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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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tuberculosis | n: an infectious disease usually caused by tubercle bacteria that can attack many parts of a person’s body, especially their lungs | |
ward | n: a room in a hospital for patients requiring special care | |
disease | n: a disorder or illness that affects the body or mind, often characterized by specific symptoms or abnormal functioning of organs or systems | |
hypothesis | n: a proposed idea or explanation that is based on a few known facts but has not yet been proven to be true or accurate | |
constitution | n: the set of fundamental principles or established precedents that a state, a country, or an organization is governed by; the act of forming or establishing something | |
susceptible | adj: easily influenced, harmed, or affected by something | |
romantic | adj: of or relating to love or a sexual relationship | |
consumption | n: the amount used or eaten; the act of using up a resource such as energy, food, or materials | |
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 | |
poet | n: a person who writes poetry | |
intellect | n: the ability to think logically and comprehend information, especially at an advanced level | |
sensitivity | n: the ability to perceive or respond to subtle differences or changes; the ability to understand and respond to the needs and feelings of others | |
confer | v: to have a meeting or discussion to come to a decision or agreement or exchange ideas; to bestow something | |
creative | adj: relating to or involving the use of skill and original and unusual ideas to create something | |
genius | n: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | |
contagious | adj: able to be passed on to others through contact or proximity, especially by infection or disease | |
bacteria | n: single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms that exist in large numbers in the air, water, and soil, and also in living and dead creatures and plants, and are often a cause of disease | |
infection | n: a condition in which pathogenic microorganisms or viruses have entered the body | |
slightly | adv: in a small degree or extent; a little | |
upside | n: the positive aspect or potential of something; the upper side of something | |
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 | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
optimistic | adj: hoping or expecting that good thing will happen or something will be successful | |
patient | n: a person who is receiving medical treatment, care, or attention from a healthcare professional, such as a doctor, nurse, or therapist; a personal quality or characteristic | |
energetic | adj: possessing or exerting or displaying energy | |
medical | adj: relating to the treatment of illness or injuries; relating to the practice of medicine | |
unfortunately | adv: by bad luck; unluckily | |
necessarily | adv: in an essential manner; in such a way as could not be otherwise | |
inappropriate | adj: not suitable or proper for a particular occasion, purpose, or person | |
antidepressant | n: any of a class of drugs used to reduce feelings of sadness and worry | |
accidental | adj: happening or existing by chance or unintentionally | |
uncommon | adj: not occurring or seen very often; rare | |
accident | n: an unfortunate event, especially one causing damage or injury | |
recognize | v: to acknowledge or realize something or someone; to identify, remember, or become aware of something that was previously known or encountered | |
neuroscience | n: the scientific study of the function, structure, and disorder of the brain and the nervous system | |
firsthand | adv: from the source; directly; (adjective) received directly from a source | |
opposition | n: the act of disagreeing or resisting; the state of strong disagreement | |
dumb | adj: lacking the power of speech, unable to speak; stupid, or lacking intelligence | |
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 | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
sanatorium | n: a medical facility or institution for the long-term treatment or care of people with chronic illnesses or diseases, especially tuberculosis | |
infectious | adj: able to be passed quickly from one person, animal, or plant to another, especially through air or water | |
psychiatric | adj: of or relating to the treatment or study of mental illness or disorders | |
epidemic | n: the widespread outbreak of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time | |
mood | n: the way you feel at a particular time; an angry or impatient state of mind | |
depression | n: a mental condition in which a person feels very unhappy and without hope for the future; a severe recession in an economy or market | |
traumatic | adj: relating to or caused by injury, especially emotional injury | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
surpass | v: to be or do better than someone or something; to excel or go beyond the limits or standards of something | |
malaria | n: a severe disease caused by a parasite that is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito | |
diabetes | n: a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to control the glucose levels in the blood | |
disability | n: a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult for someone to do some things that other people do | |
chronic | adj: being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; habitual | |
lifetime | n: the duration of someone’s life or something’s existence; | |
histamine | n: a substance produced by the body, sometimes found in foods, that can cause allergic reactions, inflammation, or other physiological responses | |
mania | n: a psychological or emotional state that is marked by excessive enthusiasm, excitement, or delusions; a strong and uncontrollable desire or craving for something | |
suppress | v: to bring something under control by force or authority; to put an end by force | |
allergy | n: a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system, characterized by an exaggerated response to certain allergens, such as pollens, foods, and drugs | |
repurpose | v: to use something again for a different purpose than it was originally intended | |
framework | n: the structural components of a building or object that support its weight and give it form; the underlying structure of a system, concept, or text | |
adverse | adj: unfavorable or harmful | |
severe | adj: extremely serious or bad in feeling, manner, or strict and harsh; extremely strong or vigorous | |
euphoria | n: a feeling of intense happiness, excitement, or delight; a state of extreme joy or pleasure | |
interfere | v: to get involved in and prevent a process or activity from continuing | |
recover | v: to return to a former condition, health, mind, or strength | |
recommend | v: to suggest that someone or something would be a suitable fit for a particular purpose or role | |
extreme | adj: very great in amount or degree | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
stable | adj: firm and steady; not easily moved, disturbed, or changed | |
perspective | n: a confident attitude toward something; a particular style of thinking about something | |
implication | n: something that is inferred or indirectly stated; the act or fact of being involved in something | |
entirely | adv: completely | |
functional | adj: designed for or capable of a particular activity, purpose, or task; practical or ready for use or service | |
bias | n: a strong feeling in favor of or against one group of people, an idea, or thing, often not based on fair judgment | |
tradition | n: a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has been passed down from generation to generation within a group or society | |
function | n: the purpose or use of an object, system, or process; a particular activity or operation that is designed to serve a specific purpose; a mathematical concept that describes a relationship between two sets of values, called the input and output sets; (verb) to operate or work in a specific way, or to perform a particular task or purpose | |
preconceived | adj: (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand, especially without evidence for its truth or usefulness | |
liver | n: a large organ in the body, involved in many metabolic processes, such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins | |
toxic | adj: of or relating to or caused by a poison; poisonous | |
pound | n: the standard unit of money in the UK; the standard unit of weight equal to 16 ounces | |
suicide | n: the act of killing yourself intentionally | |
serotonin | n: a neurotransmitter (= a chemical that carries nerve impulses) involved in, e.g., sleep, emotion, and memory | |
chemical | adj: relating to or connected with chemistry; | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
neurotransmitter | n: a chemical that carries nerve impulses between neurons or between neurons and muscles | |
specifically | adv: only associated with or meant for one thing | |
uptake | n: the rate or amount of something that is taken in or used by a particular system or organism; the process of taking food into the body through the mouth by eating | |
inhibitor | n: a substance or agent that slows down or prevents a chemical reaction or biological process from occurring at normal rates, often used in medicine or industrial applications to control or regulate various functions or reactions | |
optimize | v: to make the best or most effective use of something | |
insomnia | n: the condition of being unable to sleep, usually a chronic one | |
symptom | n: any sensation or change in body or mind that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | |
painkiller | n: medicine used to relieve physical pain | |
antibiotic | n: a substance or drug that kills or slows down the growth of bacteria | |
underlying | adj: significant as a cause or basis of something but not immediately apparent or stated clearly | |
flexibility | n: the quality of changing or being changed easily according to new conditions or situations | |
commerce | n: the activity of buying and selling things, especially on a large scale | |
dramatize | v: to present or portray something in a way that emphasizes its dramatic or emotional aspects; to make something into a drama or play | |
double-blind | n: a method of experimentation where neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment used to prevent bias in research results | |
experiment | n: the scientific test conducted to observe what happens and gain new knowledge | |
agnostic | n: a person who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a god | |
creep | v: to move slowly, quietly, and carefully, usually to avoid being seen or heard | |
insidious | adj: tending to entrap or beguile unawares; working or spreading in a hidden and usually harmful way | |
exclusion | n: the act of keeping someone or something out or preventing them from participating in or being part of something | |
glutamate | n: a salt or ester of glutamic acid, a natural amino acid found in proteins, that functions as a neurotransmitter and plays a key role in neural signaling and brain function | |
traditionally | adv: in accordance with tradition; typically or commonly done in a particular way | |
anesthesia | n: a state of controlled, temporary loss of bodily sensation or awareness that is induced for medical purposes | |
surgery | n: medical treatment of injuries or diseases involving an incision with instruments and often removing or replacing some parts of the body; the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures | |
colleague | n: one of a group of a coworker, especially in a profession or a business | |
pilot | n: a person who flies an aircraft, especially as a job; a person qualified to guide ships through a difficult area of water | |
injection | n: the act of introducing a liquid, especially a drug, into the body using a needle and a syringe | |
weird | adj: extraordinary, unexpected, or difficult to explain | |
analyze | v: to think about in-depth and evaluate to discover essential features or meaning | |
beforehand | adv: ahead of time; in advance | |
exciting | adj: causing a lot of interest or excitement | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
interact | v: to communicate or react with somebody | |
norm | n: something that is regarded as usual, typical, or standard | |
skeptical | adj: doubting that something is accurate or useful | |
yell | v: to shout in a sudden and loud way | |
suppose | v: to think that something is likely to be actual or possible | |
excite | v: to make someone feel suddenly enthusiastic or eager | |
physiological | adj: relating to the normal functioning of living organisms and their organs and systems; concerning the physical or biochemical processes and activities that occur within the body | |
hormone | n: a chemical substance made by organs that encourages or influences the development, growth, sex, etc., of an animal and is carried around the body in the blood | |
undergraduate | n: a student who is studying for their first degree at a university or other higher education institution | |
collaborate | v: to work with someone else to produce or achieve something | |
halfway | adj: in or at a point midway or an equal distance between two points | |
confirm | v: to support or establish the truth or certainty of something previously believed or suspected to be the case | |
lab | n: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research; a laboratory | |
independence | n: freedom from another’s or others’ control or influence | |
initial | adj: of or happening at the beginning; (noun) the first letter of a word, especially a person’s name | |
trigger | v: to make something happen suddenly; to cause something such as a device, machine, etc. to function | |
disaster | n: an unexpected event or series of events that cause widespread damage, destruction, or loss of life | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
violent | adj: involving or caused by physical force or aggression against someone or something | |
assault | n: a violent physical attack; the crime of forcing someone to submit to sexual intercourse against their will | |
exposed | adj: having no protection or shield from something, such as bad weather, attack, or criticism | |
resilient | adj: able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions | |
bounce | v: to cause to move up or away after hitting a surface; to spring back | |
vary | v: to become different in terms of size, shape, etc. | |
property | n: a thing or things that belong to someone | |
absence | n: the fact or condition of being away from a place where they are typically anticipated to be | |
susceptibility | n: the state of being easily influenced or vulnerable to some external influence, such as a disease, idea, or emotional state; the ability to be easily affected by something | |
enhance | v: to increase or improve the quality, amount, or strength of someone or something | |
akin | adj: similar or related in nature, character, or origin | |
accidentally | adv: by chance or without planning | |
immune | adj: protected against a particular disease or toxin due to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells | |
vaccine | n: a substance that is put into the body and protects them from disease by causing them to produce antibodies (= proteins that attack harmful bacteria, viruses, etc.) | |
resistance | n: the act of defending oneself from an aggressor or refusing to accept something | |
palliate | v: to make a disease, condition, or symptom appear less severe or intense than it actually is; to alleviate or ease symptoms without curing the underlying cause | |
exposure | n: the state of being in a particular situation or place where there is no protection from or guarantee to something harmful; the disclosure of something secret | |
translate | v: to convert or change words into another language | |
predictable | adj: capable of being known, seen or declared in advance | |
induce | v: to persuade someone to do something; to cause to act in a specific manner | |
firefighter | n: a person whose job is to extinguish fires | |
refugee | n: a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to political, religious, or economic reasons or because of a war | |
burden | n: a duty, responsibility, etc. that is oppressive or worrisome; a load, typically a heavy one that is difficult to carry | |
estimate | v: to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something | |
trillion | n: the number 1,000,000,000,000; a million million | |
compound | n: an item composed of two or more distinct elements combined; a chemical formed by the combination of two or more elements | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
ketamine | n: a medication primarily used as an anesthetic and analgesic, known for its rapid onset and short duration of action, also used in recreational settings as a dissociative and hallucinogenic drug | |
abuse | n: the use of something in an incorrect or harmful manner | |
anesthetic | n: a substance that is administered to a person or an animal to produce a loss of sensation or consciousness so that medical or surgical procedures can be performed without causing pain | |
battlefield | n: a place where a battle or conflict is fought | |
nation | n: a large organized community of people living in a particular country or region and having a particular culture | |
organization | n: a group of people who work together for a shared purpose | |
essential | adj: indispensable; fundamental | |
medicinal | adj: of or relating to the treatment or cure of disease | |
compete | v: to strive to achieve more success than someone or something | |
fortunate | adj: having good luck or lucky | |
prophylactic | adj: capable of preventing disease or intended to prevent disease | |
approval | n: the belief that someone or something is good or acceptable | |
process | n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products | |
generic | adj: not specific; not linked to a particular brand or product | |
fraction | n: a small part or item forming a piece of a whole; the quotient of two rational numbers | |
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 | |
incentive | n: something, such as a punishment, reward, etc., that encourages a person to do something | |
patent | n: a legal document that grants an inventor exclusive rights to their invention for a certain period of time; the invention or process for which a patent has been granted | |
exclusive | adj: not divided or shared with others | |
encourage | v: to give someone support, confidence, or hope; to persuade someone to do or continue to do something by making it easier for them and making them believe it is a good thing to do | |
pharmaceutical | adj: relating to the production and selling of the medical drugs | |
regardless | adv: not paying attention or considering something or someone even if the situation is bad or there are difficulties | |
novel | n: an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story; (adjective) original and of a kind not seen before | |
psychiatry | n: the branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of mental illness | |
opposed | adj: being completely different from something or disagreeing strongly with something |