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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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excerpt | v: to take a short piece of speech, book, film, etc. from a longer whole; (noun) a short extract from a speech, book, film, etc. | |
evolution | n: a gradual process of transformation of living things | |
stir | v: to mix a liquid or substance by using a spoon or something similar; to cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | |
whatsoever | adv: not at all; no matter what | |
reaction | n: a response that reveals a person’s feelings or attitude; (in chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | |
origin | n: the first existence or beginning of something | |
preservation | n: the act of keeping something in its original state or of preventing it from being damaged | |
favored | adj: preferred or supported over anyone or anything else | |
racial | adj: of or related to the race (= classification of humans into groups based on physical traits or social relations) | |
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 | |
circulation | n: the movement of blood through the body or of a fluid through a system; the number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold | |
ally | n: a country that has officially agreed to assist and support another country, particularly in the event of a war | |
applaud | v: to express approval of someone or something by clapping the hands | |
brilliant | adj: extremely clever, skilled, or impressive | |
unify | v: to bring or join something together so that they form a single unit | |
breakthrough | n: a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem | |
rival | n: a person, company, or thing competing with others for the same thing or in the same area | |
gap | n: a conspicuous disparity or difference separates something such as a figure, people, their opinions, situation, etc. | |
fossil | n: any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing that has become hard and turned into rock | |
prominent | adj: important, well-known, or noticeable | |
clergyman | n: a man who is a member of the clergy (= religious leader), especially a minister or priest in the Christian Church | |
politician | n: a person who is a member of a government or law-making organization, especially as an elected member of parliament, etc. | |
condemn | v: to express strong disapproval or criticism of something | |
far-reaching | adj: having a wide or significant impact or influence | |
implication | n: something that is inferred or indirectly stated; the act or fact of being involved in something | |
prime | adj: main or most important; basic | |
minister | n: a person appointed to or a job of a head of a government department | |
decry | v: to speak out strongly against something, often publicly | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
evolve | v: to develop gradually, or to cause the development of something or someone gradually | |
ape | n: a large animal with long arms, no tail, and usually a lot of body hair, including gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and gibbons | |
angel | n: a spiritual being believed to be a messenger of God often depicted as having wings and a halo | |
rhetoric | n: speech or writing intended to please or persuade someone; the art or study of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form | |
confer | v: to have a meeting or discussion to come to a decision or agreement or exchange ideas; to bestow something | |
lord | n: a person who has general authority, control, or power over others; a man of noble rank or high office | |
repudiate | v: to reject or disown something or someone | |
indignation | n: strong anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment | |
abhorrence | n: strong dislike or hatred | |
newfangled | adj: recently invented or introduced and often not well-tested or proven | |
cluster | n: a group of similar things or people close together, often forming a distinct mass or unit | |
songbird | n: a bird with a musical call, such as a blackbird or thrush | |
rapt | adj: deeply engrossed or absorbed in something; completely attentive or absorbed | |
subdivision | n: a smaller part of something that is divided into such parts | |
distinct | adj: noticeable from something else of a similar type | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
differ | v: to be not like someone or something in some way | |
offspring | n: descendant; any immature animal or plant | |
brutal | adj: harsh or cruel | |
reward | n: a thing given in acknowledgment of service, hard work, achievement, etc. | |
variation | n: the act or state of changing; a difference or change in the way something is done, made or said | |
breed | v: to keep animals for producing offspring in a regulated manner | |
progeny | n: the descendants or offspring of a person, animal, or plant | |
slightly | adv: in a small degree or extent; a little | |
alert | v: to warn or arouse to a sense of danger; (adjective) paying close attention or being in a state of readiness for action | |
antelope | n: a large, swift-running, African or Asian mammal with horns and hooves, especially one of the gazelle family | |
grant | v: to agree to give or allow somebody | |
reproduce | v: to make a copy of something such as a picture, piece of text, music, etc.; to produce offspring through a sexual or asexual process | |
eventually | adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on | |
descent | n: the act or process of moving downward; a person’s family origins | |
modification | n: the act of changing something, usually to improve it, or something changed | |
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 | |
resemble | v: to look like or be similar to someone or something | |
basis | n: the most important facts, ideas, or events from which something is developed; the way how things are organized or arranged | |
heritable | adj: able to be passed down or transmitted from one generation to the next | |
paleontology | n: the study of fossils and the history of life on Earth | |
progression | n: the act or process of changing to the next stage or phase or moving forward | |
inheritance | n: the money, property, etc., that someone gives you when they die; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from ancestors | |
monk | n: a member of a religious community of men living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience | |
abbey | n: a monastery or convent, especially for monks or nuns | |
pea | n: a small, round, green vegetable that grows in pods on a climbing plant and is eaten as a vegetable | |
transmission | n: the act or process of sending something from one person or place to another; the process of broadcasting over the airwaves, as in radio or television | |
trait | n: a particular feature of your nature | |
observable | adj: that can be noticed or seen | |
inherit | v: to receive money, property, or a title from someone after they have died | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
gene | n: the fundamental unit of heredity and the sequence of nucleotides in DNA that codes for the creation of RNA or protein. | |
paucity | n: a small or insufficient quantity | |
ancestral | adj: related to or connected with members of your family from the past | |
painstaking | adj: cautious and correct, and requiring a significant amount of effort | |
extinct | adj: no longer in existence | |
outdated | adj: no longer useful or valid because of being old-fashioned | |
anthropology | n: the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics in both the present and past, including past human species | |
depict | v: to illustrate someone or something in a photograph | |
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 | |
straight | adj: extending or moving in one direction without bending or curving; having no deviations | |
crouch | v: to put your body close to the ground, especially as a way of avoiding being seen | |
knuckle | n: one of the joint-like parts of the fingers and toes, especially of the hand | |
drag | v: to pull or haul with force | |
culminate | v: to reach a peak or climax | |
upright | adj: perpendicular to a horizontal surface or line; (adverb) in a vertical position | |
simplicity | n: the quality or condition of being natural and plain or easy to understand or do | |
ignorance | n: lack of knowledge or information about a particular subject or fact | |
biology | n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things | |
brook | n: a small stream | |
explosion | n: a violent release induced by a chemical or nuclear reaction | |
neanderthalensis | n: a species of the genus Homo that lived in Europe and western and central Asia from about 200,000 to 30,000 years ago | |
erect | v: to construct or build something; to cause to rise; (adjective) upright or vertical | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
timespan | n: the length of time that something lasts or exists; a period of time between two events | |
initial | adj: of or happening at the beginning; (noun) the first letter of a word, especially a person’s name | |
shift | n: a slight transition in position, direction, or trend | |
overview | n: a general description or summary of a subject | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
controversial | adj: causing a lot of hot public discussion and dispute | |
qualified | adj: officially recognized as having completed a training course or passed the exams that are necessary to perform a particular job | |
explanation | n: the information or arguments that someone provides to make something understandable or clear | |
facilitate | v: to make something easier or more likely to happen | |
resolve | v: to find a suitable answer to the problems or difficulty | |
reception | n: the act of receiving or the state of being received, especially warmly or kindly; a formal party of people | |
broad | adj: very wide; general | |
intellect | n: the ability to think logically and comprehend information, especially at an advanced level | |
competitor | n: a person who participates in a sporting contest; a person or organization that competes with others, particularly in business | |
hypothesize | v: to form or present a theory or explanation without sufficient evidence; to speculate | |
phenomenon | n: something that exists and can be perceptible, especially one that is not fully understood | |
offend | v: to cause someone to feel upset, angry, or annoyed | |
absurd | adj: ridiculously silly, unreasonable, or illogical | |
intentionally | adv: in a planned or intended way | |
disparate | adj: very different or distinct from something else and is not connected or comparable in any way | |
disprove | v: to show that something is not true or correct | |
reject | v: to refuse to accept, consider, or use something or someone | |
burgeon | v: to grow or develop rapidly, especially in a healthy or vigorous way | |
controversy | n: a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval | |
clarify | v: to make something, such as a statement or situation, less confusing and more understandable | |
technique | n: a particular way or art of doing something that needs skill | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
paragraph | n: a distinct section of a piece of writing intended to separate ideas, usually consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a new line | |
ponder | v: to think deeply or carefully about something | |
unproven | adj: not tested or proved | |
possibility | n: a chance that something may happen or be true | |
highlight | v: to make something prominent, mainly so that people give it more attention | |
utility | n: the state or quality of being useful or convenient; the service, such as electric power or water or transportation, provided by a public | |
pose | v: to present a risk, problem, or other issues that must be addressed | |
puzzled | adj: confused or uncertain because you do not understand something | |
foreshadow | v: to give a hint or indication of something that will happen or develop in the future | |
forthcoming | adj: likely to happen or be available soon | |
undermine | v: to make someone or something less powerful, less effective, weaker gradually; to make someone’s fame, confidence, or authority less effective or weaker gradually | |
importance | n: the quality of being important and worthy of note | |
misguided | adj: having or showing a wrong or mistaken understanding of a situation or course of action | |
transparent | adj: easy to perceive, detect, or understand; (of a material or article) permitting light to pass through freely | |
jealousy | n: a feeling of resentment or bitterness towards someone because they have something that you desire | |
slander | n: the act of making false and damaging statements about someone | |
complaint | n: a statement that expresses dissatisfaction or annoyance about something | |
sufficient | adj: adequate; enough for a particular purpose or requirement | |
possessed | adj: controlled or influenced by a strong emotion or belief | |
graph | n: a picture consisting of a line, lines, points, etc., that shows how two or more sets of certain quantities are related to each other | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
indisputable | adj: not able to be denied or disputed; true | |
reinforce | v: to strengthen or support something, especially by adding another material to it; to make emotion, idea, etc. stronger | |
contemporary | adj: belonging to the same or present time | |
locate | v: to specify or determine the exact position of someone or something | |
numerous | adj: amounting to a large indefinite number | |
accurate | adj: correct and exact in all details | |
linear | adj: of, relating to, or consisting of lines or length; able to be expressed as a straight line, especially on a graph |