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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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automatic | adj: able to work or operate with little or no direct human control; independent of external control | |
anxiety | n: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that is happening or might happen in the future | |
remarkable | adj: worthy of attention because unusual or special | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
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 | |
intelligence | n: the ability to learn, comprehend, or make judgments or conclusions based on reasons | |
exciting | adj: causing a lot of interest or excitement | |
threat | n: a strong indication or likelihood of harm, danger, or adverse consequences; an expression of intent to inflict harm or injury on someone or something, often made as a means of coercion or intimidation | |
technological | adj: based on scientific and industrial progress | |
unemployed | adj: not having a job, although able to work | |
conclude | v: to come to an end or close; to reach a judgment or opinion by reasoning | |
confront | v: to face, meet or deal with a problem or difficult situation or person | |
myth | n: an ancient story or set of stories accepted as history, especially explaining the worldview of a people | |
obscure | adj: not well known to many people | |
vision | n: the ability to think about or see the future with imagination and intelligence; the faculty of being able to see | |
automated | adj: carried out by machines or computers to replace or decrease human labor | |
descend | v: to move downward and lower; to come from, or to be connected by a relationship of blood | |
displace | v: to force someone or something to leave their home or place of origin, especially as a result of conflict, natural disaster, or manipulation | |
substitute | n: a person or thing acting or serving instead of another one; (verb) to act as a something or someone instead of another one | |
complement | v: to improve or make something more appealing by adding or contributing extra features to it | |
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 | |
satellite | n: an electronic device that is sent up into space and moves around the Earth or another planet, used for gathering information or communicating by radio, television, etc. | |
navigate | v: to plan and direct the way that a ship, plane, etc. will travel, often by using a map | |
unfamiliar | adj: not known or recognized; not experienced or encountered before | |
architect | n: a person whose job is to design plans to be used in making something, such as buildings | |
assist | v: to help someone in doing anything | |
software | n: a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data for doing particular computational jobs | |
complicated | adj: involving a lot of different things or parts in a way that is difficult to understand or analyze | |
progression | n: the act or process of changing to the next stage or phase or moving forward | |
indirectly | adv: not going straight to the point; implying or suggesting something | |
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 | |
instance | n: a particular example or single occurrence of something | |
ingredient | n: one of the things used to make something, especially one of the foods used to make a particular dish | |
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 | |
entirely | adv: completely | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
tumble | v: to fall suddenly, often uncontrollably; to topple or turn over; to decline sharply and quickly in value, quality, or performance | |
economical | adj: providing a satisfactory return on the money, time, or effort; not using more money, fuel, etc. than necessary | |
complementary | adj: serving to complete or enhance something in a way that is suitable or pleasing | |
fancy | v: to want to do or have something; (noun) something that many people believe but that is false, or that does not exist; imagination or fantasy | |
capture | v: to catch a person or an animal and confine them in an area which they cannot escape | |
resolve | v: to find a suitable answer to the problems or difficulty | |
opposition | n: the act of disagreeing or resisting; the state of strong disagreement | |
medical | adj: relating to the treatment of illness or injuries; relating to the practice of medicine | |
diagnose | v: to determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a careful analysis | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
fleeting | adj: brief or temporary, lasting only a short time | |
glimpse | n: a brief or partial view; the act of seeing something or someone for a very short time or only partly | |
manufacture | v: to make goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines | |
countless | adj: too numerous to be counted or very many | |
app | n: (abbreviation for application) software designed to run on smartphones and other mobile devices or inside a web browser on a PC | |
outperform | v: to be or do something compared to others of a similar type | |
instruction | n: detailed direction, order, etc., on how to do or use something | |
vanguard | n: the leading or forefront position in a movement, campaign, or trend; a person or group that is at the forefront of something new or innovative | |
commerce | n: the activity of buying and selling things, especially on a large scale | |
convinced | adj: completely certain about something; having a strong belief or conviction in a particular religion | |
floppy | adj: not stiff or firm; hanging loosely | |
disk | n: a flat, circular plate, typically made of metal, glass, or plastic, used for storing data or playing music | |
genuine | adj: real and exactly; not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed | |
economics | n: the branch of social science that deals with the production, consumption, and transfer of goods and services | |
routine | n: a usual or habitual way of doing things; a set sequence of steps, part of a larger computer program | |
distinction | n: a difference or contrast between similar things or people | |
widespread | adj: existing or happening in various places or among many people | |
predictable | adj: capable of being known, seen or declared in advance | |
repetition | n: the act of doing or saying something many times | |
well-defined | adj: having clear and precise boundaries or characteristics; distinctly outlined or delimited; easily understood or recognizable | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
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 | |
thumb | n: the short, thick digit of the hand next to the index finger; (verb) to travel by getting free rides from motorists | |
ultimate | adj: furthest or highest in degree or order | |
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 | |
creative | adj: relating to or involving the use of skill and original and unusual ideas to create something | |
judgment | n: the ability to form valuable opinions and make reasonable decisions | |
intuition | n: the ability to understand or know something without reasoning or evidence; a feeling that guides a person to do or believe something without fully understanding why | |
articulate | v: to express oneself clearly and effectively in spoken or written language | |
process | n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products | |
storage | n: the act or process of putting in and keeping something in a particular place for use in the future; an electronic memory device that can store information | |
algorithm | n: a set of rules or rigorous instructions typically used to solve a specific problem or to perform a computation | |
diminish | v: to reduce or be reduced in size, extent, or importance; to make something smaller, weaker, etc. | |
announce | v: to make something known or officially inform people about something | |
freckle | n: a small, pigmented spot on the skin, typically of the face that is caused by exposure to sunlight | |
cancer | n: abnormal growth of cells that can invade and destroy surrounding tissues and organs; a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells | |
accurate | adj: correct and exact in all details | |
dermatology | n: a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders and diseases | |
medicinal | adj: of or relating to the treatment or cure of disease | |
recognition | n: the action or process of recognizing or being recognized, especially by remembering; an agreement that something is true or legal | |
hunt | v: to go after and try to catch wild animals to kill them for food, sport, or profit | |
lesion | n: a damaged or abnormal area of tissue in the body, usually caused by injury or disease | |
analyze | v: to think about in-depth and evaluate to discover essential features or meaning | |
lifetime | n: the duration of someone’s life or something’s existence; | |
dwell | v: to live or reside in a particular place; to think, speak, or write at length on a particular subject; to linger or remain as if unwilling to leave | |
supercomputer | n: a computer with a high level of computing power and speed, typically used for scientific or engineering computations that require immense amounts of data processing | |
jeopardy | n: the state of being in danger or at risk of harm or loss | |
champion | n: someone who has won first place in a competition; someone who fights for a specific group of people or a belief | |
journal | n: a newspaper or magazine specialized in a specific topic or profession | |
philosophy | n: the study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind | |
doe | n: a mature female of mammals of which the male is called a buck, such as a deer or a rabbit | |
brilliant | adj: extremely clever, skilled, or impressive | |
excitement | n: a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness | |
contest | n: a competition in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity; a struggle between rivals | |
constraint | n: a limit or restriction on something, such as an action, behavior, or thought | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
summit | n: the highest point of a mountain or hill; a meeting of heads of state or government to discuss important issues | |
superior | adj: better, higher in quality, or more advanced than others | |
commit | v: to do something illegal or wrong | |
lump | n: a small, irregularly shaped mass or piece, typically of a soft substance such as coal, flour, or dough | |
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 | |
fallacy | n: a mistaken belief, idea, or argument that is not supported by facts or evidence; a deceptive or misleading statement or belief | |
puzzled | adj: confused or uncertain because you do not understand something | |
dock | n: a structure or platform that extends from the shoreline into a body of water, used for loading and unloading ships or boats; an enclosed area of water used as a basin for shipping or pleasure boats; a place where a ship can be repaired or maintained | |
screw | v: to turn something, such as a bolt, with a driver or wrench to tighten or loosen it; (noun) a cylindrical rod with a helical ridge used to fasten things together | |
guilty | adj: feeling responsible for or having done something wrong or criminal | |
unproductive | adj: not producing or able to produce very much or desired results | |
divide | v: to separate or cause to separate into parts or groups | |
pal | n: a close friend | |
necessarily | adv: in an essential manner; in such a way as could not be otherwise | |
indirect | adj: happening in addition to the main or intended aim, cause or result, often in a way that is not obvious; not following the shortest or straight way | |
retain | v: to keep or continue to possess or maintain something | |
balance | n: a condition in which everything has the same weight or force; something left after other parts have been taken away | |
strength | n: the quality or state of being physically, or sometimes mentally, strong | |
encroach | v: to advance beyond the usual or acceptable limit gradually and often without being noticed; to infringe upon someone’s territory, rights, privacy, etc. | |
realm | n: a domain of activity, interest, or knowledge | |
polite | adj: showing consideration, respect, or deference towards others; having good manners, civility, or courteous behavior | |
firm | adj: resolute or unwavering in decision-making or action; strong or secure in structure, make, or composition; reliable, trustworthy, or dependable; (noun) a business or company | |
encroachment | n: an act of moving or advancing into someone else’s territory or area of control; an invasion or infringement upon someone else’s rights or interests | |
strengthen | v: to become stronger or more effective; to make someone or something stronger or more effective | |
deliberately | adv: done in an intentional or slow and careful manner | |
dominate | v: to have or control a lot of power and influence over somebody or something | |
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 | |
poverty | n: the condition of being extremely poor | |
roll | v: to move in a particular direction by turning over and over or from side to side | |
roughly | adv: approximately but not precisely; with a violent manner | |
explode | v: to burst or break open violently and noisily; to cause something to burst or break open | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
grandchild | n: a child of someone’s son or daughter | |
tradition | n: a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has been passed down from generation to generation within a group or society | |
symptom | n: any sensation or change in body or mind that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | |
replace | v: to take the place of something | |
discuss | v: to talk about or examine in detail through conversation or debate; to exchange ideas, opinions, or information on a particular topic | |
universal | adj: existing or affecting everywhere or everyone | |
underway | adj: having started and currently in progress | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
prosperity | n: the state of being successful and having the good fortune | |
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 | |
disappear | v: to cease to exist or be visible | |
disagree | v: to have or express a different opinion, idea, etc. | |
haunted | adj: inhabited, visited, or frequented by ghosts or spirits; disturbed or troubled by persistent or disturbing memories or emotions | |
ancestor | n: a person from whom one is descended; a forefather |