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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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garrison | n: a group of soldiers stationed to defend a town or fort | |
parish | n: a territorial division of a diocese, having its church and member of the clergy, typically for administrative and community purposes | |
county | n: an administrative division of a country or state, typically one of several comprising a larger division | |
carol | n: a song or hymn typically sung at Christmas, often with a joyful or celebratory theme | |
tradition | n: a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has been passed down from generation to generation within a group or society | |
church | n: a building or institution dedicated to religious worship or activities; a Christian religious organization or denomination | |
pray | v: to make a request or petition to a higher power, especially in the form of a respectful or humble request | |
meditation | n: the act of focusing one’s mind on a particular object or thought; activity to train attention and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state | |
sight | n: the ability to see; anything that is seen | |
lord | n: a person who has general authority, control, or power over others; a man of noble rank or high office | |
strength | n: the quality or state of being physically, or sometimes mentally, strong | |
redeem | v: to compensate for the faults or bad aspects of something; to regain possession or assume ownership of something by paying a sum of money or fulfilling a condition; to rescue or save someone from a difficult or hopeless situation | |
ritual | n: any customary observance or practice; any prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies | |
ancestor | n: a person from whom one is descended; a forefather | |
blueprint | n: a photographic print of an early plan for a building or machine | |
survival | n: the state of continuing to exist or live, frequently in the face of difficulty or danger | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
tactics | n: the methods or strategies used to achieve a specific goal or outcome, particularly in the context of military, business, or sports | |
healing | n: the process of becoming or making somebody or something well again | |
navigate | v: to plan and direct the way that a ship, plane, etc. will travel, often by using a map | |
institutionalize | v: to establish or make something a part of an institution (= a place such as a university, hospital, etc.) | |
slavery | n: the practice or system of owning, buying, and selling people as property and forcing them to work | |
sponsor | v: to provide funds for a particular event, program, individual, etc. as a way of advertising | |
discriminate | v: to treat a person or particular group of people worse or better than another, especially in an unfair way; to recognize or perceive the difference between people or things | |
footstep | n: a step, or the sound generated by a person walking when their foot hits the ground | |
forebear | n: an ancestor or a precursor | |
legend | n: an old story that may or may not be accurate regarding some persons and events; a well-known person who is admired by others for a long time, particularly in a particular field | |
single-handed | adj: done or accomplished by one person alone | |
voter | n: a person who votes or has a legal right to vote in a political election | |
inspiring | adj: stimulating and motivating you to want to do something | |
committed | adj: willing to put in a lot of effort, time, and energy into something; firmly believing in something | |
lace | n: a delicate fabric made of interlacing thread or other material; a cord used to fasten or adorn clothing, often with a pattern of holes or spaces; a decorative netting or interlaced design | |
sneak | v: to go somewhere, or take someone or something somewhere secretly or stealthily; to steal or do something secretly or stealthily | |
transformation | n: a complete change in form, nature, or appearance of someone or something | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
crisis | n: a time of great disagreement, confusion, or danger when problems must be resolved or critical decisions must be taken | |
pajama | n: a pair of loose pants with a matching top, worn for sleeping or lounging | |
invite | v: to ask someone to come or join; to offer an opportunity or possibility for something to happen or take place | |
spam | n: unwanted email, usually of advertising material sent out in bulk | |
opportune | adj: suitable or happening at a time that is suitable or convenient for a particular purpose | |
grant | v: to agree to give or allow somebody | |
inspire | v: to make somebody fill with the desire, confidence, or enthusiasm, especially to do something creative | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
obesity | n: the condition of being significantly overweight, typically defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater. | |
relate | v: to establish a connection or association between two or more things; to narrate or tell about an event, experience, or relationship; to empathize or feel sympathy with someone or something | |
disease | n: a disorder or illness that affects the body or mind, often characterized by specific symptoms or abnormal functioning of organs or systems | |
laden | adj: heavily loaded or burdened | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
conversation | n: an informal talk between two or more people to exchange their views, ideas, information, etc. | |
stove | n: a kitchen appliance consisting of a flat top, usually with heating elements, used for cooking food | |
precision | n: the quality or condition of being exact and accurate | |
legendary | adj: famous or well-known, especially through long-standing popular stories or tradition | |
laughter | n: the act or sound of laughing | |
curse | n: a rude or offensive word or an expression that is not polite and shows that you are very angry | |
peach | n: juicy, sweet fruit with fuzzy, pinkish-yellow skin; a person or thing that is particularly pleasing or attractive | |
cobbler | n: a person who makes or repairs shoes; a type of dessert made with fruit and a crumbly topping | |
grandchild | n: a child of someone’s son or daughter | |
prioritize | v: to assign a higher level of importance to something compared to other things | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
celebrated | adj: renowned for possessing admirable attributes | |
grade | n: a particular level of quality, size, importance, etc. | |
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 | |
beloved | adj: loved very much | |
chronic | adj: being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; habitual | |
calculate | v: to judge or find out the amount or number of something by using mathematics | |
stare | v: to gaze or look fixedly and intently at someone or something, often in a questioning, curious, or suspicious manner; (noun) a fixed, intense, and prolonged gaze or look | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
alarming | adj: causing concern or apprehension; causing a feeling of danger, harm, or emergency; unsettling or disturbing | |
diabetes | n: a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to control the glucose levels in the blood | |
diet | n: the food and drink that a person, animal, or community eats and drinks regularly; a legislative assembly in certain countries, for example, Japan | |
hike | n: a long walk or journey, especially for pleasure or exercise; an increase in cost | |
dial | v: to adjust or set the controls of a machine or device by turning a controller called dial; (noun) a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called | |
rally | v: a public meeting of a group of people intended to arouse enthusiasm | |
obese | adj: excessively overweight, particularly to the point of being a serious health risk; having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more | |
violent | adj: involving or caused by physical force or aggression against someone or something | |
cigarette | n: a small cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in paper for smoking | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
roughly | adv: approximately but not precisely; with a violent manner | |
jersey | n: a knitted garment typically made of wool or cotton, worn as a shirt or pullover | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
intervention | n: the action or process of being done to improve or help a circumstance, often they have not been asked to do so | |
skinny | adj: having a very thin or slim body; referring to clothing that is tightly fitting and reveals the shape of the body; referring to information or details that are kept secret or confidential | |
jean | n: a sturdy cotton twill fabric, typically blue, used for jeans and other clothing | |
acknowledge | v: to accept or admit the existence, reality, or truth of something; to accept that someone or something has a particular authority or quality; to express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for someone’s help, commitment, etc.; | |
trauma | n: an emotional wound or shock often has long-lasting effects caused by a highly upsetting or shocking experience | |
belly | n: the front part of the body below the chest, containing the stomach and bowels; the rounded or curved part of an object, such as a ship or aircraft | |
embedded | adj: fixed firmly into the surface of something | |
medication | n: a drug or other form of medicine that treats, prevents, or alleviates the symptoms of the disease | |
pharmaceutical | adj: relating to the production and selling of the medical drugs | |
congest | v: to make something blocked or crowded so as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement or flow of liquid | |
systemic | adj: affecting or related to the whole of something, especially the human body or a society | |
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 | |
divest | v: to strip or rid oneself of something; to deprive or dispossess someone of a possession, title, or right | |
predatory | adj: living by eating other animals, especially by catching prey that is still alive | |
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 | |
cocaine | n: a highly addictive stimulant drug that is derived from the leaves of the coca plant, often used recreationally for its euphoric effects but also used in medicine as a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor | |
epidemic | n: the widespread outbreak of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time | |
mass | n: a large amount of a substance with no definite shape or form; a large number of people or things grouped or crowded together | |
incarceration | n: the state of being confined in prison or jail | |
buckle | v: to bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; (noun) a device used for fastening two loose ends of a belt or strap | |
lifeline | n: a line, rope, or cable used to support or rescue a person in danger or distress; vital or necessary support, connection, or source of help | |
Norman | adj: relating to or characteristic of the Normans, a people who originally came from Normandy, France, and who had a significant impact on the history and culture of Britain and other European countries; the term can also refer to a style of architecture or art that developed during the Norman period | |
grief | n: a very great sadness, especially when somebody dies | |
overcome | v: to succeed in controlling or dealing with something, such as a problem or difficulty; to defeat or overwhelm someone | |
immobilize | v: to render someone or something unable to move or function normally; to restrain, inhibit, or stop | |
norm | n: something that is regarded as usual, typical, or standard | |
desegregation | n: the action or process of eliminating segregation, typically of races or ethnic groups, in educational, social, or other institutions | |
abandon | v: to leave a place, thing, or person with no intention of returning; (noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | |
sharecropper | n: a farmer who cultivates a piece of land owned by someone else, usually in exchange for a share of the crops produced | |
territory | n: an area under the control of a ruler or state | |
flee | v: to leave by running away, especially out of fear or danger | |
regiment | n: a large military unit, usually consisting of several battalions and commanded by a colonel or higher-ranking officer; a strict or organized system or routine | |
slave | n: a person who is, either legally or illegally, owned by someone; a person entirely dominated by some influence or a person | |
AI | n: (abbreviation for artificial intelligence) the theory and development of computer systems capable of doing activities that would ordinarily need human intelligence, such as object recognition, speech recognition, decision-making, and language translation | |
inheritance | n: the money, property, etc., that someone gives you when they die; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from ancestors | |
scalable | adj: capable of being easily expanded or increased in size, number, or scale to meet changing demands | |
brink | n: the point at which something is about to happen; the edge of a steep place | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
devastation | n: the act of causing great destruction or damage, often on a large scale | |
stroke | n: a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death; the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club, racket, etc. | |
Alzheimer | n: a neurodegenerative disease that causes memory loss, cognitive decline, and behavioral issues; is the most common cause of dementia in older adults | |
dementia | n: a severe decline in cognitive function, especially memory, as a result of disease or injury | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
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 | |
huddle | v: to crowd or press closely together; cuddle | |
basement | n: a room or a part of a building that is partly or entirely below ground level | |
grapevine | n: a climbing plant on which grapes grow; the informal transmission of information, gossip, or rumors from person to person | |
salon | n: a place for social gathering, especially for exchanging ideas and discussing artistic or cultural matters; a place of beauty treatment, such as a hair salon | |
empower | v: to give someone the power or authority to do something | |
commit | v: to do something illegal or wrong | |
grab | v: to take hold of something or someone suddenly with a hand, especially in a violent way | |
obsess | v: to fill the mind of someone continually so that one can’t think of anything else | |
canvas | n: the heavy, closely woven fabric used for making tents, sails, etc. and by artists for painting on | |
drip | v: to fall in drops or make it fall in drops; (noun) liquid or moisture that falls in drops | |
shore | n: the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, or other large body of water; (verb) to support by placing against something solid or rigid | |
dirt | n: soil, dust, or any substance that makes a surface not clean; the part of the earth’s surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock | |
fulfill | v: to meet the requirements or expectations; to achieve or realize | |
revolutionary | adj: relating to or characterized by a complete or dramatic change | |
complicit | adj: involved in or responsible for a wrongful or unethical act, often through inaction or silence; in cooperation with another person or group | |
takeover | n: an act of taking control of something, especially the buying out of one company by another; an act of taking control of a country or an area by force | |
underreport | v: to give an insufficient or incomplete account of something, often intentionally or due to negligence; to deliberately or accidentally provide less information than what is accurate or required | |
ordinary | adj: not different, exceptional, or unexpected in any way, especially in quality, ability, size, or degree | |
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 | |
upstate | adj: relating to or located in the region that is located in the northern part of a state or country, particularly in the United States | |
bloom | n: a flower, especially one having showy or colorful parts; the best time of youth | |
globe | n: the earth or world, mainly used to emphasize its vastness | |
doctrine | n: a belief or set of ideas held and taught by a church, political party, or other groups | |
possibility | n: a chance that something may happen or be true | |
mountainside | n: the side or slope of a mountain often used to describe the location or position of a particular object or activity | |
indigenous | adj: someone or something that is native to or occurring naturally in a particular place | |
reserve | v: to keep something for future use or contingency; to obtain or arrange something, such as a meeting, seat, etc., in advance | |
vast | adj: enormous in size, number, amount, or quantity | |
plain | adj: without being decorated in any way; (Noun) a vast expanse of flat land with few trees | |
fort | n: a military structure designed to be defended from attack | |
recognize | v: to acknowledge or realize something or someone; to identify, remember, or become aware of something that was previously known or encountered | |
whisper | v: to speak very quietly to somebody using the breath rather than the voice so that only those close to you can hear you | |
cousin | n: the child of your aunt or uncle | |
polluted | adj: contaminated with harmful or poisonous substances | |
flint | n: a hard, gray stone that can produce sparks when struck with steel used historically to start fires; a type of microcrystalline quartz used for making tools, weapons, and jewelry | |
transform | v: to change in outward structure or looks; | |
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 | |
worship | v: to have or show a strong feeling of profound respect and admiration for a religious entity such as God or a god | |
earshot | n: the distance within which a sound can be heard; the range or distance over which one can hear a sound | |
reception | n: the act of receiving or the state of being received, especially warmly or kindly; a formal party of people | |
brutality | n: the quality or state of being cruel or savage | |
sandy | adj: covered with or containing sand; (especially of hair color) pale yellowish to yellowish brown | |
bland | adj: lacking in strong flavor, character, or interest; unremarkable or unexciting | |
custody | n: the state of being physically responsible for something or someone, especially a child; a state of being confined, usually for a short time | |
courageous | adj: able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | |
faith | n: complete trust in something or someone’s ability or knowledge; a strong belief in religion, divine power, etc. | |
overwhelm | v: to defeat someone or something by using a great deal of force; to have a strong emotional effect on somebody | |
poet | n: a person who writes poetry | |
laureate | n: a person who has been awarded an honor or a prize for achievement in a particular field, especially in literature or academia; a poet who is honored for achieving the highest level of excellence in a competition or for producing a lifetime body of work | |
gutsy | adj: displaying courage, determination, or boldness; characterized by a willingness to take risks or face challenges | |
rhythm | n: a strong regular repeated pattern of sounds, words, or musical notes that are used in music, poetry, and dancing | |
jazz | n: a type of music that originated in the African-American community in the United States and that is characterized by improvisation, syncopated rhythms, and a strong emphasis on self-expression | |
march | v: to walk militarily with stiff, regular steps | |
boundary | n: a real or imaginary line that marks the limit or extent of something and separates it from other things or places | |
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 | |
reclaim | v: to take back something previously lost, given, or paid, or ask to have it back |