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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
argue | v: to express differing opinions or points of view, often in a heated or contentious manner; to present a case or reasoning to persuade or convince others | |
globe | n: the earth or world, mainly used to emphasize its vastness | |
afterthought | n: a thought or idea that comes to mind after the fact, often too late to be of much use; something that is added or considered belatedly, especially in speech or writing | |
grant | v: to agree to give or allow somebody | |
grudgingly | adv: in a manner that shows reluctance or unwillingness; with resentment or discontent | |
accommodation | n: a place to live, work, or stay, particularly for a temporary or short-term period; adjustment or adaptation to meet various needs or circumstances | |
retrofit | v: to put a new component or accessory into a machine that did not initially have it when manufactured | |
institutionalize | v: to establish or make something a part of an institution (= a place such as a university, hospital, etc.) | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
reshape | v: to change the form or structure of something | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
gender | n: the range of characteristics of femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them, especially when considering social and cultural differences rather than differences in biology | |
identity | n: the fact of being who or what somebody or something is; the features, emotions, or ideas that distinguish persons from one another | |
orientation | n: a person’s basic attitudes, beliefs, and preferences about particular things; a course introducing a new situation or environment | |
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 | |
bind | v: to tie or fasten someone or something tightly with rope, string, etc. so that they cannot move or are held together strongly | |
profound | adj: extremely great; sensed or experienced very strongly; displaying a high level of knowledge or comprehension | |
resilient | adj: able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions | |
commitment | n: a promise or firm decision to do something or to behave in a certain way | |
opportune | adj: suitable or happening at a time that is suitable or convenient for a particular purpose | |
grandparent | n: a parent of one’s father or mother | |
pregnant | adj: having a baby or young animal developing in the uterus | |
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 | |
unthinkable | adj: too unlikely or shocking to imagine or accept | |
supper | n: an evening meal, typically a light or informal one eaten after the main meal of the day | |
hoist | v: to elevate or drag anything to a higher position, usually with the help of ropes or specific equipment | |
elbow | n: the joint between the upper arm and the lower arm; the bend in a pipe or tube formed at this joint | |
wring | v: to twist, squeeze, or compress something, especially to extract liquid or force out excess; to cause emotional or mental distress; to extract information by force or pressure | |
amazing | adj: extremely surprising, especially in a way that you like or admire | |
idiot | n: a foolish or stupid person who lacks common sense or judgment; a derogatory term used to describe someone who is mentally deficient | |
imbecile | adj: (considered as an offensive term) very foolish or stupid, lacking intelligence or mental capacity; showing extreme folly or stupidity; (noun) a person who is considered extremely foolish, mentally deficient, or lacking in intelligence | |
insane | adj: extremely stupid, crazy, or dangerous; mentally ill | |
franchise | n: a legal agreement between two parties in which one party grants the other the right to use or sell its products or services under a specific brand name and business model; a business that operates under such an agreement; the right to vote in an election | |
elect | v: to choose someone for a specific position by voting for them; to decide or choose to do something | |
governor | n: the person who holds the highest executive office in a state or province | |
frank | adj: honest and sincere; open and candid in expression | |
ginger | n: a plant (Zingiber officinale) that is widely cultivated for its aromatic underground stem (rhizome), which is used as a spice, especially in Asian cooking | |
backward | adv: at, to, or toward the direction or place that is behind or rear | |
heel | n: the rounded back part of the foot below the ankle; someone who is morally reprehensible; (verb) to follow someone or something | |
enormous | adj: extremely large or great | |
progression | n: the act or process of changing to the next stage or phase or moving forward | |
workforce | n: all the people who work in a company, industry, country, etc. | |
breadwinner | n: the member of a family who earns money to support the others | |
economical | adj: providing a satisfactory return on the money, time, or effort; not using more money, fuel, etc. than necessary | |
estimate | v: to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something | |
gross | adj: being the total amount of something before any deductions; obese and ugly or unpleasant | |
domestic | adj: relating to or inside a particular country, not foreign or international | |
largely | adv: virtually entirely; to a large degree | |
educational | adj: relating to education or providing knowledge or instruction | |
equity | n: the value of the shares issued by a company | |
medical | adj: relating to the treatment of illness or injuries; relating to the practice of medicine | |
absolutely | adv: without restriction or limitation; completely or utterly | |
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 | |
astronaut | n: a person trained by a space agency to travel outside the Earth’s atmosphere | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
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 | |
congressional | adj: of or relating to Congress, especially to the Congress of the United States | |
healthcare | n: the organized activity or business of preserving mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession | |
reform | n: the act of improving or correcting something that is wrong or bad; a change made to correct a flaw or problem | |
congress | n: a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups | |
rid | v: to make someone or something free of unwanted or unpleasant tasks, objects, or person | |
maternal | adj: relating to or characteristic of a mother; having feelings that are typical of a caring mother towards her child | |
unfortunately | adv: by bad luck; unluckily | |
vast | adj: enormous in size, number, amount, or quantity | |
voter | n: a person who votes or has a legal right to vote in a political election | |
representation | n: the act of speaking, acting, or being present on behalf of someone officially; a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting | |
rank | n: a position in a hierarchy of status or authority; (verb) to take or have a position relative to others | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
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 | |
improve | v: to make or become better | |
horrify | v: to shock or disgust greatly | |
mortality | n: the quality or state of being subject to death | |
kingdom | n: the country ruled by a king or queen | |
ingenious | adj: showing inventiveness and ability or skill | |
illustrate | v: to provide pictures, photographs, diagrams, etc. in a book or something for explanation | |
gap | n: a conspicuous disparity or difference separates something such as a figure, people, their opinions, situation, etc. | |
memo | n: a short written message or communication intended for internal use within an organization or company | |
indicate | v: to show, point out, or make known something, often through a sign or a symbol; to suggest or imply something without stating it directly | |
distract | v: to draw someone’s attention away from what they are trying to do | |
priority | n: something that is more important than other things and should be dealt with first | |
collaborate | v: to work with someone else to produce or achieve something | |
colleague | n: one of a group of a coworker, especially in a profession or a business | |
legislation | n: a law or a set of laws suggested and then passed by a parliament, or the act of making or enacting laws | |
improvisation | n: the act of making something up on the spot or creating or performing something without preparation | |
sponsor | v: to provide funds for a particular event, program, individual, etc. as a way of advertising | |
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 | |
quitter | n: a person who gives up easily or does not have the determination to finish what they have started | |
nuisance | n: something or someone that causes annoyance, inconvenience, or discomfort; an unpleasant or irritating thing or person | |
primary | adj: first or highest in rank, order, or importance; most fundamental or essential; pertaining to the initial or introductory stage of something, such as a school year or election cycle | |
prioritize | v: to assign a higher level of importance to something compared to other things | |
harassment | n: the act of repeatedly annoying, tormenting, or persecuting someone in a way that is threatening or unwelcome, often relating to issues of race, gender, or other identities | |
assault | n: a violent physical attack; the crime of forcing someone to submit to sexual intercourse against their will | |
tolerate | v: to allow something to exist or happen, even if it is disliked or opposed | |
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 | |
celebrity | n: someone who is well-known, particularly in the entertainment industry | |
march | v: to walk militarily with stiff, regular steps | |
quo | n: the existing state or condition of something, especially in relation to a particular situation or issue | |
bust | v: to break something; (noun) a woman’s chest, or the measurement around a woman’s chest; (noun) an occasion for something excessive, such as work, eating, drinking, etc. | |
taboo | adj: prohibited or restricted by social custom | |
solidarity | n: unity or agreement of feelings or actions among a group, especially among individuals with a common interest | |
survivor | n: a person who remains alive after an event in which others have died | |
trafficking | n: the illegal trade in goods, services, or people, often across national borders | |
reproductive | adj: connected with the process of reproduction; relating to reproducing babies, young animals, or plants | |
grassroots | adj: of or relating to the ordinary people in a society or an organization as constituting a fundamental political and economic group | |
poll | n: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people; the process of voting at an election | |
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. | |
protest | n: a strong expression of disagreement, disapproval, or opposition | |
volunteer | n: a person who performs or offers to perform a job or service without being paid for or forced to do | |
violent | adj: involving or caused by physical force or aggression against someone or something | |
criminal | n: a person who has committed a crime | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
congressperson | n: a person who belongs to a congress, especially a member of the US House of Representatives; congressman (congressperson is used to avoid gender discrimination) | |
lesbian | n: a woman who is attracted romantically and sexually to other women | |
representative | n: someone who speaks or acts officially on behalf of another person or group of people | |
registry | n: an official list or record that contains details of people, objects, or events; a computer system that stores and manages data about something; the act or process of registering something, such as an event, a person, or an object | |
nurse | n: a healthcare professional who is trained to provide care for the sick or injured; (verb) to try to cure by special care or treatment of an illness or injury | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
district | n: a part of a country or town, especially one with particular features | |
recognize | v: to acknowledge or realize something or someone; to identify, remember, or become aware of something that was previously known or encountered | |
permit | v: to allow for something to happen or be done; (noun) the act of giving a formal, usually written, authorization | |
democracy | n: a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation, or to choose governing officials to do so | |
intersect | v: to meet or cross one another | |
intergenerational | adj: relating to, involving, or affecting different generations | |
resist | v: to refuse to accept something and attempt to prevent it from happening | |
mainstream | n: the ideas, opinions, beliefs, etc., that are considered normal or accepted by most people | |
millennial | adj: relating to a period of a thousand years or the year 2000; (noun) a person born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s, also called Generation Y | |
increasingly | adv: more and more | |
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 | |
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 | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
reliable | adj: worthy of being relied on; trustworthy | |
candidate | n: a person who is seeking or being considered for some kind of position, title, honor, or award; a job applicant | |
racism | n: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people based on their membership in a particular ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized | |
homophobia | n: a strong fear, aversion, or hostility towards people who are homosexual or towards homosexuality itself; discrimination or prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender identity | |
folk | n: people in general, especially those of a particular group or type | |
barrier | n: a fence or other obstruction that makes it hard to move or get in; any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective | |
disproportionately | adv: in a way that is not reasonably or appropriately balanced, equal, or distributed; in a manner that is unequal or excessive about something else | |
instruction | n: detailed direction, order, etc., on how to do or use something | |
coworker | n: a person who works with another in the same company or organization | |
invest | v: to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or achieve a result | |
changemaker | n: a person or organization that works to effect positive change in society or a specific field; someone who takes the initiative to create new solutions or transform existing systems for the betterment of people and communities | |
cycle | n: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; a bicycle or motorcycle | |
Don | n: a Spanish gentleman; a university lecturer, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge | |
overwhelming | adj: very great or intense; so powerful that you cannot fight or react against it | |
intractable | adj: difficult to manage or control; stubborn or obstinate | |
strength | n: the quality or state of being physically, or sometimes mentally, strong | |
inspiration | n: something that motivates or encourages someone to create or achieve something, or a feeling of excitement or creativity | |
ignore | v: to intentionally not listen or pay attention to | |
dismiss | v: to regard something or someone as not important and not worth considering; to terminate someone’s employment | |
unstoppable | adj: impossible to stop or prevent |