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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
spiritual | adj: relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
Arthurian | adj: relating to king Arthur and the tales and legends associated with him | |
ballroom | n: a large room for dancing | |
vow | v: to make a promise or commitment, usually formal and solemn | |
abject | adj: extremely unpleasant and degrading; physically or emotionally impoverished; miserable, wretched, and hopeless | |
poverty | n: the condition of being extremely poor | |
threaten | v: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against someone | |
utter | adj: complete, total, or absolute; said, done, or experienced without any exceptions or qualifications; spoken aloud or enunciated very clearly and distinctly; (verb) to speak or articulate words, sounds, or a voice | |
misery | n: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | |
damp | adj: slightly wet or moist; characterized by a lack of warmth, enthusiasm, or energy; depressing or dispiriting | |
eternal | adj: being without beginning or end; lasting forever | |
devotion | n: great loyalty and love or deep consideration for someone or something | |
optimistic | adj: hoping or expecting that good thing will happen or something will be successful | |
bastardize | v: to alter, modify, or degrade something in a way that undermines or violates its original integrity or quality; to create a less authentic or less desirable version of something | |
cherish | v: to hold someone or something dear; to feel or show affection for someone or something | |
flash | n: a sudden intense burst of radiant energy; a momentary brightness | |
midlife | n: the period of life between young adulthood and old age, typically characterized by a sense of maturity, stability, and sometimes, dissatisfaction or restlessness | |
crisis | n: a time of great disagreement, confusion, or danger when problems must be resolved or critical decisions must be taken | |
far-off | adj: distant in time or space; remote; distant or unlikely to happen | |
snore | v: to make a loud, harsh breathing sound while sleeping, often due to an obstruction in the airways or other respiratory issues; to sound boring, monotonous, or dull | |
smashing | adj: very successful or impressive; causing something to be broken or destroyed | |
toast | n: slices of bread browned on both sides that have been put near a high heat; a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or even | |
booze | n: an informal term for alcoholic beverages, particularly strong liquor or spirits | |
seed | n: a small, hard, often round, a reproductive structure that contains a plant’s genetic material and is capable of growing into a new plant | |
divorce | n: the legal dissolution of a marriage | |
anniversary | n: the annual recurrence of a date marking a notable event; a date on which an event occurred in a previous year | |
argue | v: to express differing opinions or points of view, often in a heated or contentious manner; to present a case or reasoning to persuade or convince others | |
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 | |
toilet | n: a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture with a seat for defecation and urination, or a room or building containing one or more of this fixture | |
roll | v: to move in a particular direction by turning over and over or from side to side | |
chew | v: to crush or grind something, especially food, with the teeth and then swallow it | |
solid | adj: hard or firm; characterized by good substantial quality | |
double-blind | n: a method of experimentation where neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment used to prevent bias in research results | |
placebo | n: harmless substance, especially given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug | |
disrespect | n: an expression of lack of regard or contempt for someone or something | |
boredom | n: a state of weariness, restlessness, or impatience that arises from not being interested or engaged in an activity, task, or situation | |
opposition | n: the act of disagreeing or resisting; the state of strong disagreement | |
excitement | n: a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness | |
numb | adj: unable to feel physical sensation and movement; not showing human feeling or sensitivity | |
monogamy | n: the practice of being married to only one person at a time; the state of having a mutually exclusive romantic or sexual relationship with one partner | |
hell | n: the place thought to be where bad people go and are punished after death, often depicted as being located beneath the earth; an extraordinarily unpleasant or difficult place | |
folk | n: people in general, especially those of a particular group or type | |
side-by-side | adj: describing two or more things that are positioned next to each other, in close proximity, and typically in a parallel manner; (adverb) next to each other, with one thing positioned close to the other | |
burial | n: the act or ceremony of placing a dead body in a grave | |
plot | n: a secret plan or scheme to achieve a specific goal; the plan or main story of a literary work; (verb) to plan secretly, usually something illegal | |
solo | adv: without anybody else or anything else; alone | |
annoy | v: to make someone angry, anxious, or irritating slightly | |
stalk | v: to follow or track someone or something closely and quietly, usually to cause harm or surveillance; to move slowly and quietly to avoid detection; (noun) the main stem of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, and fruit; the stem or main axis of a support structure or framework | |
bliss | n: extreme happiness or joy | |
pinpoint | v: to locate or identify the exact position in space or time of something | |
miserable | adj: very unhappy, uncomfortable, or unpleasant; causing great distress or suffering | |
instance | n: a particular example or single occurrence of something | |
obvious | adj: easy to see, discover or understand | |
marital | adj: of or relating to marriage | |
laborious | adj: requiring a lot of effort and time to complete; characterized by tedious or difficult work | |
diet | n: the food and drink that a person, animal, or community eats and drinks regularly; a legislative assembly in certain countries, for example, Japan | |
complicated | adj: involving a lot of different things or parts in a way that is difficult to understand or analyze | |
gut | n: the long tube in the body of a person or animal through which food passes when it leaves the stomach; the mental strength or bravery required to do something difficult or unpleasant | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
devastating | adj: causing a great deal of destruction or damage | |
housework | n: the tasks involved in cleaning and maintaining a house | |
attractive | adj: immensely appealing in look or sound; having characteristics or qualities that make something appealing and valuable | |
nag | v: to annoy or irritate someone persistently with repeated complaints, requests, or criticism; (noun) an old or over-worked horse | |
ultimate | adj: furthest or highest in degree or order | |
notch | n: a V-shaped cut or indentation made in a surface or edge; a level of achievement or success; a point or degree of measurement or comparison | |
domestic | adj: relating to or inside a particular country, not foreign or international | |
depart | v: to go away or leave, especially to start a journey | |
photograph | n: a picture or image that is produced by a camera; a visual representation or record of a person, object, or scene that has been captured electronically or on film | |
clarify | v: to make something, such as a statement or situation, less confusing and more understandable | |
journal | n: a newspaper or magazine specialized in a specific topic or profession | |
entirely | adv: completely | |
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 | |
pile | n: a collection of objects positioned one on top of another; a large sum of something, such as money | |
fake | adj: not genuine; fraudulent or counterfeit | |
safeguard | v: to protect something or someone from harm, damage, or loss | |
actress | n: a female actor, particularly in the theater or movies | |
swank | v: to walk or behave confidently and stylishly, often with the intent of impressing others; to style or dress in an ostentatiously fashionable or luxurious way; (adjective) stylish, luxurious, and fashionable in an ostentatious way | |
bullock | n: a young bull, specifically a castrated male domestic bovine; a young steer used for draft or work purposes or its meat | |
statue | n: a sculpture of a person or animal, typically made of stone or metal, that is intended to represent the subject in a lifelike or symbolic way | |
curse | n: a rude or offensive word or an expression that is not polite and shows that you are very angry | |
mere | adj: used to emphasize how insignificant or minor someone or something is | |
romantic | adj: of or relating to love or a sexual relationship | |
comedy | n: a genre of dramatic entertainment that aims to amuse and provoke laughter by depicting amusing or ludicrous situations, characters, or events; the use of humor, wit, and satire in writing, films, and other forms of entertainment | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
satisfaction | n: a pleasant feeling you have when you have fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation or have achieved something | |
plummet | v: to fall or drop suddenly and steeply; to decline rapidly or sharply | |
apparently | adv: based on what you have heard or read | |
unbearable | adj: not able to be tolerated or endured; too difficult, severe, or intense to be dealt with or suffered through; intolerable or insufferable | |
grim | adj: looking or sounding very serious or gloomy | |
comparison | n: the consideration or examination of the similarities between two or more people or things | |
theoretical | adj: relating to the concepts and principles upon which a particular topic is founded, rather than practice and experience | |
suppose | v: to think that something is likely to be actual or possible | |
opt | v: to make a choice from a range of possibilities | |
brutal | adj: harsh or cruel | |
murder | n: the crime of killing somebody intentionally | |
fiery | adj: very intense; like or suggestive of fire | |
alcohol | n: a clear liquid that can make people drunk and is used in medicines, cleaning products, etc. | |
headline | n: a heading at the top of a newspaper or magazine story or page | |
scary | adj: causing fear or fright; frightening; intimidating | |
contagious | adj: able to be passed on to others through contact or proximity, especially by infection or disease | |
split | v: to divide, or to make something divide into two or more parts, especially along a particular line | |
divide | v: to separate or cause to separate into parts or groups | |
asset | n: something or someone that is useful or valuable quality, skill, etc.; valuable property | |
struggle | v: to make a great effort to do something when it is difficult, or there are a lot of problems; to use force or violence to break away from restraint or constriction | |
harmony | n: the combination of simultaneous musical notes to produce a pleasing effect; an attractive combination of related things and their properties | |
lifetime | n: the duration of someone’s life or something’s existence; | |
therapy | n: the act of caring for someone through medication, remedial training, etc. | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
spouse | n: a person’s husband, wife, or partner in marriage | |
jail | n: a facility where criminals are kept to be punished for their crimes; a prison | |
profound | adj: extremely great; sensed or experienced very strongly; displaying a high level of knowledge or comprehension | |
perk | n: an advantage or something extra, such as money or goods, you receive as well as your wages for doing a particular job | |
physically | adv: in a way related to a person’s body or appearance rather than their mind | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
stable | adj: firm and steady; not easily moved, disturbed, or changed | |
supposedly | adv: according to what is generally assumed or believed without actually knowing for sure | |
compelling | adj: arousing strong and irresistible interest, attention, or admiration | |
argument | n: a set of statements or reasons used to support or refute a proposition or theory; a verbal or physical fight or dispute | |
joint | adj: shared, held, or made between two or more people; (noun) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton | |
chore | n: a routine or tedious task, often related to household or manual labor | |
approximately | adv: close to a specific number or time but not exactly that number or time | |
prefer | v: to like, choose, or want one thing or person better than another | |
horror | n: intense fear or disgust, especially at something shocking or terrifying | |
hover | v: to stay in one place in the air | |
brink | n: the point at which something is about to happen; the edge of a steep place | |
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 | |
institutionalize | v: to establish or make something a part of an institution (= a place such as a university, hospital, etc.) | |
pursue | v: to do something or attempt to attain something over time; to follow or seek someone or something, especially in trying to catch them | |
weigh | v: to have a particular weight; to carefully evaluate things before making a conclusion | |
strength | n: the quality or state of being physically, or sometimes mentally, strong | |
annoying | adj: making someone feel slightly angry | |
lean | adj: having a noticeably small amount of body fat; (verb) to bend or move from a straight to a sloping posture | |
incredibly | adv: in a way that is very difficult to believe; exceedingly or extremely | |
handsome | adj: physically attractive and pleasing in appearance; attractive and generous | |
subconsciously | adv: in a way that is not fully conscious or aware of | |
cocktail | n: a drink, usually an alcoholic one, made by mixing one or more spirits (= strong alcoholic drinks) and fruit juice; an appetizer served as a first course at a meal |