectious organic material that causes disease in people, animals, and plants | |
threat | n: a strong indication or likelihood of harm, danger, or adverse consequences; an expression of intent to inflict harm or injury on someone or something, often made as a means of coercion or intimidation | |
dengue | n: (also “breakbone fever”) a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, characterized by fever, severe joint and muscle pain, and a rash | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
organization | n: a group of people who work together for a shared purpose | |
infect | v: to affect a person, an animal, or a plant with a disease-causing organism | |
equivalent | n: having the same value, quality, meaning, purpose, etc. | |
estimate | v: to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something | |
roughly | adv: approximately but not precisely; with a violent manner | |
infection | n: a condition in which pathogenic microorganisms or viruses have entered the body | |
phenomenally | adv: extremely or exceptionally, especially in a way that is surprising | |
incidence | n: the frequency or rate at which a particular event or condition occurs within a specific population, group, or area; the occurrence or manifestation of something, especially something harmful or unpleasant | |
threefold | adj: three times as great or as many | |
assume | v: to think or accept something to be true without having proof of it; to take or begin to have power; to begin to exhibit a specific quality or appearance | |
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 | |
influenza | n: (formal for flu) a highly contagious viral disease that causes fever, severe aching, and catarrh and often occurs in epidemics | |
symptom | n: any sensation or change in body or mind that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | |
nausea | n: a feeling of sickness or discomfort in the stomach that is often accompanied by an urge to vomit; a sensation of loathing or disgust | |
headache | n: pain in the head; someone or something that causes anxiety or trouble | |
contract | n: a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, setting out their rights and obligations to each other, typically in writing and enforceable by law | |
nickname | n: a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name | |
odd | adj: strange or unexpected; not divisible by two | |
antibody | n: a substance produced in the blood that attacks and kills harmful bacteria, viruses, etc., to fight disease | |
strain | n: a force or pressure that stretches or pulls something, sometimes causing damage; (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups | |
susceptible | adj: easily influenced, harmed, or affected by something | |
severe | adj: extremely serious or bad in feeling, manner, or strict and harsh; extremely strong or vigorous | |
hemorrhage | n: profuse bleeding, often caused by a ruptured vessel | |
shock | n: a strong feeling or physical reaction to a sudden and unexpected event or experience, especially something unpleasant | |
syndrome | n: a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and are characteristic of a particular condition or disorder | |
hitchhike | v: to obtain a ride in a passing vehicle by signaling to the driver or waving one’s thumb; to travel by getting a free ride in someone else’s vehicle | |
puddle | n: a small pool of water, especially on a flat surface; a small and usually shallow accumulation of any liquid substance | |
freight | n: goods or cargo that are transported by land, sea, or air; the transportation of goods or cargo by land, sea, or air | |
transport | n: a system for moving people or products from one location to another using automobiles, roads, and so on | |
humankind | n: the whole of the living human inhabitants of the earth | |
insect | n: any small creature that has six legs and a body divided into three sections | |
infest | v: to swarm or overrun with a large number of something undesirable, such as pests or parasites | |
reside | v: to live in a particular place, typically for a prolonged period of time | |
declare | v: to say, state, or announce something clearly, officially, or publicly | |
rid | v: to make someone or something free of unwanted or unpleasant tasks, objects, or person | |
probable | adj: likely to happen or likely to be true | |
epidemic | n: the widespread outbreak of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time | |
principle | n: a fundamental law or truth that explains or controls how something happens or works | |
larva | n: the immature free-living form of insect or an animal, which at hatching from the egg, is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose | |
chemical | adj: relating to or connected with chemistry; | |
breed | v: to keep animals for producing offspring in a regulated manner | |
urban | adj: relating to or located in a town or city | |
extraordinary | adj: exceptional, unexpected, very unusual; surpassing the ordinary or usual | |
trunk | n: the main stem or body of a tree which its branches grow | |
practical | adj: of or connected with actual use or real situation rather than with theory and ideas | |
fog | n: a thick cloud consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth’s surface; a weather condition in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of water | |
spray | n: a fine mist of liquid that is dispersed into the air; flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage | |
unpleasant | adj: not enjoyable or comfortable | |
massive | adj: enormous amount; very heavy and solid | |
sleeve | n: a part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
transmission | n: the act or process of sending something from one person or place to another; the process of broadcasting over the airwaves, as in radio or television | |
undo | v: to reverse the effect of an action or event, typically one that is recent or specific | |
involve | v: to include or affect someone or something as a necessary part of something else | |
emerging | adj: starting to exist, mature, or become well-known | |
specify | v: to explain or state something clearly and exactly | |
beneficial | adj: helpful, useful, or sound; promoting or enhancing well-being | |
ecosystem | n: all the plants and living creatures in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment | |
invade | v: to enter aggressively into another’s territory by military force for conquest and occupation | |
feat | n: a notable or impressive achievement, especially one that requires great skill or bravery | |
biology | n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things | |
phenomenon | n: something that exists and can be perceptible, especially one that is not fully understood | |
release | v: to set free or allow to escape from confinement | |
typical | adj: having the usual characteristics or traits of a specific group of things | |
offspring | n: descendant; any immature animal or plant | |
lifetime | n: the duration of someone’s life or something’s existence; | |
survive | v: to live or exist despite a dangerous event or period | |
sterile | adj: free from living microorganisms, especially bacteria, fungi, and viruses; incapable of reproducing | |
fertile | adj: capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops; intellectually productive | |
pathway | n: a track that constitutes or serves as a path; an approach or a way of doing something | |
pharmaceutical | adj: relating to the production and selling of the medical drugs | |
internal | adj: of or relating to the inside of something | |
evaluate | v: to assess or estimate the quality, significance, quantity, or value of something | |
outdoors | adv: in or into the open air; outside a building or structure | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
consent | n: permission or agreement to do something, especially given by somebody in authority | |
permit | v: to allow for something to happen or be done; (noun) the act of giving a formal, usually written, authorization | |
caiman | n: a type of predatory reptile that belongs to the crocodilian family which resembles alligators and crocodiles but are smaller in size, typically found in Central and South America | |
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 | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
precise | adj: sharply exact or accurate or delimited | |
coverage | n: the reporting or news of an important event, sports, subject, etc.; the amount, range, area, or quality of something that something provides | |
divide | v: to separate or cause to separate into parts or groups | |
agriculture | n: the practice or science of cultivating the land or raising stock | |
supplement | n: something that is added to something else to make it better or complete it | |
chemistry | n: the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | |
societal | adj: relating to society or social relationships | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
engineer | n: a person whose job is designing, building, or maintaining something such as machines, structures, or software | |
enzyme | n: a substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction | |
industrial | adj: of or relating to or resulting from industry | |
genetically | adv: in a way that relates to or is produced by genes (= the units in the cells of a living thing received by an animal or plant from its parents) or heredity | |
crop | n: a plant that is cultivated in large amounts, particularly for food | |
vaccine | n: a substance that is put into the body and protects them from disease by causing them to produce antibodies (= proteins that attack harmful bacteria, viruses, etc.) | |
outcome | n: the result or effect of an action, event, etc. | |
unacceptably | adv: in a way that is not acceptable or satisfactory | |
technique | n: a particular way or art of doing something that needs skill | |
pesticide | n: a substance used for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest | |
tremendous | adj: very great in degree or extent or amount or impact; extremely good | |
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 | |
disadvantage | n: a drawback or a negative aspect of something; (verb) to put someone or something in an unfavorable position | |
render | v: to bring someone or something into a particular state; to provide something such as service, help, etc. | |
reproduce | v: to make a copy of something such as a picture, piece of text, music, etc.; to produce offspring through a sexual or asexual process |