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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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transform | v: to change in outward structure or looks; | |
landscape | n: an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view; a large area of land, especially in the country and relating to its appearance | |
illustrate | v: to provide pictures, photographs, diagrams, etc. in a book or something for explanation | |
transformation | n: a complete change in form, nature, or appearance of someone or something | |
president | n: the leader of a republic, for example, the US; the person in charge of the organization such as a company, university, club, etc. | |
elect | v: to choose someone for a specific position by voting for them; to decide or choose to do something | |
probable | adj: likely to happen or likely to be true | |
voter | n: a person who votes or has a legal right to vote in a political election | |
suppression | n: the act of stopping or preventing something from being expressed or revealed | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
capable | adj: having the ability, skill, or potential to do something; competent or proficient in a particular task or area of expertise | |
poll | n: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people; the process of voting at an election | |
lookout | n: a person or group of people who are responsible for watching for danger or other potential threats and warning others of their presence | |
technique | n: a particular way or art of doing something that needs skill | |
upload | v: to transfer digital data or files from a local computer or device to a remote server or network; the act of transferring such data or files | |
operate | v: to work in a particular way; to supervise something | |
observation | n: the act or activity of carefully examining or monitoring something or someone | |
cast | v: to cause light or shadow to appear on a surface; to assing or choose someone such as an actor or representative, especially by selection process | |
sanctity | n: the quality of being sacred, holy, or blessed; the state of being pure, untainted, or inviolable; the ultimate importance or reverence attributed to something | |
assume | v: to think or accept something to be true without having proof of it; to take or begin to have power; to begin to exhibit a specific quality or appearance | |
technological | adj: based on scientific and industrial progress | |
boring | adj: lacking interest or excitement; tedious or dull | |
shiny | adj: reflecting light and having a bright and smooth surface | |
permanent | adj: lasting for a long time without essential change | |
grant | v: to agree to give or allow somebody | |
increasingly | adv: more and more | |
innovation | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation | |
moving | adj: causing strong emotions or feelings, especially sadness or sympathy | |
spot | n: a particular location or place; a small round or roundish area, differing in color or feels from the surface around it | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
generation | n: all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively; the production of heat or electricity | |
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 | |
capability | n: the ability, skill, or competence to do something; the potential or aptitude for a particular task or function | |
claim | v: to assert that something is true; to demand or request something as one’s own; to lay legal or moral right to something; (noun) a demand or assertion of a right or something that one believes to be true | |
qualify | v: to reach the standard or fulfill the requirement of ability or knowledge needed to do a particular job or receive a particular benefit or privilege | |
label | n: a small piece of paper, fabric, or other material attached to an object and giving information about it; (verb) to assign to a category | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
upside | n: the positive aspect or potential of something; the upper side of something | |
communicate | v: to share or exchange information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals | |
conversation | n: an informal talk between two or more people to exchange their views, ideas, information, etc. | |
telegraph | n: a method of long-distance transmission of messages by electrical or radio signals | |
encode | v: to convert information into a code or format suitable for storage or transmission | |
harness | v: to control and exploit the power of something, especially natural resources that produce energy; (noun) a set of narrow pieces of leather and metal that are used to control or hold in place a person, animal, or object | |
electromagnetic | adj: of or relating to the magnetism produced by electric charge in motion | |
spectrum | n: an ordered array of colors into which a light beam can be split | |
asymmetric | adj: lacking symmetry or balance; not corresponding in size, shape, or degree; characterized by an uneven or unequal distribution or arrangement | |
broadcast | v: to send out a program or some information on radio or television | |
tower | n: a structure that is exceptionally high in proportion to its width and either forms part of a building or stands alone | |
peacock | n: a large, colorful, and majestic bird of the pheasant family | |
trace | v: to find or discover someone or something that was lost | |
medium | adj: of a size, amount, or level that is average or intermediate; (noun) a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information | |
native | adj: connecting with or describing someone’s birth country or place of birth, or someone born in a specific country or place | |
one-to-many | adj: describing a relationship between two things or entities where one thing maps to multiple things in the other entity | |
many-to-many | adj: describes a communication or information exchange system in which multiple senders can communicate with multiple receivers, creating a decentralized and collaborative network | |
digit | n: one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; a finger, thumb, or toe | |
carriage | n: a wheeled vehicle used for transportation, typically pulled by horses or an engine; a part of a train that carries passengers; the act or process of transporting or conveying someone or something | |
migrate | v: to move from one country or region to another and settle there; to move from one place to another periodically or seasonally | |
coordination | n: the act of making all the people involved in a plan or activity work together effectively; the ability to control different parts of the body effectively | |
consume | v: to spend something, especially fuel, energy, or time, in a large amount | |
equip | v: to provide a person or a place with the things that are needed for a particular purpose or activity | |
province | n: the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | |
earthquake | n: a sudden and violent shaking of the ground caused by the movement of rock beneath the earth’s surface | |
magnitude | n: the extent, level, importance, or amount of something | |
massive | adj: enormous amount; very heavy and solid | |
destruction | n: the act of causing so much damage to something | |
twit | n: a silly or foolish person; someone regarded as annoying or irritating | |
quake | v: to shake or vibrate violently and for a short time | |
stud | n: a small object with a head on one end and a sharp point on the other, used for fastening clothing, leather, or other materials; an animal used for breeding, typically a male horse or bull that is of superior breeding stock; (verb) to decorate or adorn with studs; to provide with studs for support | |
announce | v: to make something known or officially inform people about something | |
existence | n: the state or fact of someone or something existing | |
geology | n: a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks | |
survey | n: an investigation of the opinions, behavior, etc. of a particular group of people, made by asking people questions | |
punch | v: to strike someone or something with one’s fist; to make a hole in something | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
agency | n: an organization or business that is responsible for specific activities or services, especially when representing other organizations or businesses; the capacity or power to act or exert influence; the ability to make decisions and take action | |
ripple | n: a small wave on the surface of a liquid, typically caused by an object falling into it or a slight wind | |
wildfire | n: a large, uncontrolled fire that spreads quickly through a natural area such as a forest, grassland, or mountain slope | |
collate | v: to collect, arrange, and assemble information or material in a specified order or sequence | |
kitten | n: a young cat | |
treadmill | n: a piece of exercise equipment consisting of a moving belt on which the user walks, jogs, or runs in place; a monotonous, repetitive task or activity that feels like it is going nowhere, much like a person walking on a treadmill | |
donation | n: a voluntary gift of money, service, or ideas that are given to a person or an organization, or the act of giving them | |
incredible | adj: unbelievable; enormous | |
coordinated | adj: effectively arranged or organized so that all the parts work smoothly or systematically together | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
collapse | v: to fall down or give way suddenly, often after breaking apart | |
tragic | adj: causing great sadness or suffering; very unfortunate | |
corrupt | adj: characterized by dishonest behavior or actions, often involving bribery, fraud, or the abuse of power for personal gain; morally or ethically flawed or polluted; (verb) to make someone or something morally depraved or causing it to become dishonest | |
bribe | v: to try to make someone do something to gain one’s favors or influence by giving a gift of money or other inducements | |
journalist | n: a person who collects and writes news stories or articles for newspapers, magazines, radio, television, or other online media | |
literally | adv: in the real or original meaning of a word or phrase; in a literal sense or way; not figuratively | |
prostrate | adj: lying flat, face down, or completely stretched out on the ground; physically or emotionally incapacitated or overcome; completely submissive or humble | |
protest | n: a strong expression of disagreement, disapproval, or opposition | |
essentially | adv: relating to the essential features or concepts of anything | |
placate | v: to make someone less angry or hostile; to calm or soothe someone upset or agitated | |
radicalize | v: to cause or become more radical in one’s beliefs or actions; to adopt or promote more extreme or uncompromising ideas or practices | |
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 | |
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 | |
arrest | v: to take into custody | |
censorship | n: the act or process of suppression or restriction of any portions of books, films, news, etc. that are judged obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security | |
firewall | n: (in computing) a technological barrier designed to stop people from seeing or using the information on a computer without permission but still allow them to receive information that is sent to them | |
professional | adj: having or showing the skill appropriate to a particular job; competent or skillful | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
sparse | adj: only in small quantities or numbers and often spread over a wide area | |
chunk | n: a thick and solid mass or piece of something | |
characteristic | n: a typical feature or quality that can identify, tell apart, or describe something or somebody | |
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 | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
locally | adv: in or to a specific or limited area or region; focused or restricted to a particular locality or community | |
amateur | adj: engaging in an activity or pursuing a particular interest without professional knowledge, training, or experience; non-professional | |
abundance | n: a significant amount of something; the situation in which there is too much of something | |
enormous | adj: extremely large or great | |
anniversary | n: the annual recurrence of a date marking a notable event; a date on which an event occurred in a previous year | |
spigot | n: a valve or faucet used to control the flow of liquid from a container or pipe | |
entirely | adv: completely | |
censor | n: a person or institution responsible for examining books, movies, and other forms of media to determine if they are harmful or offensive and should be banned or altered; an official in charge of banning or suppressing information | |
mess | n: a state of confusion, dirtiness, or untidiness; (verb) to fail to do something or to make something dirty or untidy | |
ecosystem | n: all the plants and living creatures in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
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 | |
organization | n: a group of people who work together for a shared purpose | |
distribute | v: to give something to a large number of individuals, or to spread or furnish something | |
bundle | n: a group of things that are tied or wrapped together; a large amount or quantity of something; a package or parcel of things | |
nation | n: a large organized community of people living in a particular country or region and having a particular culture | |
competition | n: a situation in which someone is attempting to beat or outperform another | |
ubiquitous | adj: being or existing everywhere at once | |
freaky | adj: strange or unusual in a way that is frightening or unsettling | |
crazy | adj: stupid or not sensible; very angry | |
disconnect | v: to unfasten or disjoin something, especially to break the connection between a supply of gas, water, or electricity and a piece of equipment | |
participate | v: to take part in something | |
consumption | n: the amount used or eaten; the act of using up a resource such as energy, food, or materials | |
imaginative | adj: having or showing new and creative ideas | |
intelligence | n: the ability to learn, comprehend, or make judgments or conclusions based on reasons | |
surveillance | n: the act of carefully monitoring a person suspected of a crime or a place where a crime may be committed or expected | |
telecom | n: (a shortened form of telecommunications) the communication of information over long distances through various means such as phones, television, radio, and the internet | |
immunity | n: the ability of an organism to resist infection or disease, often due to the presence of antibodies | |
warrant | n: a document or legal authorization that gives the holder the right to do something, such as arrest a person or search a property; a guarantee or assurance; (of finance) a security that gives the holder the right to buy a specific quantity of stock at a predetermined price within a specified period | |
spy | n: a person who is employed or trained to observe or gather information in secret, often for military or political purposes; a person who secretly or illegally gathers information about a private individual or organization | |
publicly | adv: in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; by the government | |
berserk | adj: in a state of wild, frenzied, or unrestrained behavior; acting or behaving in a violent, irrational, or uncontrollable manner | |
senator | n: a member of a legislative body, especially a member of the U.S. Senate | |
release | v: to set free or allow to escape from confinement | |
disagree | v: to have or express a different opinion, idea, etc. | |
lump | n: a small, irregularly shaped mass or piece, typically of a soft substance such as coal, flour, or dough | |
deny | v: to state that one refuses to admit the existence or truth of something | |
delete | v: to remove something, especially that has been written; to wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information | |
convene | v: to come or bring together a group of people for a meeting or activity | |
discipline | n: the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using and punishments if these are broken; a region of activity, knowledge, or influence | |
conceptual | adj: related to or founded on ideas, principles | |
craft | n: an activity that requires a particular skill in making things with one’s hands |