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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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mathematics | n: the science dealing with the logic of quantities, shapes, spaces, and arrangement | |
pause | v: to take a short break from talking or doing something before continuing | |
conversation | n: an informal talk between two or more people to exchange their views, ideas, information, etc. | |
suddenly | adv: quickly and unexpectedly | |
thunder | n: the loud, deep sound made by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning; a deep, prolonged loud noise | |
recollection | n: the act of remembering or the state of being remembered | |
pregnant | adj: having a baby or young animal developing in the uterus | |
destine | v: to determine or set the course of something in advance, often in a way that seems predetermined or inevitable; to specify or choose someone or something for a particular fate or outcome | |
paranoid | adj: unreasonably or obsessively believing that other people do not like you or want to harm you | |
schizophrenia | n: a severe mental disorder in which a person has a distorted view of reality and may experience hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking and behavior | |
butcher | n: a person who prepares and sells meat, especially at a retail shop; a person who kills or slaughters animals, especially for food; a person who engages in the relentless or brutal treatment of others | |
psychiatric | adj: of or relating to the treatment or study of mental illness or disorders | |
committed | adj: willing to put in a lot of effort, time, and energy into something; firmly believing in something | |
suicide | n: the act of killing yourself intentionally | |
bounce | v: to cause to move up or away after hitting a surface; to spring back | |
essentially | adv: relating to the essential features or concepts of anything | |
eventually | adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on | |
gang | n: a group of people who organize and engage in criminal activity | |
horrible | adj: extremely unpleasant or bad; causing fear or disgust | |
tragic | adj: causing great sadness or suffering; very unfortunate | |
murder | n: the crime of killing somebody intentionally | |
ultimate | adj: furthest or highest in degree or order | |
execute | v: to kill someone, especially as a legal punishment; to carry out or perform an action, duty, etc. | |
punishment | n: a penalty or consequence inflicted for wrongdoing or offense; a means of enforcing discipline or preventing further wrongdoing | |
morality | n: principles of right and evil or good and bad behavior | |
penalty | n: a punishment for violating a law, rule, or contract | |
entirely | adv: completely | |
controversial | adj: causing a lot of hot public discussion and dispute | |
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 | |
ardent | adj: having or showing a strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate | |
vociferous | adj: characterized by loud, insistent, or attention-grabbing verbal expression | |
abolitionist | n: a person who advocates for the abolition (the act of doing away with something) of slavery or some other practice considered unjust | |
unfold | v: to open up or spread out something that is folded or rolled up; to reveal or disclose something that was previously hidden or unknown | |
chapter | n: a separate section of a written work usually numbered and titled | |
innocent | adj: not guilty of a crime, offense, etc.; not having an evil mind or knowledge | |
convict | v: to prove or declare someone to be guilty of a crime; (noun) a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | |
row | n: an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; (verb) to propel a boat through the water using oars | |
uphold | v: to support or defend something, such as a law, idea, decision, etc. | |
appellate | adj: relating to or having the power to hear appeals from lower courts or tribunals; referring to a court that primarily hears appeals | |
consist | v: to be composed or made up of | |
complicated | adj: involving a lot of different things or parts in a way that is difficult to understand or analyze | |
proceeding | n: an event or series of events that happen as part of a larger process or action; an official record of legal or administrative action or meeting | |
habeas-corpus | n: (a legal term originating from Latin, meaning “you shall have the body”) a writ or legal action that ensures a person’s right to challenge the lawfulness of their detention or imprisonment, typically used as a protection against arbitrary or unlawful imprisonment | |
corpus | n: a collection of texts or documents, usually used in research or analysis | |
appeal | n: a serious, earnest, or urgent request for money, information, or help; a quality that makes somebody or something attractive or interest | |
clemency | n: mercy or leniency shown to someone who has committed a crime or is being punished; forgiveness or pardoning of an offense or wrongdoing | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
litigation | n: the process of resolving legal disputes through the court system | |
execution | n: the act or process of carrying out a plan, order, or course of action; the act or process of carrying out the death penalty | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
inmate | n: a person who is confined to an institution such as a prison, hospital, or mental health facility | |
acquire | v: to buy or obtain something such as an asset, object, knowledge, etc., for oneself | |
rely | v: to require a specific thing or the assistance and support of someone or something to continue, run properly, or succeed. | |
volunteer | n: a person who performs or offers to perform a job or service without being paid for or forced to do | |
handle | v: to deal with a situation, problem, or strong emotion | |
proceed | v: to move forward or to continue with a process or action; to advance or progress | |
inevitably | adv: in a manner that cannot be avoided or prevented | |
drift | v: to move smoothly and slowly in water or air, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over the direction | |
urgent | adj: requiring immediate attention or action; pressing | |
extend | v: to broaden in scope, range, or area | |
sustained | adj: lasting for a long time or continuing for a long time without becoming weaker or less intense | |
decline | v: to become gradually smaller, fewer, worse, etc.; to refuse to accept | |
graph | n: a picture consisting of a line, lines, points, etc., that shows how two or more sets of certain quantities are related to each other | |
apparatus | n: the equipment, materials, or tools that are used to perform a specific task, often in a scientific, technical, or industrial setting | |
efficient | adj: performing at the highest level of productivity with the least wasted effort or resources; capable of achieving maximum output with minimum wasted effort, time, or materials | |
dip | v: to put something into a liquid for a short time and take it out again | |
typical | adj: having the usual characteristics or traits of a specific group of things | |
basis | n: the most important facts, ideas, or events from which something is developed; the way how things are organized or arranged | |
steep | adj: having a sharp inclination or slope | |
paradox | n: a statement, situation, or person that has two opposite facts or features and therefore seems impossible, is difficult to understand, or is strange; | |
attribute | v: to say or regard that something is the result of a particular thing; (noun) a quality or feature that someone or something possesses; | |
jury | n: a group of people called upon to render a verdict or judgment in a legal trial; a group of people chosen for a special purpose or task | |
possibility | n: a chance that something may happen or be true | |
parole | n: the conditional release of a prisoner before the completion of a sentence on the promise of good behavior | |
chamber | n: a large room used for a formal, public, or particular purpose; one of the parts of a parliament | |
dissolution | n: the act of breaking up or dissolving something, often referring to a contract, a relationship, or a substance; the process of disintegrating or decomposing over time; the ending or termination of a group or organization | |
opponent | n: a person against whom you are playing or fighting in a game, competition, debate, etc. | |
solace | n: comfort or consolation in a time of distress, sadness, or disappointment; (verb) to comfort or console someone in a time of distress, loss, or suffering | |
excess | n: an amount or quantity beyond what is acceptable, expected, or reasonable | |
affinity | n: a natural liking or attraction to something; kinship by marriage or adoption | |
erosion | n: the wearing away of rock, soil, or land by natural processes such as wind or water | |
phenomenon | n: something that exists and can be perceptible, especially one that is not fully understood | |
shift | n: a slight transition in position, direction, or trend | |
intervene | v: to intentionally get involved in a situation to improve it or prevent it from getting worse | |
likelihood | n: the probability or chance that something will happen or be the case | |
biography | n: the story of a person’s life written by someone else | |
accurate | adj: correct and exact in all details | |
dysfunction | n: a problem or fault in a system, organism, or part of the body or machine | |
exposure | n: the state of being in a particular situation or place where there is no protection from or guarantee to something harmful; the disclosure of something secret | |
juvenile | adj: relating to or characteristic of youth or young people; immature | |
cusp | n: a pointed end, especially the pointed end of a crescent moon or the part of a curve that is most curved | |
disagree | v: to have or express a different opinion, idea, etc. | |
gnarl | n: a rough knotted swelling on a tree, knot in wood; a contorted or twisted shape or feature | |
slice | n: a flat, often thin, piece of bread, meat, cheese, etc., that has been cut from a larger piece; a wound made by cutting | |
physics | n: the science of matter and energy and their interactions | |
policy | n: a set of rules, guidelines, principles, or procedures that govern decision-making or action, often used in the context of business or government; a course of action or plan of action adopted or followed by an organization or individual to achieve a goal or objective | |
nudge | v: to push someone or something gently, especially with your elbow, to attract the person’s attention; (noun) a small push or prod to encourage a desired action or behavior | |
rocket | n: a large tube-shaped object that moves very first by a stream of gases let out behind it, used for space travel or as a weapon | |
thrust | v: to push or drive forcibly; to impose or insert; (noun) the force used in pushing | |
intervention | n: the action or process of being done to improve or help a circumstance, often they have not been asked to do so | |
consequence | n: the outcome of a particular action or event, especially relative to an individual | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
embrace | v: to accept something willingly and enthusiastically; (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms as in greeting or affection | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
reform | n: the act of improving or correcting something that is wrong or bad; a change made to correct a flaw or problem | |
topic | n: a subject that is being discussed or written about | |
judge | n: a person who makes decisions in a court of law; (verb) to determine the result of or form a critical opinion of something | |
accomplish | v: to finish or achieve something successfully | |
legislator | n: a member of a group of people who has the power to make or enact laws | |
policymaker | n: a person in charge of or involved in developing action plans for a political party, business, etc. | |
taxpayer | n: a person who pays taxes to the government | |
economical | adj: providing a satisfactory return on the money, time, or effort; not using more money, fuel, etc. than necessary | |
disadvantage | n: a drawback or a negative aspect of something; (verb) to put someone or something in an unfavorable position | |
bunch | n: a grouping of several similar things which are growing or fastened together | |
aggressive | adj: behaving in an angry, energetic, or threatening way towards another person; tending to spread quickly | |
threaten | v: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against someone | |
crack | v: to break or cause to break without dividing into separate parts; (noun) a line on the surface of something along which it has separated without breaking | |
pun | n: a humorous play on words or use of words that sound similar but have different meanings, often for a comedic effect; a form of wordplay | |
attach | v: to fasten, join, or connect one thing to another | |
recruit | v: to persuade someone to work for a company; to find new members for an organization, the armed forces, etc. | |
strict | adj: strongly limiting someone’s freedom; allowing no deviation from a standard, rule, belief, etc. | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
daunting | adj: looking challenging to manage in prospect; making someone anxious and less confident about carrying out something | |
invention | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation; the act of inventing | |
curriculum | n: a series of subjects comprising a course of study in a school, college, etc. | |
semester | n: one of the periods that the school or university divided into, especially in the US and Australia; a half-year term | |
filter | n: any of several types of equipment or systems used to separate particles from liquids or gases or to remove specific forms of light | |
commerce | n: the activity of buying and selling things, especially on a large scale | |
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 | |
moral | adj: concerned with the principles of what is right and wrong, fairness, honesty, etc. | |
imperative | adj: very important or requiring attention or action | |
economy | n: the system by which a country or region produces manages, and distributes goods and services, including the money and finances involved in these activities; (of an airline) the lowest-priced, most basic option for seating in commercial travel | |
lean | adj: having a noticeably small amount of body fat; (verb) to bend or move from a straight to a sloping posture | |
disrespect | n: an expression of lack of regard or contempt for someone or something | |
chase | v: to pursue something or someone to catch or capture them; to go after something vigorously or with determination; (noun) a pursuit or a hunt; a narrow groove or channel cut into a surface, often used for decorative purposes | |
scream | v: to give a loud, high shout suddenly, especially because of fear, anger, excitement, etc.; to utter or declare in a very loud voice | |
holler | v: to shout or call out loudly and forcefully, often to get someone’s attention or convey a message | |
homicide | n: the act or instance of killing another person; murder, manslaughter, or other unlawful violent killings | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
devote | v: to commit or dedicate oneself or one’s time, effort, or energy to a particular task or purpose | |
enormous | adj: extremely large or great | |
commit | v: to do something illegal or wrong | |
appropriate | adj: suitable or proper in the circumstances; fitting |