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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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amazing | adj: extremely surprising, especially in a way that you like or admire | |
consciously | adv: with awareness; in a deliberate manner | |
casual | adj: relaxed and informal in manner or dress, not planned or expected; not involving commitment or seriousness | |
comfort | n: a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint | |
gay | adj: homosexual; happy, carefree | |
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 | |
sham | n: something that is not as good or true as it seems to be and is intended to deceive people; a person who pretends to be something they are not | |
eventually | adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on | |
thorough | adj: done completely; significantly careful and accurate | |
delight | n: a feeling of great pleasure or happiness | |
suit | n: a set of clothes that are made from the same material; a claim or complaint that a person or organization can file in court against another party; (verb) to be fit or acceptable for | |
jealousy | n: a feeling of resentment or bitterness towards someone because they have something that you desire | |
straight | adj: extending or moving in one direction without bending or curving; having no deviations | |
intimate | adj: having a very close friendship, personal | |
gesture | n: a movement of the hands, head, or face that express a particular meaning | |
lean | adj: having a noticeably small amount of body fat; (verb) to bend or move from a straight to a sloping posture | |
tuck | v: to push a stray piece of clothing or material into a particular area or position, especially to make it more orderly or comfortable | |
unconscious | adj: in the state of lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception, especially as the result of a head injury or illness | |
peer | n: a person who has the same age, status, or ability | |
discuss | v: to talk about or examine in detail through conversation or debate; to exchange ideas, opinions, or information on a particular topic | |
waist | n: the part of the human body between the ribs and hips or the corresponding part in other animals | |
consequence | n: the outcome of a particular action or event, especially relative to an individual | |
amusement | n: the state or experience of finding something humorous or entertaining | |
bunch | n: a grouping of several similar things which are growing or fastened together | |
lad | n: a young boy or man, often used in an informal or affectionate way | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
thoughtless | adj: lacking consideration for others; inconsiderate; not reflecting on one’s actions or words; showing a lack of thought or intelligence | |
weigh | v: to have a particular weight; to carefully evaluate things before making a conclusion | |
stroll | v: to walk somewhere in a slow, relaxed way and with no apparent aim | |
norm | n: something that is regarded as usual, typical, or standard | |
carefree | adj: without worries or concerns; free from anxiety, responsibility, or constraints | |
constantly | adv: all the time | |
scan | v: to examine something hastily, with the eyes or with a machine, to get information | |
pave | v: to cover something with a hard, flat material such as stones, bricks, or concrete, to make it suitable for travel or use | |
silent | adj: without any or little sound | |
defiant | adj: showing bold resistance or disobedience to authority, rules, or norms | |
defiance | n: behavior characterized by an open refusal to obey someone or something | |
ruin | v: to damage, spoil, or demolish something; (noun) an unrecoverable state of devastation and destruction, | |
poke | v: to push or prod with a sharp object or the finger | |
spat | n: a minor quarrel or dispute, often one that is short-lived or insignificant; a sudden burst of activity or energy; a young oyster, clam, or other bivalves that has recently attached itself to a surface in its natural habitat | |
split | v: to divide, or to make something divide into two or more parts, especially along a particular line | |
react | v: to take action in response to something | |
wander | v: to walk around slowly or to a place, often without any clear purpose or direction | |
posh | adj: elegant, fashionable, or luxurious, often to an excessive or ostentatious degree; associated with the upper classes or a high level of social status | |
depart | v: to go away or leave, especially to start a journey | |
observe | v: to watch or notice something carefully, often to gather information or insights; to take note of something or someone; to celebrate or commemorate a special event or occasion | |
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 | |
ridicule | n: speech or behavior that makes fun of or mocks someone or something; teasing, sarcasm, or scornful remarks that are intended to belittle or humiliate; (verb) to mock, criticize, or make fun of someone or something in a scornful or derisive way | |
scorn | n: a feeling of contempt or disdain for someone or something seen as unworthy or inferior; an expression of contempt or ridicule | |
blessing | n: a gift or favor from a higher power or force; an act or expression of approval, encouragement, or gratitude; something that brings happiness or good fortune | |
imprison | v: to confine a person to a prison, a detention facility, or a place of involuntary confinement | |
execute | v: to kill someone, especially as a legal punishment; to carry out or perform an action, duty, etc. | |
adjustment | n: a small change or movement made to something to improve it and achieve the desired result | |
background | n: the details of a person’s social heritage, such as family, vocational or educational experience; past information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem | |
constant | adj: happening repeatedly or all the time | |
malign | v: to speak or write about someone or something in a harmful or critical way; (adjective) evil or harmful in nature or influence | |
presence | n: the fact or state that someone or something exists, occurs, or is present | |
assimilate | v: to take in and understand information or ideas; to integrate | |
complain | v: to say dissatisfaction or annoyance about something or somebody | |
competition | n: a situation in which someone is attempting to beat or outperform another | |
infuse | v: to fill something with a particular quality, feeling, or influence; to imbue | |
drip | v: to fall in drops or make it fall in drops; (noun) liquid or moisture that falls in drops | |
absorb | v: to take in a fluid or other substance gradually | |
slight | adj: very small in degree or amount | |
intimidation | n: the act of instilling fear or anxiety in someone, often to make them feel inferior or submissive; the use of threats or coercion to deter someone from taking a certain course of action | |
sneer | v: to show contempt or ridicule for someone or something through a facial expression or tone of voice; (noun) a contemptuous or scornful smile or remark | |
occasionally | adv: now and then; sometimes but not often | |
intrinsically | adv: from the inherent nature or quality of something or arising from within | |
disorder | n: an untidy state or a lack of organization; a physical condition or illness that causes problems with how a section of the body or brain functions | |
celibate | adj: abstaining from sexual relations, typically for religious reasons; unmarried or single | |
pulpit | n: a raised platform or lectern in a church or synagogue from which a member of the clergy delivers a sermon or religious address | |
scrawl | v: to write or draw something in a careless or untidy way, often with difficulty or haste | |
graffiti | n: writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place | |
steel | n: a strong metal alloy made up of iron with typically a few tenths of a percent of carbon used for making things that need a strong structure | |
talent | n: a natural ability to be good at something; someone who has a natural ability to be good at something | |
prefer | v: to like, choose, or want one thing or person better than another | |
harbor | n: an area of water next to the coast where ships and boats are protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures; (verb) keep in one’s possession | |
animosity | n: strong hostility or hatred towards someone or something, often resulting in conflict or ill-will | |
discomfort | n: a feeling of being uncomfortable physically or mentally or being embarrassed; a slight pain | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
curl | v: to form or make something form into a curved or spiral shape; (noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles | |
dye | v: to color a textile or hair by immersing it in a colored liquid or substance | |
glean | v: to collect information, knowledge, etc., in small amounts and often with difficulty; to gather, as natural products | |
courtyard | n: an open space surrounded by buildings or walls, often in the center of a building or group of buildings | |
church | n: a building or institution dedicated to religious worship or activities; a Christian religious organization or denomination | |
coronation | n: a ceremony at which a person becomes king or queen | |
uncomfortable | adj: providing or feeling physical discomfort or slight pain | |
ordinary | adj: not different, exceptional, or unexpected in any way, especially in quality, ability, size, or degree | |
annoying | adj: making someone feel slightly angry | |
sake | n: purpose; reason for wanting something done | |
decorate | v: to add beauty or distinction to something by the addition of ornament, art, etc | |
entirely | adv: completely | |
manifest | v: to show something such as feeling, attitude, quality, etc. clearly through signs or actions | |
attempt | n: an act or effort of trying to do something, especially something difficult | |
phobia | n: an extreme or irrational fear of a particular object, person, situation, or activity; a type of anxiety disorder | |
cower | v: to crouch or curl up in fear or apprehension; to shrink or recoil from something threatening, usually physically or mentally | |
lesbian | n: a woman who is attracted romantically and sexually to other women | |
bisexual | adj: attracted to both men and women; capable of having a romantic or sexual attraction to both men and women | |
brave | adj: showing courage or fearlessness in the face of danger, difficulty, or adversity | |
irrational | adj: not based on, or not using reason or clear thinking; (mathematics) a real number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers | |
fetch | v: to go and bring back something or someone; to retrieve or obtain something | |
tide | n: the cyclical rise and fall of sea level caused by the moon’s gravitational pull | |
parallel | adj: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations | |
argument | n: a set of statements or reasons used to support or refute a proposition or theory; a verbal or physical fight or dispute | |
decriminalize | v: to eliminate or reduce the criminal penalties associated with an act or behavior; to make legal or permissible something that was previously outlawed or punishable by law | |
homosexual | adj: sexually attracted to people of one’s own sex | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
cluster | n: a group of similar things or people close together, often forming a distinct mass or unit | |
debate | n: a formal discussion or argument of opposing viewpoints, often to persuade others to adopt a specific position; a public discussion, often on an issue of current interest, in which participants offer opinions and differing perspectives | |
spectacle | n: something or someone seen, especially a notable or unusual sight; an optical device consisting of a frame that houses a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | |
blunt | adj: having a dull or rounded edge or point; not sharp; straightforward in speech or manner, often to the point of being rude or insensitive | |
animus | n: hostility or ill-feeling, often shown in prejudice or bias; a feeling of strong motivation or intention towards a particular goal or objective | |
disgust | n: a strong feeling of dislike or disapproval | |
scramble | v: to move or climb quickly and awkwardly, often using your hands to help you | |
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 | |
destroy | v: to ruin or damage severely or completely; to eradicate or eliminate completely | |
institutionalize | v: to establish or make something a part of an institution (= a place such as a university, hospital, etc.) | |
orphanage | n: an institution for the care of orphans (= a child whose parents are dead) | |
define | v: to state or explain precisely the nature, scope, or meaning of something | |
dictionary | n: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words and their definitions, as well as information about their origins, usage, and pronunciation | |
piffle | n: meaningless or foolish talk, often used to imply that something is trivial, insignificant, or unimportant | |
clutch | v: to grasp and hold somebody or something tightly | |
pearl | n: a hard, roundish object found within the shells of certain mollusks and used as a gem | |
crossfire | n: a situation in which people or groups are firing weapons at each other from different directions | |
guilty | adj: feeling responsible for or having done something wrong or criminal | |
association | n: a people or groups of people who have joined in a single organization together for a particular purpose; a social or business connection or relationship | |
Sodom | n: a city that, according to the Bible, was destroyed by God because of the wickedness of its inhabitants; also refer as sodomy, anal intercourse between men | |
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 | |
feverish | adj: having or showing symptoms of a high temperature, such as sweating and shivering; characterized by or showing strong feelings of excitement or energy | |
bug | n: any tiny insect; a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | |
obsess | v: to fill the mind of someone continually so that one can’t think of anything else | |
aspiration | n: a strong desire to achieve something; the action or process of drawing breath | |
ambition | n: a strong wish to do or achieve something | |
invite | v: to ask someone to come or join; to offer an opportunity or possibility for something to happen or take place | |
pat | v: to touch or tap something lightly and usually in a friendly or encouraging manner; to apply or rub lightly and repetitively | |
parade | n: a public procession, especially one celebrating a special day or event | |
charm | n: the power or quality of pleasing or fascinating people | |
grassroots | adj: of or relating to the ordinary people in a society or an organization as constituting a fundamental political and economic group | |
ban | v: to officially or legally forbid or refuse to allow something | |
march | v: to walk militarily with stiff, regular steps | |
firefighter | n: a person whose job is to extinguish fires | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
volleyball | n: a game played by two teams of six players, in which a ball is hit back and forth over a raised net to ground the ball on the opposing team’s side of the court | |
documentary | n: a film or a radio or television program that gives facts and information about a subject; of or derived from official documents | |
ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
Hibernian | adj: relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people | |
Catholic | adj: universal and including many different types of things; related to or associated with the part of the Christian Church that has the Pope as its leader | |
fellow | adj: someone who has the same job or interests as you, or is in the same class, profession, or situation as you | |
nervous | adj: worried and anxious about something; relating to the nerves | |
aisle | n: a passage between rows of seats in a theater, airplane, or other public building, typically one of two or more running parallel with the main body of the structure | |
fret | v: to feel or express worry, anxiety, or annoyance about something; to wear away or corrode a surface by rubbing repeatedly; to form a series of parallel ridges or grooves in a material | |
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 | |
bounce | v: to cause to move up or away after hitting a surface; to spring back | |
trampoline | n: a strong fabric sheet attached by springs to a frame, used for bouncing on | |
occasion | n: a time or event that is suitable or appropriate for something to happen or be done; a particular event or circumstance that requires or allows for something to be done | |
exhaust | n: the system in a vehicle that removes waste gases from the engine; (verb) to make someone completely tired | |
patience | n: the ability to remain calm and composed in the face of adversity, delay, or frustration; the capacity to tolerate or endure difficult or unpleasant situations without becoming upset or angry | |
stonewall | v: to refuse to answer questions or provide information; to delay discussion or decision | |
riot | n: a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd, characterized by destruction of property, looting, arson, and attacks on individuals | |
unremarkable | adj: ordinary and not particularly interesting |