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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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disappoint | v: to fail to meet someone or their hopes or expectations; to make someone feel sad | |
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 | |
median | n: the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a set of values arranged in order of size | |
turnout | n: the number of people who are present at an event or vote at an election | |
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. | |
elect | v: to choose someone for a specific position by voting for them; to decide or choose to do something | |
participate | v: to take part in something | |
euro | n: the official currency of most European Union countries | |
parliamentary | adj: of or relating to a parliament (= a legislative body) or the system of government it is a part of | |
blame | v: to think or say that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad | |
politician | n: a person who is a member of a government or law-making organization, especially as an elected member of parliament, etc. | |
communicate | v: to share or exchange information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals | |
propaganda | n: information, ideas, or claims spread to influence public opinion or promote a particular cause or ideology | |
nowadays | adv: at the current time, in comparison to the past | |
zip | n: a fastener made of interlocking teeth or ridges that is used to join two edges or pieces of fabric; a sound or motion that resembles the sound made by a zipper when it is pulled; (of a computer) a popular file compression and archiving format; (short for Zone Improvement Plan) a system of postal codes used in the United States to help facilitate mail delivery more efficiently | |
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 | |
vulnerable | adj: capable of being hurt or influenced physically or mentally | |
representative | n: someone who speaks or acts officially on behalf of another person or group of people | |
principle | n: a fundamental law or truth that explains or controls how something happens or works | |
exert | v: to put forth effort; to put into action; to bring into play | |
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 | |
bottleneck | n: a narrow or busy section of road or a junction where the traffic often gets slower and stops; anything that slows down development or progress, especially in business or industry | |
spot | n: a particular location or place; a small round or roundish area, differing in color or feels from the surface around it | |
capture | v: to catch a person or an animal and confine them in an area which they cannot escape | |
alternative | n: one of two or more available possibilities or choice | |
bypass | n: an alternative road, channel, pipe, or connection that allows flow while the main one is closed or obstructed; (verb) to go past or round | |
naive | adj: showing unaffected simplicity and lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment | |
congress | n: a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups | |
Senate | n: a legislative body, especially the upper house of a parliament | |
approve | v: to think that someone or something is favorable, acceptable, or appropriate; to officially accept a plan, request, etc. | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
cognitive | adj: of or relating to mental processes of understanding | |
bandwidth | n: the amount of data that can be transmitted or processed at one time often used to describe the capacity of electronic communication or computing systems | |
viable | adj: capable of being done as intended; able to succeed | |
liquid | n: a substance, such as water or oil that flows freely and is neither a solid nor a gas | |
fluid | n: a substance that can flow and is not solid | |
endorse | v: to officially approve, support, or recommend someone or something | |
eventually | adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on | |
behalf | n: represent; advantage, benefit, the interest of someone | |
provocative | adj: arousing anger, interest, or another strong reaction, especially deliberately | |
automated | adj: carried out by machines or computers to replace or decrease human labor | |
automatic | adj: able to work or operate with little or no direct human control; independent of external control | |
weaver | n: the craftsman whose job is weaving cloth | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
loom | v: to appear or take shape as a large, especially in a frightening way | |
industrial | adj: of or relating to or resulting from industry | |
merchant | n: a person who buys and sells a large number of goods, especially one who imports and exports goods | |
engine | n: a machine that converts thermal energy to mechanical work; something that has an important role used to achieve a purpose | |
autonomous | adj: capable of governing or controlling its affairs | |
fabric | n: cloth or other material produced by weaving wool, cotton, silk, etc., used for making clothes, covering furniture, etc. | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
sophisticated | adj: having a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of people’s behavior, culture, and fashion | |
blueprint | n: a photographic print of an early plan for a building or machine | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
satisfy | v: to make somebody pleased by giving them what they want or need | |
mechanical | adj: operated by a machine, relating to or concerned with machinery or tools | |
script | n: a written text of a film, play, broadcast, or speech; something written by hand | |
colleague | n: one of a group of a coworker, especially in a profession or a business | |
manufacture | v: to make goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines | |
solid | adj: hard or firm; characterized by good substantial quality | |
workforce | n: all the people who work in a company, industry, country, etc. | |
integrate | v: to combine one thing with another so that they form a whole or work together; to accept equal participation for members of all races and ethnic groups | |
ultimate | adj: furthest or highest in degree or order | |
intelligence | n: the ability to learn, comprehend, or make judgments or conclusions based on reasons | |
executive | n: a person or group of people with top-level management responsibility in a business or other organization; the branch that is responsible for implementing, administering, and enforcing laws, as well as running the day-to-day operations | |
cast | v: to cause light or shadow to appear on a surface; to assing or choose someone such as an actor or representative, especially by selection process | |
invest | v: to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or achieve a result | |
legislative | adj: having to do with the process of making laws; relating to or serving as a branch of government that makes laws, such as a legislative assembly or legislature | |
debate | n: a formal discussion or argument of opposing viewpoints, often to persuade others to adopt a specific position; a public discussion, often on an issue of current interest, in which participants offer opinions and differing perspectives | |
deliberate | adj: done with full consciousness of nature and effects rather than by accident | |
improve | v: to make or become better | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
context | n: the circumstances, facts, or conditions that surround a particular event, situation, or statement and that give it meaning | |
overload | v: to put too much a load in or on something | |
avatar | n: (the concept in Hinduism) a god appearing in human or superhuman or animal form; a graphical representation of a user or the user’s character or persona in online games, chat rooms, etc. | |
software | n: a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data for doing particular computational jobs | |
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 | |
cricket | n: leaping insect; a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of eleven players | |
offload | v: to transfer the responsibility or burden of something or someone to another person or group; to unload or discharge goods or cargo from a vehicle or ship | |
locate | v: to specify or determine the exact position of someone or something | |
obvious | adj: easy to see, discover or understand | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
nuanced | adj: characterized by subtle differences in appearance, meaning, sound, etc. | |
weird | adj: extraordinary, unexpected, or difficult to explain | |
combination | n: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | |
libertarian | n: a person who believes that people should be free to think and behave as they want and the government should only have a minimal level of control, and a person who advocates those beliefs | |
liberal | adj: willing to respect or allow many different types of beliefs or behavior; open-minded | |
conservative | adj: holding traditional views and values and opposed to change or innovation | |
progressive | adj: relating to or supporting development or advancement, especially social or political one | |
compromise | v: to settle a problem or disagreement by mutual concession | |
senator | n: a member of a legislative body, especially a member of the U.S. Senate | |
scary | adj: causing fear or fright; frightening; intimidating | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
terrifying | adj: very frightening or intimidating | |
psychology | n: the scientific study of mind and behavior | |
deception | n: the act of misleading or tricking someone, often by creating a false impression or concealing the truth; a fraudulent or dishonest action | |
algorithm | n: a set of rules or rigorous instructions typically used to solve a specific problem or to perform a computation | |
marketplace | n: a physical or virtual venue where goods or services are bought and sold; an economic system that facilitates exchange between buyers and sellers | |
submit | v: to give or offer a document, proposal, etc. to a decision-maker for examination or consideration | |
predict | v: to state beforehand that something will happen in the future, mainly based on knowledge or experience | |
audit | n: an official inspection of the accounting procedures and records of business by a trained accountant or CPA that is independent of the subject; a methodical inspection or review of a specific condition or situation | |
autopilot | n: a system that automatically controls the operation of an aircraft or spacecraft | |
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 | |
distribute | v: to give something to a large number of individuals, or to spread or furnish something | |
beware | v: to be cautious or careful about something or someone that may cause harm or danger | |
pessimism | n: a tendency to see the worst in things and anticipate adverse outcomes; a belief that the world is generally bad or that something will go wrong more often than it will go right | |
invite | v: to ask someone to come or join; to offer an opportunity or possibility for something to happen or take place | |
percentage | n: the number, amount, or rate of something, which is usually the amount per hundred | |
approval | n: the belief that someone or something is good or acceptable | |
reverse | v: to change something’s direction, order, position, decision, etc., to the opposite one; (adjective) directed or moving toward the rear | |
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 | |
ludicrous | adj: so ridiculous, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; absurd | |
deny | v: to state that one refuses to admit the existence or truth of something | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
picket | n: a pointed wooden or metal stake driven into the ground used as a support or for marking an area or boundary; a group of people, typically strikers or protestors, stationed or moving around in front of a workplace, government building, or other location, to demonstrate opposition or to pick up supporters | |
fence | n: a structure, usually made of wood or metal, that encloses an area, typically for protection or to keep animals or people in or out; a dealer in stolen property | |
protest | n: a strong expression of disagreement, disapproval, or opposition | |
humble | adj: having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s quality or importance | |
grad | n: (informal for graduate) a student who has recently graduated or is about to graduate from a school, college, or university | |
nonprofit | adj: not established for commercial profit | |
politically | adv: in a way that relates to the government or public affairs of a nation | |
bind | v: to tie or fasten someone or something tightly with rope, string, etc. so that they cannot move or are held together strongly | |
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 | |
crazy | adj: stupid or not sensible; very angry |