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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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grade | n: a particular level of quality, size, importance, etc. | |
segregate | v: to separate or set apart from others, often based on race, gender, or some other characteristic | |
demographic | n: a statistic characterizing that describes people or groups of people based on their age, sex, income, etc. | |
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. | |
tap | v: to hit someone or something quickly, gently, and often repeatedly; to use existing resources, such as energy, knowledge, etc. | |
silent | adj: without any or little sound | |
overhear | v: to hear what other people are saying without intending to and their knowledge | |
mortify | v: to cause extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation; to subdue or discipline one’s bodily passions or desires | |
embarrass | v: to cause someone to feel awkward, worried, or ashamed | |
offend | v: to cause someone to feel upset, angry, or annoyed | |
physically | adv: in a way related to a person’s body or appearance rather than their mind | |
interact | v: to communicate or react with somebody | |
confirm | v: to support or establish the truth or certainty of something previously believed or suspected to be the case | |
ethnicity | n: the cultural characteristics of a particular group, such as language, religion, and traditions, that distinguish them from other groups | |
pioneer | n: inventor; explorer; someone who is among the first to achieve something | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
invention | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation; the act of inventing | |
chemical | adj: relating to or connected with chemistry; | |
straighten | v: to make something straight or orderly; to adjust or fix something crooked, bent, or misaligned | |
permanent | adj: lasting for a long time without essential change | |
impermanent | adj: not lasting or enduring; temporary, transitory, or fleeting | |
heinous | adj: extremely wicked or cruel; evil | |
numerous | adj: amounting to a large indefinite number | |
injustice | n: a violation of the rights of others or the laws of a society | |
feat | n: a notable or impressive achievement, especially one that requires great skill or bravery | |
Negro | n: (“Negro” is now considered out of date and offensive) a term that was once used to refer to people of African descent, especially those living in the United States | |
staple | adj: essential, crucial, or regularly used | |
relax | v: to become or cause someone to become less active or tense and calmer | |
survival | n: the state of continuing to exist or live, frequently in the face of difficulty or danger | |
advancement | n: the development, improvement, or progress of something | |
slavery | n: the practice or system of owning, buying, and selling people as property and forcing them to work | |
accustomed | adj: familiar with; used to; in the habit of; having become habituated to something, often a behavior or situation | |
straight | adj: extending or moving in one direction without bending or curving; having no deviations | |
cult | n: a small religious group, especially one that is not part of a larger religion and that is regarded as outside the norm; followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices | |
obsess | v: to fill the mind of someone continually so that one can’t think of anything else | |
essentially | adv: relating to the essential features or concepts of anything | |
loose | adj: not securely fixed or fastened in place or able to be detached or separated from something | |
curl | v: to form or make something form into a curved or spiral shape; (noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles | |
institutionalize | v: to establish or make something a part of an institution (= a place such as a university, hospital, etc.) | |
hierarchy | n: a system in which people or things are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest | |
determinant | n: a factor, circumstance, or condition that contributes to the shaping, influencing, or determining of a particular outcome or result | |
ideology | n: a set of beliefs or philosophies that an economic or political system is based on | |
invade | v: to enter aggressively into another’s territory by military force for conquest and occupation | |
perception | n: a belief, opinion, or image you have based on how you regard, understand, or interpret something; the ability to see, hear, or notice something through the senses | |
infect | v: to affect a person, an animal, or a plant with a disease-causing organism | |
identity | n: the fact of being who or what somebody or something is; the features, emotions, or ideas that distinguish persons from one another | |
salon | n: a place for social gathering, especially for exchanging ideas and discussing artistic or cultural matters; a place of beauty treatment, such as a hair salon | |
scalp | n: the skin that covers the top of a person’s head, together with the hair growing on it; also, the part of the body that is most vulnerable to an attack | |
harsh | adj: severe and unkind; extremely tough and unpleasant to inhabit | |
bald | adj: having no hair on the head; having a smooth, shiny scalp with no hair | |
spot | n: a particular location or place; a small round or roundish area, differing in color or feels from the surface around it | |
fry | v: to cook food, especially meat or fish, in hot fat or oil | |
temperature | n: the degree of hotness or coldness of a thing or place | |
degree | n: a unit of measurement for angles, temperature, or level of proficiency or achievement; a rank or level of academic or professional attainment | |
maintain | v: to continue to uphold or sustain; to keep in a particular state or condition; to assert or declare something to be true | |
wig | n: a head covering made of synthetic or real hair worn for a variety of reasons, including as a fashion accessory, to conceal hair loss or baldness, or as part of a costume | |
weave | v: to make cloth, a carpet, a basket, etc., by repeatedly crossing a single thread through two sets of long threads at a right angle to them | |
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 | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
typical | adj: having the usual characteristics or traits of a specific group of things | |
vision | n: the ability to think about or see the future with imagination and intelligence; the faculty of being able to see | |
corporate | adj: of or relating to a large company | |
discriminate | v: to treat a person or particular group of people worse or better than another, especially in an unfair way; to recognize or perceive the difference between people or things | |
hire | v: to give somebody a job | |
employee | n: a person who is hired to work for a business or organization in exchange for wages or salary; a worker | |
dreadlocks | n: a hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow into long, matted strands, often associated with Rastafarianism and Jamaican culture | |
messy | adj: disorganized and untidy | |
ugly | adj: unattractive in appearance; unpleasant to look at | |
urban | adj: relating to or located in a town or city | |
genuine | adj: real and exactly; not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed | |
scare | v: to frighten a person or animal, or to become frightened | |
intimidate | v: to make someone fearful or uneasy so that they will do something that you want them to do | |
associate | v: to mentally connect someone or something with someone or something else | |
stigma | n: a mark of shame or disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person | |
attach | v: to fasten, join, or connect one thing to another | |
hairstyle | n: the way in which a person’s hair is cut, styled, or arranged on their head | |
leadership | n: the ability, act, or status of leading a group of people or an organization | |
inclusive | adj: including much or everything, and especially including stated limits; not excluding any of the people, things, ideas, etc. involved in something | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
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 | |
concept | n: an idea or principle associated with something abstract | |
advocacy | n: the act of supporting or promoting a particular cause or point of view, often through public campaigning or lobbying | |
affiliation | n: the act of joining or associating with a particular group or organization; a connection or relationship with a particular group or organization | |
association | n: a people or groups of people who have joined in a single organization together for a particular purpose; a social or business connection or relationship | |
fortune | n: a large amount of money or property; chance or luck as an unknown and arbitrary force affecting human affairs | |
trim | v: to make neat or tidy by clipping, cutting, or pruning away excess or unwanted parts; to adjust or modify to improve efficiency or performance | |
manicure | n: a cosmetic treatment for the hands and nails, typically involving the trimming, shaping, and polishing of the nails, as well as the softening and moisturizing of the hands | |
pave | v: to cover something with a hard, flat material such as stones, bricks, or concrete, to make it suitable for travel or use | |
icon | n: a picture or statue of a holy person considered to be a sacred thing; a little icon on the screen of a computer or smartphone that denotes an application or a file | |
opt | v: to make a choice from a range of possibilities | |
authentic | adj: known to be real and what people say it is; not a fake or copy | |
bet | v: to risk money on the result of an event or a competition, such as a race or game, to get more money; to have faith or confidence in something | |
attain | v: to achieve or reach a goal or level of success | |
movement | n: a group of people working together to achieve a shared goal, especially a political, social, or artistic one; the process of moving or being moved, physically or figuratively | |
sweeping | adj: extensive, broad, or far-reaching in scope or impact; characterized by a vigorous or forceful movement, often involving wide motions or gestures | |
transition | n: the process or period of changing from one state or circumstance to another | |
dam | n: a wall constructed over a river to block the flow of water, mainly used to generate energy | |
advocate | n: a person who supports or suggests an idea, development, or way of doing something | |
ambassador | n: a diplomatic representative of a country who is sent to another country or international organization | |
roughly | adv: approximately but not precisely; with a violent manner | |
excessive | adj: greater than what seems necessary, normal, or desirable | |
extreme | adj: very great in amount or degree | |
brittle | adj: easily broken, cracked, or shattered when subjected to pressure or stress; lacking flexibility or resilience; fragile | |
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 | |
conventional | adj: based on or following traditional rules, standards, customs, etc. | |
toll | n: money that you have to pay to use a particular road, bridge, etc.; (verb) to ring slowly | |
refrain | v: to avoid or stop doing something; to hold oneself back from an action | |
millennium | n: a span of 1000 years, or the 1000th anniversary (plural: millennia) | |
reluctantly | adv: in a way that you are unwilling to do something; with hesitation | |
beloved | adj: loved very much | |
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 | |
embrace | v: to accept something willingly and enthusiastically; (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms as in greeting or affection | |
routine | n: a usual or habitual way of doing things; a set sequence of steps, part of a larger computer program | |
hesitant | adj: unsure or uncertain about what to do or how to act; reluctant or unwilling to take action or make a decision | |
paralyze | v: to cause a person or part of the body to become unable to move or feel | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
undo | v: to reverse the effect of an action or event, typically one that is recent or specific | |
individuality | n: the qualities or characters that distinguish a particular person or thing from others of the same kind | |
empower | v: to give someone the power or authority to do something | |
experiment | n: the scientific test conducted to observe what happens and gain new knowledge | |
regularly | adv: at regular intervals or times | |
invite | v: to ask someone to come or join; to offer an opportunity or possibility for something to happen or take place | |
reinforce | v: to strengthen or support something, especially by adding another material to it; to make emotion, idea, etc. stronger | |
flourish | v: to grow or develop vigorously or successfully | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
professional | adj: having or showing the skill appropriate to a particular job; competent or skillful | |
racial | adj: of or related to the race (= classification of humans into groups based on physical traits or social relations) | |
confine | v: to restrict the movement of someone or something | |
quo | n: the existing state or condition of something, especially in relation to a particular situation or issue | |
braid | n: a complex pattern, design, or plait formed out of three or more strands, often used decoratively in hair, clothing, or textiles; threads of silk, cotton, or other material attached to clothes, uniforms, or other things made of cloth, as a decoration | |
drape | v: to arrange or hang cloth or clothing loosely over something, typically in a decorative way; to cover or decorate loosely with material | |
colleague | n: one of a group of a coworker, especially in a profession or a business | |
admire | v: to have regard for or respect for someone’s qualities or the actions they have performed | |
appreciate | v: to value and acknowledge the worth of someone or something; to be grateful for something or someone | |
applaud | v: to express approval of someone or something by clapping the hands | |
inclined | adj: having a tendency or preference for something; likely or disposed to think, feel, or behave in a certain way | |
brave | adj: showing courage or fearlessness in the face of danger, difficulty, or adversity | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
stray | v: to move about aimlessly or without any destination; to move away from the right course or place where you should be | |
norm | n: something that is regarded as usual, typical, or standard | |
define | v: to state or explain precisely the nature, scope, or meaning of something | |
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 | |
compassion | n: a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for another’s suffering or bad luck |