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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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concussion | n: a violent blow or jolt to the head or body that jars the brain, often resulting in temporary or prolonged unconsciousness, confusion, or memory loss; a shock or upheaval caused by a sudden change or event | |
evoke | v: to bring or recall a feeling, memory, or image into your mind | |
strike | v: to wallop somebody or something with the hand, fist, or weapon; to have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | |
accident | n: an unfortunate event, especially one causing damage or injury | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
dementia | n: a severe decline in cognitive function, especially memory, as a result of disease or injury | |
Alzheimer | n: a neurodegenerative disease that causes memory loss, cognitive decline, and behavioral issues; is the most common cause of dementia in older adults | |
chronic | adj: being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; habitual | |
traumatic | adj: relating to or caused by injury, especially emotional injury | |
encephalopathy | n: disease or damage to the brain that disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, which cause a wide range of symptoms, including memory loss, confusion, seizures, and decreased cognitive abilities | |
blacksmith | n: a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil | |
military | adj: relating to or characteristic of members of the armed forces; of or relating to war or warfare | |
relate | v: to establish a connection or association between two or more things; to narrate or tell about an event, experience, or relationship; to empathize or feel sympathy with someone or something | |
helmet | n: a protective covering for the head, worn for safety or as part of a uniform or ceremonial dress | |
skull | n: a bone framework that surrounds the brain and gives the head its shape | |
fracture | n: the breaking or cracking of a rigid material or object such as bone | |
confidence | n: the feeling or attitude that one can trust or rely on the abilities or good qualities of someone or something | |
lens | n: a transparent optical device with curved sides, used in an optical instrument that makes objects seem larger, smaller, clearer, etc.; (metaphor) the basic thoughts or mindsets through which someone sees or understands the environment or situation | |
lab | n: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research; a laboratory | |
rev | n: a measure of the rate at which an engine or motor rotates, often expressed in revolutions per minute (RPM); (verb) to increase the number of rotations per minute | |
mystery | n: something difficult to understand or explain; a secret or enigmatic quality that adds to the fascination or interest of something; a genre of fiction that involves the solution of a crime or a puzzle | |
essentially | adv: relating to the essential features or concepts of anything | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
lag | v: to move or develop so slowly that you are behind other people, organizations, etc. | |
smashing | adj: very successful or impressive; causing something to be broken or destroyed | |
rebound | v: to spring back into a former shape or position after being compressed or stretched | |
proceeds | n: the money or profit earned from a particular activity or venture; the total amount collected from a sale or fundraiser | |
highlight | v: to make something prominent, mainly so that people give it more attention | |
dam | n: a wall constructed over a river to block the flow of water, mainly used to generate energy | |
injury | n: harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body caused by an accident or an attack | |
aspect | n: one part or feature of a situation, problem, subject, etc. | |
indicative | adj: serving as a sign or indication of something; expressing or showing something directly; characteristic of a particular group or situation | |
dynamics | n: the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of bodies under the action of forces, including the particular case in which a body remains at rest; forces that produce or stimulate movement, growth, or change | |
oscillate | v: to swing or move back and forth like a pendulum or a wave; to fluctuate or alternate between two points or states; to hesitate or be indecisive | |
vault | n: a large room or chamber used for storage, often for valuables such as money, documents, or artwork; (verb) to leap or jump over something; to move quickly or suddenly | |
entirely | adv: completely | |
cerebral | adj: relating to the brain or intellect; intellectual or studious rather than emotional or physical | |
spinal | adj: of or relating to the spine (= the long bone in the body’s back) | |
fluid | n: a substance that can flow and is not solid | |
rigid | adj: extremely strict and difficult to change or adapt; incapable of or resistant to bending | |
substance | n: the real physical material of which a thing or person consist; the most important or main part of some idea or experience; an illegal drug | |
twist | v: to bend or turn something into a certain shape | |
contort | v: to (cause something to) twist and press out of its natural or normal shape | |
tissue | n: an ensemble of similar cells of the animal or plant that together carry out a specific function | |
stretch | v: to make or be capable of making anything longer or broader without hurting or breaking | |
mechanism | n: a part of a machine, or a set of parts that performs a task; a natural or established process that occurs during a specific situation or reaction | |
device | n: a piece of equipment, tool, or technology that serves a particular purpose or function, often mechanical or electronic | |
accelerometer | n: a device that measures acceleration or changes in motion, typically used in aerospace, automotive, and other engineering applications to monitor and control movement or to measure things like speed or vibration | |
gyroscope | n: a device consisting of a spinning wheel or disk mounted in such a way that it can rotate freely in any direction, used to maintain balance, stability, or orientation in navigation, aerospace, or other systems | |
principle | n: a fundamental law or truth that explains or controls how something happens or works | |
precise | adj: sharply exact or accurate or delimited | |
reliable | adj: worthy of being relied on; trustworthy | |
cadaver | n: a dead body, especially one used for scientific study or medical research | |
volunteer | n: a person who performs or offers to perform a job or service without being paid for or forced to do | |
basis | n: the most important facts, ideas, or events from which something is developed; the way how things are organized or arranged | |
sustain | v: to supply enough of what somebody or something needs to survive or exist; to accept as valid | |
laboratory | n: a workplace for doing scientific research or teaching science; a lab | |
rotation | n: the action or process of moving in a circle around an axis or center | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
announcer | n: a person who introduces and speaks on television or radio programs or provides commentary or information at a live event | |
cougar | n: a large predatory feline animal, also known as a mountain lion or puma, which is native to the Americas; an older woman who pursues sexual or romantic relationships with much younger men | |
crush | v: to press it firmly, usually with your hands or a tool, so that it becomes flat or smaller | |
roar | v: to make a loud, deep sound, like a lion or a car engine | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
excessive | adj: greater than what seems necessary, normal, or desirable | |
extract | n: a short passage taken from a book, piece of music, etc.; a substance obtained from something through a specific process; (verb) to obtain from something or to remove something by effort or force | |
mask | v: to conceal something; (noun) a covering that you wear over your face to hide it | |
counterintuitive | adj: contrary to what common sense would suggest | |
rot | v: to decay, or cause something to decay, naturally and gradually | |
compress | v: to press or squeeze together to make something take up less space | |
whip | v: to hit a person or an animal severely with a thin, flexible stick with a cord or leather thong at the end, as a punishment, discipline, etc. | |
phenomenon | n: something that exists and can be perceptible, especially one that is not fully understood | |
collaborate | v: to work with someone else to produce or achieve something | |
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 | |
finite | adj: having a limit or restriction of size, time, etc. | |
cross-section | n: a two-dimensional representation of a slice or portion of a three-dimensional object or structure, showing the internal arrangement and relationship of its parts; a sample or subset of a larger population or entity that allows insight into its characteristics or behavior | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
spot | n: a particular location or place; a small round or roundish area, differing in color or feels from the surface around it | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
exterior | adj: situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of something | |
observe | v: to watch or notice something carefully, often to gather information or insights; to take note of something or someone; to celebrate or commemorate a special event or occasion | |
lobe | n: a rounded projection or division, especially of the brain, lung, or liver | |
fissure | n: a narrow opening or crack, especially in a rock or other hard substance; a division or splitting within a group or organization | |
fiber | n: thread or filament used to make a vegetable tissue, mineral material, or textile | |
stiff | adj: not easily bent, flexible, or pliable; difficult to move or be maneuvered; difficult to relax; having a heavy or formal manner | |
transmit | v: to send or forward an electronic signal; to pass something from one person or thing to another | |
bundle | n: a group of things that are tied or wrapped together; a large amount or quantity of something; a package or parcel of things | |
corpus | n: a collection of texts or documents, usually used in research or analysis | |
callosum | n: a large bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain | |
dissociation | n: the separation of ideas, emotions, or memories from a person’s consciousness; a process by which molecules or compounds separate into smaller units or individual atoms | |
symptom | n: any sensation or change in body or mind that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | |
consistent | adj: always behaving or happening in the same way, or having the same thoughts, standards, etc. | |
disease | n: a disorder or illness that affects the body or mind, often characterized by specific symptoms or abnormal functioning of organs or systems | |
professional | adj: having or showing the skill appropriate to a particular job; competent or skillful | |
norm | n: something that is regarded as usual, typical, or standard | |
greatly | adv: to an extraordinary extent or degree; very much | |
atrophy | n: a decrease in size of a muscle, organ, etc., caused by disease or disuse | |
ventricle | n: a chamber or cavity within an organ or structure, particularly the lower chamber of the heart that pumps blood to the lungs and other parts of the body | |
specifically | adv: only associated with or meant for one thing | |
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 | |
define | v: to state or explain precisely the nature, scope, or meaning of something | |
synchronous | adj: occurring or operating at the same time or pace; happening simultaneously; coordinated or synchronized | |
gigantic | adj: extremely large | |
bubble | n: a thin, round, and often transparent mass of gas that is surrounded by a thin layer of liquid; a state of economic or social prosperity that is unsustainable and eventually collapses | |
practical | adj: of or connected with actual use or real situation rather than with theory and ideas | |
stuntman | n: a professional performer who performs dangerous and often physically demanding tasks or stunts in place of an actor in a film or television show | |
collar | n: a band of material worn around the neck, typically forming part of a shirt or jacket; (verb) to grab or catch hold of someone or something | |
detect | v: to find or recognize something, especially something difficult to see, hear, etc. | |
airbag | n: a safety device designed to inflate rapidly in the event of a collision, protecting the occupants of a vehicle and reducing the risk of injury or death | |
explode | v: to burst or break open violently and noisily; to cause something to burst or break open | |
trigger | v: to make something happen suddenly; to cause something such as a device, machine, etc. to function | |
experiment | n: the scientific test conducted to observe what happens and gain new knowledge | |
scenario | n: a description of possible actions or events in the future; a written outline of a play, film, or literary work | |
exciting | adj: causing a lot of interest or excitement | |
consume | v: to spend something, especially fuel, energy, or time, in a large amount | |
commission | n: a formal instruction, command, or request given to a person or group; an official group of people entrusted by a government or other official body to control or enforce something | |
jurisdiction | n: the extent or range of authority, power, or control exercised by a particular entity or organization, such as a government or court; the area within which such authority or control is exercised | |
approve | v: to think that someone or something is favorable, acceptable, or appropriate; to officially accept a plan, request, etc. | |
sufficient | adj: adequate; enough for a particular purpose or requirement | |
evaluate | v: to assess or estimate the quality, significance, quantity, or value of something | |
similarly | adv: in almost the same way | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
resistant | adj: not affected by something, especially changes or new ideas; of or relating to immunity to disease or infection | |
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 | |
innovation | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation | |
nervous | adj: worried and anxious about something; relating to the nerves | |
optimal | adj: the best; most likely to be successful or advantageous | |
confident | adj: feeling sure about your abilities or qualities or having trust in people, plans, or the future | |
comply | v: to obey an order, set of rules, or request | |
immediate | adj: happening or done without delay or occurring shortly after something else | |
grandparent | n: a parent of one’s father or mother | |
engage | v: to attract and keep someone’s attention and interest; to participate in or obtain services of something | |
fortunate | adj: having good luck or lucky |