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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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simplicity | n: the quality or condition of being natural and plain or easy to understand or do | |
trend | n: a general direction in which something is changing or developing | |
dummy | n: a model or imitation of something that is used as a substitute; a person who is perceived as lacking intelligence or acting foolishly | |
idiot | n: a foolish or stupid person who lacks common sense or judgment; a derogatory term used to describe someone who is mentally deficient | |
launch | v: to send or propel something into the air or space using a device such as a rocket, missile, or spacecraft; to make something available or on sale for the first time | |
quest | n: a long or challenging search for something | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
aft | adj: (the opposite of “forward”) located at or towards the rear or back of a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
vacation | n: a period in which someone does not have to attend work or school and is free to do whatever they choose, such as travel or leisure | |
achieve | v: to successfully complete a task or goal, often through hard work, perseverance, and dedication; to attain or accomplish something that one has set out to do | |
cape | n: a type of long, loose outer garment that covers the back, shoulders, and arms; a headland or promontory extending into the sea or other large body of water | |
gap | n: a conspicuous disparity or difference separates something such as a figure, people, their opinions, situation, etc. | |
pants | n: an item of clothing that covers the lower part of the body and each leg separately, typically with a waistband and two legs | |
khaki | n: a light brownish-yellow color, often associated with military or safari-style clothing made from a durable, dust-resistant fabric of the same name | |
unfortunately | adv: by bad luck; unluckily | |
brand | n: a type of product, service, etc., made by a particular company and sold under a specific name; identification mark on the skin of livestock, criminals, etc., made by burning | |
visa | n: an endorsement or authorization placed in a passport or travel document that allows the holder to enter or leave a particular country for a specific period of time; the process of applying for and obtaining such authorization | |
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 | |
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 | |
weird | adj: extraordinary, unexpected, or difficult to explain | |
apparently | adv: based on what you have heard or read | |
confuse | v: to mistake one thing for another; to make somebody hard to understand | |
trauma | n: an emotional wound or shock often has long-lasting effects caused by a highly upsetting or shocking experience | |
idyllic | adj: pertaining to an idealized or picturesque version of rural life; blissfully serene, pleasingly perfect, or charmingly simple | |
approaching | adj: drawing nearer in time or space; coming close to someone or something | |
suddenly | adv: quickly and unexpectedly | |
blues | n: a style of music characterized by its melancholic and soulful qualities, often featuring vocals, guitar, or harmonica; a feeling of sadness or despondency | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
lab | n: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research; a laboratory | |
premier | adj: first in importance, order, or position; leading | |
modern | adj: of or belonging to the present time or recent times | |
architect | n: a person whose job is to design plans to be used in making something, such as buildings | |
entrepreneur | n: an individual who creates or invests in one or more businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks | |
cafeteria | n: a restaurant where customers serve themselves from a counter and pay for what they have taken, often found in factories, colleges, hospitals, etc. | |
silicon | n: a chemical element with the symbol Si that is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic luster and used for the transistors and integrated circuit chips in computers | |
valley | n: a long depression on the surface of the land, which typically contains a river | |
opt | v: to make a choice from a range of possibilities | |
academic | adj: associated with schools, colleges, and universities, especially studying and thinking, not with practical skills | |
default | v: to fail to fulfill an obligation or pay a debt when it is due; to fail to meet expectations or perform as required; to choose or accept a predetermined option or condition without making a deliberate selection or choice; (noun) the pre-set or automatic settings that a system or program uses when the user has selected no other options | |
bunch | n: a grouping of several similar things which are growing or fastened together | |
addition | n: the act or process of adding something to something else; the process of adding numbers | |
associate | v: to mentally connect someone or something with someone or something else | |
tofu | n: a soft, custard-like food made from mashed soybeans that have been soaked, ground, and cooked; also known as bean curd and commonly used in vegetarian and vegan cuisine as a protein source or meat substitute | |
grove | n: a small group of trees growing closely together | |
paranoid | adj: unreasonably or obsessively believing that other people do not like you or want to harm you | |
competition | n: a situation in which someone is attempting to beat or outperform another | |
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 | |
undergraduate | n: a student who is studying for their first degree at a university or other higher education institution | |
amazing | adj: extremely surprising, especially in a way that you like or admire | |
wacky | adj: funny in a slightly odd, peculiar, irregular way | |
passe | adj: no longer fashionable or current; outdated; considered to be old-fashioned or out of date | |
hire | v: to give somebody a job | |
graphic | adj: relating to visual art or involving the use of diagrams or illustrations; very clear and powerful | |
logo | n: a symbol or design that represents a company, organization, or product used on packaging, advertisements, and other materials | |
mentor | n: a person who helps and advises a younger or less experienced person over time, usually at work or school | |
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 | |
purity | n: the state of being undiluted or unmixed with anything else; the state of being free from immorality, especially of a sexual nature | |
humanize | v: to make something or someone more humane or compassionate; to make something more relatable or understandable to humans | |
freak | n: an abnormality that is not typical or expected | |
calm | adj: not excited, angry, or nervous; free from wind, large waves | |
grateful | adj: feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful | |
humming | adj: producing a continuous, low, vibrating sound like that of the bee | |
gore | v: to pierce with a sharp object, causing injury or death; (noun) coagulated blood from a wound | |
catching | adj: attracting attention or interest; likely to be noticed or remembered; appealing or compelling | |
realm | n: a domain of activity, interest, or knowledge | |
intertwine | v: to twist together or become twisted together | |
confession | n: a formal statement in which one admits that they have done something wrong or illegal | |
graphics | n: images, designs, or drawings used in websites, books, magazines, etc. | |
dimension | n: a measurable extent of a particular kind, such as width, height, or length | |
floral | adj: relating to or resembling flowers | |
theme | n: a subject or topic of discourse or artistic representation | |
firework | n: a device that produces a colorful display of light and sound when it is ignited | |
extreme | adj: very great in amount or degree | |
essentially | adv: relating to the essential features or concepts of anything | |
mess | n: a state of confusion, dirtiness, or untidiness; (verb) to fail to do something or to make something dirty or untidy | |
display | v: to exhibit or show something to others, often to attract attention or demonstrate its features, properties, or value | |
pejorative | adj: expressing contempt, disapproval, or criticism; derogatory; having a negative connotation or intended to belittle or demean | |
fiber | n: thread or filament used to make a vegetable tissue, mineral material, or textile | |
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; | |
complication | n: something that makes a situation or condition that is complex or confused | |
classic | adj: judged or deserving to be regarded as one of the best or most important of its kind over a period of time; of a well-known type | |
emission | n: the act of production or sending out gas, heat, light, etc. | |
drawing | n: the act of making a picture with a pencil, pen, or other instruments on paper, cardboard, or other material | |
caddy | n: a container or carrier for holding and transporting small items, such as tea or golf clubs | |
whack | v: to hit someone or something hard or noisily | |
depressed | adj: sad and without any hope | |
concerned | adj: feeling worry or interest about something; showing interest or attention | |
contemporary | adj: belonging to the same or present time | |
clementine | n: a small, sweet citrus fruit that is a cross between a mandarin orange and a sweet orange, typically easy to peel and seedless | |
peel | v: to remove the skin of fruit and vegetables | |
sculpture | n: the art of creating three-dimensional objects or forms, typically by carving, modeling, or casting in a variety of materials such as stone, wood, metal, or clay | |
steer | v: to control the direction or movement of a vehicle; to direct a course of action; to guide or motivate someone | |
mold | n: a hollow container used to give shape to liquid or soft substance, which then becomes solid in the same shape as the container; a soft, green, or gray growth that forms on stale food or objects exposed to warm, moist air for too long | |
fry | v: to cook food, especially meat or fish, in hot fat or oil | |
scan | v: to examine something hastily, with the eyes or with a machine, to get information | |
software | n: a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data for doing particular computational jobs | |
automatically | adv: without needing a direct human control | |
spacious | adj: (especially of a room or building) very large and plenty of space | |
amber | n: a hard, translucent, yellow-orange or brownish-yellow fossil resin that is used in jewelry and ornamentation and often contains insects or other small organisms that were trapped inside when the resin was sticky; also used to describe the color that resembles this type of resin | |
grain | n: wheat or any other small hard seeds used as a food; a relatively small granular particle of a substance | |
invention | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation; the act of inventing | |
expressive | adj: capable of conveying thoughts, emotions, or ideas effectively; showing or revealing one’s thoughts or feelings clearly and vividly; characterized by a high degree of expressiveness | |
crinkle | v: to form wrinkles, creases, or folds in a surface, especially in cloth or paper, often causing it to make a rustling sound; to make a rustling or crackling sound | |
chip | n: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; a long and thin piece of potato fried in oil or fat | |
fleck | n: a small patch, spot, or discoloration, often caused by dirt, grime, or a foreign substance | |
pretzel | n: a type of baked bread product that is twisted into a knot-like shape, usually sprinkled with salt, and often served as a snack or appetizer | |
butt | v: to strike or push something with the flat end of your hip or buttocks; to hit or knock forcefully; (noun) the remaining end of a smoked cigarette | |
compose | v: to write music, poetry, or formal writing; to constitute or make up a whole, or a specified part of it | |
antenna | n: an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals; (biology) one of one or more pairs of appendages used for sensing in insects | |
tenure | n: the holding or possessing of a specific position, job, or property; the right to hold a position or property for a period of time | |
staple | adj: essential, crucial, or regularly used | |
stare | v: to gaze or look fixedly and intently at someone or something, often in a questioning, curious, or suspicious manner; (noun) a fixed, intense, and prolonged gaze or look | |
boring | adj: lacking interest or excitement; tedious or dull | |
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 | |
manual | adj: done by hand rather than by machine; (noun) a book of instructions, especially for operating a machine or learning a subject | |
sequence | n: a series of related events, actions, numbers, etc., which have a particular order | |
eerie | adj: strange, or frightening; suggestive of the supernatural | |
sushi | n: a Japanese dish consisting of vinegared rice, often combined with fish or vegetables and sometimes wrapped in seaweed | |
challenging | adj: difficult, demanding, or requiring a high degree of skill or effort; presenting a difficult problem or obstacle | |
simplify | v: to make something more straightforward, more understandable, or easier to do | |
laundry | n: the act of washing clothes and linens; a room or area where clothes are washed and ironed | |
pile | n: a collection of objects positioned one on top of another; a large sum of something, such as money | |
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 | |
saran | n: a trade name for a type of plastic that is often used in food packaging; a thin, clear, plastic film that is made from vinylidene chloride | |
wrap | v: to cover or enclose something entirely with paper, cloth, or other material | |
pave | v: to cover something with a hard, flat material such as stones, bricks, or concrete, to make it suitable for travel or use | |
moth | n: an insect with wings similar to a butterfly that travels at night and is attracted to light | |
strike | v: to wallop somebody or something with the hand, fist, or weapon; to have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | |
exciting | adj: causing a lot of interest or excitement | |
finite | adj: having a limit or restriction of size, time, etc. | |
chairperson | n: the officer who presides over organization meetings | |
horizontal | adj: parallel to the ground or in a baseline; being at the same level as all members of a group | |
axis | n: a real or imaginary straight line through a body or figure around which the object turns; a group of countries in special alliance | |
medical | adj: relating to the treatment of illness or injuries; relating to the practice of medicine | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
strength | n: the quality or state of being physically, or sometimes mentally, strong | |
depress | v: to make someone feel sad, low in spirits, or without hope; to make markets, businesses, etc., less active | |
cocky | adj: overly confident or arrogant; having an excessive belief in one’s abilities or importance | |
freshman | n: a first-year student, typically in college or high school | |
vision | n: the ability to think about or see the future with imagination and intelligence; the faculty of being able to see | |
infant | n: a baby or very young child | |
mate | n: a person’s partner in marriage or romantic relationship; an animal’s sexual partner; a peer or friend; (of the game of chess) checkmate, which is the winning condition of the game | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
graduate | n: a person who has a first degree from university or college; (verb) to complete the first course of university or college and get a degree | |
wisdom | n: the quality of being wise, or the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make sensible decisions |