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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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excerpt | v: to take a short piece of speech, book, film, etc. from a longer whole; (noun) a short extract from a speech, book, film, etc. | |
refuge | n: the state of being safe or protected from danger, trouble, or difficulty, or a place providing shelter or protection from them | |
millennium | n: a span of 1000 years, or the 1000th anniversary (plural: millennia) | |
messiah | n: the promised deliverer who God will send to save the Jewish people, as prophesied in the Hebrew Bible | |
martyr | n: a person who suffers very much or is killed for the sake of their religious or political beliefs | |
zealot | n: a person who has extreme opinions about something, especially religion or politics | |
abound | v: to exist in large numbers or quantities | |
sacred | adj: connected with religion or religious purposes; worthy of respect or dedication because of a connection with a god | |
regard | v: to think about or consider somebody or something in a specified way | |
prophet | n: a person believed to have an extraordinary power that can understand God’s will. | |
bury | v: to place a dead body in the ground, grave, or tomb | |
hilltop | n: the top of a hill, rather than its sloping sides | |
mosque | n: a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret (= slender tower with balconies) | |
Christ | n: the man that Christians believe is the prophet and the son of God, and whose life and sermons form the basis for Christianity | |
baptize | v: to make someone officially a member of the Christian Church by baptism (= a form of Christian ritual purification) | |
vibrant | adj: full of energy, life, and enthusiasm | |
ecosystem | n: all the plants and living creatures in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment | |
aquifer | n: an underground layer of rock, sand, or Earth that can take in and hold water | |
oasis | n: a fertile land in a desert or semi-desert environment where there is water and therefore plants and trees and sometimes a village or town | |
shore | n: the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, or other large body of water; (verb) to support by placing against something solid or rigid | |
harbor | n: an area of water next to the coast where ships and boats are protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures; (verb) keep in one’s possession | |
indigenous | adj: someone or something that is native to or occurring naturally in a particular place | |
mammal | n: any animal of which the female gives birth to live young, not eggs, and feeds her young on milk from her own body | |
ibex | n: a type of wild mountain goat with long curved horns | |
leopard | n: a large wild cat that has yellow-brown fur with black spots and lives in Africa and southern Asia | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
stork | n: a very tall, long-legged bird with white and black plunge and a long beak that walks around in the water to find its food | |
pelican | n: a large long-winged seabird having a bag of skin under its long beak for storing food | |
spot | n: a particular location or place; a small round or roundish area, differing in color or feels from the surface around it | |
kestrel | n: a small bird of prey (= a bird that kills and eats other creatures) of the falcon family | |
buzzard | n: a large hawklike bird of prey (= a bird that kills and eats other creatures) with broad wings and a rounded tail; | |
biannual | adj: happening twice a year | |
migration | n: the movement of animals to a new location, frequently as the seasons change | |
lush | adj: produced or growing in extreme abundance, often in an attractive way; having strong sexual appeal | |
expanse | n: a substance, such as water or oil, that flows freely and is neither a solid nor a gas | |
tamarisk | n: any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix with tiny scale-like leaves borne on slender branches, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa | |
papyrus | n: a tall plant with thick stems that grow in or near water, especially in North Africa, or a document or piece of paper made of this plant, especially by ancient Egyptians | |
oleander | n: an evergreen Mediterranean shrub or small tree with white, pink, or red flowers and long pointed thick leaves cultivated as an ornamental and landscaping plant | |
crystal | n: a solid material with many even sides that is formed naturally when the substance becomes solid and has a highly regular atomic structure; clear and colorless glass made of almost pure silica | |
playground | n: an area where many people go for recreation, especially at a school or in a park | |
recede | v: to pull back or move away or backward | |
decline | v: to become gradually smaller, fewer, worse, etc.; to refuse to accept | |
environmentalist | n: a person who is concerned with and advocates for the protection of the natural environment | |
encourage | v: to give someone support, confidence, or hope; to persuade someone to do or continue to do something by making it easier for them and making them believe it is a good thing to do | |
unrestricted | adj: not limited or confined in any way | |
agriculture | n: the practice or science of cultivating the land or raising stock | |
transform | v: to change in outward structure or looks; | |
fertile | adj: capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops; intellectually productive | |
vineyard | n: a farm where grapes are grown to produce wine | |
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 | |
bestow | v: to give something to somebody, especially as an honor or present | |
generous | adj: willing to give and share something such as money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is necessary or expected | |
subsidy | n: money paid by a government or an organization as part of the cost of something to aid or encourage it to happen | |
disastrous | adj: extremely bad, harmful, or unsuccessful | |
gross | adj: being the total amount of something before any deductions; obese and ugly or unpleasant | |
chairperson | n: the officer who presides over organization meetings | |
irreversible | adj: impossible to change or return to a previous condition | |
gap | n: a conspicuous disparity or difference separates something such as a figure, people, their opinions, situation, etc. | |
consumption | n: the amount used or eaten; the act of using up a resource such as energy, food, or materials | |
loom | v: to appear or take shape as a large, especially in a frightening way | |
deplete | v: to reduce something, especially supplies of energy, money, etc., by a large amount; to use up resources or materials | |
deficit | n: the total amount by which money spent is greater than money earned in a particular period of time; the property of being an amount by which something, especially an amount of money, is less than expected or required | |
warn | v: to make someone aware of potential danger or difficulty, particularly one that may occur in the future | |
lavish | adj: large in amount and expensive or impressive | |
consequence | n: the outcome of a particular action or event, especially relative to an individual | |
kingdom | n: the country ruled by a king or queen | |
gallon | n: a unit for measuring volume, in the US, it is equal to about 3.79 liters, and in the UK, Canada, and other countries, it is equal to about 4.55 liters | |
canal | n: a long and narrow strip of water made artificially either for boats and ships to travel along or for irrigation | |
construct | v: to build or create something; to assemble or combine different parts to form something whole | |
irrigation | n: the agricultural practice of supplying land with water through pipes or channels so that crops grow well | |
valley | n: a long depression on the surface of the land, which typically contains a river | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
eliminate | v: to remove or get rid of someone or something | |
consult | v: to seek or get advice or information from a person, book, or other source having special knowledge on a particular subject | |
lobby | n: a large area inside the entrance of a public building where people can meet and wait; a group of people who try to persuade a politician, the government, or an official group to influence legislation | |
insufficient | adj: not enough for a particular purpose | |
lever | n: a handle used to operate a vehicle or a machine; a rigid bar resting on a pivot so that one end of it can be pushed or pulled easily | |
commissioner | n: an official member of a government department or another organization who is responsible for controlling something or performing specific duties | |
publicly | adv: in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; by the government | |
alternate | adj: occurring or existing one after the other regularly | |
coalition | n: a temporary alliance formed by two or more political parties for combined action; the state of being combined into one body | |
proposal | n: a formal suggestion or offer, sometimes a written one | |
conserve | v: to protect something, especially the natural environment or culture, from change, damage, or destruction | |
regulate | v: to control something, especially by means of rules or laws | |
addition | n: the act or process of adding something to something else; the process of adding numbers | |
promote | v: to encourage or persuade people to like, buy, use, do, or support something; to raise someone to a higher position or rank | |
wastewater | n: water that contains waste substances from homes, farms, factories, etc. | |
treatment | n: the way in which someone deals with or behaves towards someone or something; medical care provided to a patient for an injury or illness. | |
desalination | n: the process of removing salt, especially from seawater | |
facility | n: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry | |
Mediterranean | n: the sea encircled by southern Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia | |
domestic | adj: relating to or inside a particular country, not foreign or international | |
crop | n: a plant that is cultivated in large amounts, particularly for food | |
renew | v: to begin or resume something again after an interruption | |
incredibly | adv: in a way that is very difficult to believe; exceedingly or extremely | |
mismanage | v: to organize or control something badly, improperly, or unskillfully | |
olive | n: a small green or black fruit with a bitter taste that is eaten or used to produce oil or a tree on which this fruit grows | |
sew | v: to join, fasten, or repair two pieces of something by putting the thread through them with a needle | |
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 | |
outweigh | v: to be heavier, more significant, or more critical than something | |
outline | v: to describe the main facts or aspects involved in something | |
remedy | n: a successful way of dealing with or improving an unpleasant or difficult situation or curing an illness | |
nourish | v: to provide a person, an animal, or plant with food to make them grow and stay healthy | |
shelter | n: a structure built to protect from poor weather, danger, or attack: | |
entertain | v: to keep a group of people interested or excited; to take into consideration an idea or feeling | |
primarily | adv: mainly | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
preservation | n: the act of keeping something in its original state or of preventing it from being damaged | |
transition | n: the process or period of changing from one state or circumstance to another | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
recreation | n: the activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; the act or process of making something that existed in the past exists or seems to exist again in a different time or place | |
vary | v: to become different in terms of size, shape, etc. | |
cooperation | n: the act or situation of working together with someone towards a shared purpose, benefit, etc. | |
emphasize | v: to give or show particular importance to something | |
broad | adj: very wide; general | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
politic | adj: wise and displaying the ability to make reasonable decisions | |
accord | n: an official agreement or treaty between two organizations, countries, etc.; (verb) allow to have | |
infer | v: to form an opinion or conclude that something is true based on existing facts | |
disproportionate | adj: too large or too small when compared with something else, or not deserving its importance or influence | |
influence | n: the ability to affect someone’s or something’s character, growth, or behavior, or the effect itself | |
paragraph | n: a distinct section of a piece of writing intended to separate ideas, usually consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a new line | |
adopt | v: to choose to follow something; to legally take a child from another family and care for them as if they were one’s own | |
replace | v: to take the place of something | |
absence | n: the fact or condition of being away from a place where they are typically anticipated to be | |
adjust | v: to make a minor modification to something to make it more suited for a new set of conditions or to make it function better. |