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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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bet | v: to risk money on the result of an event or a competition, such as a race or game, to get more money; to have faith or confidence in something | |
vast | adj: enormous in size, number, amount, or quantity | |
pulse | n: the regular heartbeat as it sends blood around the body, especially when it is felt at the wrist or side of the neck; a solid regular vibration of sound, electric current, light, or other waves | |
nightclub | n: a venue that typically operates late into the night, offering music, dancing, and drinks | |
deadly | adj: likely to cause or capable of causing death | |
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 | |
nod | v: to lower and raise one’s head, sometimes several times, as to show approval, agreement, greeting, or confirmation | |
hurricane | n: a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or over 64 knots (74 miles per hour) | |
disaster | n: an unexpected event or series of events that cause widespread damage, destruction, or loss of life | |
continent | n: one of the earth’s large landmasses; (adjective) abstaining from your feelings, especially your desire to have sex | |
recognition | n: the action or process of recognizing or being recognized, especially by remembering; an agreement that something is true or legal | |
confuse | v: to mistake one thing for another; to make somebody hard to understand | |
vulnerable | adj: capable of being hurt or influenced physically or mentally | |
sensitize | v: to make someone or something more responsive to a particular stimulus or condition; to increase awareness or understanding of an issue, problem, or situation | |
frequent | adj: happening constantly | |
coverage | n: the reporting or news of an important event, sports, subject, etc.; the amount, range, area, or quality of something that something provides | |
enormous | adj: extremely large or great | |
traumatic | adj: relating to or caused by injury, especially emotional injury | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
problematic | adj: full of difficulties; difficult to deal with or solve | |
shotgun | n: a firearm that is designed to be fired from the shoulder and that typically fires several small metal balls or pellets called shot | |
automatic | adj: able to work or operate with little or no direct human control; independent of external control | |
rifle | n: a long-barreled firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, typically with a rifled bore for accuracy | |
bevy | n: a large group or collection of people or things, particularly a group of birds or women | |
homemade | adj: made at home rather than in a factory or workshop | |
yell | v: to shout in a sudden and loud way | |
underneath | adv: under or below something else | |
wit | n: the ability to say or write things or ideas in a clever and humorous way | |
murder | n: the crime of killing somebody intentionally | |
huddle | v: to crowd or press closely together; cuddle | |
shock | n: a strong feeling or physical reaction to a sudden and unexpected event or experience, especially something unpleasant | |
headache | n: pain in the head; someone or something that causes anxiety or trouble | |
sprain | v: to injure a joint in your body by a sudden wrenching of it | |
ankle | n: the part or joint connecting the foot to the leg | |
gunshot | n: the sound or act of firing a gun or other firearm, usually accompanied by a loud explosion and a projectile that is propelled toward the target | |
associate | v: to mentally connect someone or something with someone or something else | |
medical | adj: relating to the treatment of illness or injuries; relating to the practice of medicine | |
definition | n: a concise explanation of the meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol | |
variable | adj: likely to change or vary often; (noun) a symbol, like x or y, that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a value that may be changed | |
unpleasant | adj: not enjoyable or comfortable | |
tissue | n: an ensemble of similar cells of the animal or plant that together carry out a specific function | |
damage | v: to harm or cause injury to something or someone, often resulting in decreased value or functionality; to impair or negatively affect something, such as a reputation or relationship; (noun) harm or injury that is caused to a person, thing, or entity | |
mediate | v: to try to bring about an agreement or understanding between people who are in conflict | |
specific | adj: clearly defined or particular to a certain thing or situation; distinct, explicit, and precise | |
nervous | adj: worried and anxious about something; relating to the nerves | |
fiber | n: thread or filament used to make a vegetable tissue, mineral material, or textile | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
conscious | adj: being aware of and able to respond to what is happening around you | |
appreciation | n: the act of recognizing and valuing the worth or importance of something or someone; gratitude or thankfulness; an increase in value over time | |
modify | v: to change something slightly, such as a plan, option, law, etc., especially to make it more suitable for a particular purpose | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
component | n: one of several parts that combines with others to form something bigger | |
introductory | adj: intended as an introduction or preliminary; serving as a base or starting point | |
phrase | n: a group of words that mean something specific when used together | |
vital | adj: necessary for the success or continued existence of something | |
emergency | n: a sudden unforeseen crisis usually involving danger that requires immediate action | |
initial | adj: of or happening at the beginning; (noun) the first letter of a word, especially a person’s name | |
assess | v: to judge or decide the nature or quality of someone or something | |
temperature | n: the degree of hotness or coldness of a thing or place | |
respiration | n: the process of inhaling and exhaling air to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with the environment; the total of the physiological processes by which living organisms metabolize oxygen and release carbon dioxide | |
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 | |
adamant | adj: having a very strong determination to do something and refusing to be influenced or persuaded; (noun) a legendary rock that is very hard and impossible to crush | |
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 | |
satisfaction | n: a pleasant feeling you have when you have fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation or have achieved something | |
survey | n: an investigation of the opinions, behavior, etc. of a particular group of people, made by asking people questions | |
outcome | n: the result or effect of an action, event, etc. | |
implement | v: to put a decision, plan, or system into effect | |
promote | v: to encourage or persuade people to like, buy, use, do, or support something; to raise someone to a higher position or rank | |
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 | |
physician | n: a medical doctor who practices medicine | |
compensation | n: something especially money, given or received as payment or reparation for a service or loss or injury | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
bonus | n: an extra amount of money that is added to payment as a present or reward for good work | |
insure | v: to provide coverage in the event of loss or damage | |
naturally | adv: as might be expected; by natural manners | |
administrator | n: a person or organization responsible for managing and directing the affairs of a business, institution, government agency, or other organization; someone who administers, regulates, or supervises | |
ethical | adj: of or relating to principles about what is right and wrong, or the branch of knowledge dealing with these | |
dilemma | n: a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more options, especially that are equally unfavorable ones | |
immediately | adv: now or without delay | |
narcotic | n: a drug or substance that dulls the senses and induces a state of lethargy or sleep; a drug that is illegal or highly regulated for medical use due to its ability to cause addiction or harm | |
deny | v: to state that one refuses to admit the existence or truth of something | |
revenue | n: the income that a government receives from taxes or that a company earns from its business | |
grievance | n: a real or imagined cause for complaint or protest, especially regarding an unfair or unjust treatment | |
scramble | v: to move or climb quickly and awkwardly, often using your hands to help you | |
medication | n: a drug or other form of medicine that treats, prevents, or alleviates the symptoms of the disease | |
substance | n: the real physical material of which a thing or person consist; the most important or main part of some idea or experience; an illegal drug | |
intent | n: a strong determination or attention to do or achieve something; (adjective) having a strong determination to do or achieve something | |
sedate | adj: calm, tranquil, and composed, often as a result of being under the influence of a sedative or tranquilizer; unhurried, deliberate, and without excessive movement or activity | |
relieve | v: to make something burdensome, unpleasant, or painful less severe | |
suppose | v: to think that something is likely to be actual or possible | |
educated | adj: having received a high standard of education | |
prescribe | v: (of a doctor) to advise and order the use of particular medicine or treatment for someone, especially in writing; to issue commands or orders for something | |
fashion | n: a style that is popular at a particular time or place; the state of being popular | |
opioid | n: substances that have an effect similar to opium, such as morphine, used in medicines to treat severe pain, but some people take them illegally for pleasure and become addicted | |
profoundly | adv: to a great or complete degree; deeply | |
symptom | n: any sensation or change in body or mind that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | |
absolute | adj: perfect or complete or to the most considerable degree possible | |
agony | n: extreme physical or mental pain or suffering, often prolonged or intense | |
comprehension | n: the ability to understand or grasp the meaning of something, especially through knowledge or experience | |
acute | adj: extremely sharp or severe | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
subside | v: to become less intense or widespread; to sink to a lower level | |
debilitating | adj: weakening or damaging; causing a loss of strength, energy, or success | |
addict | n: a person who cannot stop using or doing something as a habit, especially something harmful | |
addiction | n: the inability to stop using or doing something as a habit, especially something harmful | |
medicinal | adj: of or relating to the treatment or cure of disease | |
heroin | n: a highly addictive and illegal drug derived from morphine, typically administered by injection and often associated with serious health problems, including overdose and addiction | |
prescription | n: a written or spoken instruction that directs a medical practitioner to prescribe a specific treatment or medication for a patient | |
soothe | v: to calm or comfort someone or something; to make something less painful or uncomfortable | |
alcohol | n: a clear liquid that can make people drunk and is used in medicines, cleaning products, etc. | |
marijuana | n: a psychoactive drug derived from the Cannabis plant, used for medicinal or recreational purposes; a drug that is illegal in some countries and states but legal in others for specific purposes | |
elicit | v: to obtain information or a reaction from someone, usually with difficulty | |
tolerance | n: the willingness to accept or tolerate something, especially something that is different or unpleasant | |
resolve | v: to find a suitable answer to the problems or difficulty | |
pause | v: to take a short break from talking or doing something before continuing | |
epidemic | n: the widespread outbreak of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time | |
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 | |
unaddressed | adj: not dealt with, resolved, or attended to; lacking attention or consideration | |
intense | adj: (especially of a feeling) very strong; extremely sharp or severe | |
desperate | adj: feeling or showing a lack of hope and a willingness to do anything because of the problematic situation | |
immediate | adj: happening or done without delay or occurring shortly after something else | |
avalanche | n: a sudden and rapid movement of a large amount of snow, ice, rocks, or other debris down a steep slope; a rapid and overwhelming occurrence of events or circumstances | |
injury | n: harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body caused by an accident or an attack | |
recover | v: to return to a former condition, health, mind, or strength | |
sustain | v: to supply enough of what somebody or something needs to survive or exist; to accept as valid | |
crystal | n: a solid material with many even sides that is formed naturally when the substance becomes solid and has a highly regular atomic structure; clear and colorless glass made of almost pure silica | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
identical | adj: being the exact same one | |
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 | |
toxic | adj: of or relating to or caused by a poison; poisonous | |
pervasive | adj: spreading or existing throughout every part of a thing or place | |
pornography | n: materials such as films, photographs, or written descriptions that depict or describe sexual activity graphically or explicitly, often intended to be sexually arousing | |
define | v: to state or explain precisely the nature, scope, or meaning of something | |
solace | n: comfort or consolation in a time of distress, sadness, or disappointment; (verb) to comfort or console someone in a time of distress, loss, or suffering | |
unavoidable | adj: impossible to avoid or evade; inevitable | |
trauma | n: an emotional wound or shock often has long-lasting effects caused by a highly upsetting or shocking experience | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
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 | |
primarily | adv: mainly | |
pharmaceutical | adj: relating to the production and selling of the medical drugs | |
aim | v: to try or plan to get or achieve something | |
profit | n: money that is earned in business or by selling things after deducting the costs involved | |
regulation | n: an official rule made and maintained by a government or some other authority; the act of controlling or directing something according to a rule | |
manipulate | v: to influence or control something or someone to your advantage, often in an unfair or dishonest way | |
midst | n: the middle part of people or things | |
surgeon | n: a doctor who is trained to perform medical operations that involve cutting open a person’s body | |
crisis | n: a time of great disagreement, confusion, or danger when problems must be resolved or critical decisions must be taken | |
nation | n: a large organized community of people living in a particular country or region and having a particular culture | |
worsen | v: to become or make something worse | |
refer | v: to direct someone’s attention, thoughts, or questions to another source or person; to mention, cite, or allude to something as evidence or support | |
pandemic | n: an outbreak of a disease that affects many people over a very wide area | |
glimpse | n: a brief or partial view; the act of seeing something or someone for a very short time or only partly | |
overdose | n: excessive and dangerous ingestion or application of a drug | |
preliminary | adj: serving as a preparation for something more important or extensive; introductory; taking place before the main event or decision | |
trend | n: a general direction in which something is changing or developing | |
surpass | v: to be or do better than someone or something; to excel or go beyond the limits or standards of something | |
automobile | n: a road vehicle that has four wheels and is powered by an engine, used for transporting people or goods | |
accident | n: an unfortunate event, especially one causing damage or injury | |
appalling | adj: causing horror or shock; deeply disturbing or offensive; extremely bad or unpleasant | |
guise | n: the outward appearance or aspect of someone or something, especially in a way that is different from usual or concealing the true nature | |
bunch | n: a grouping of several similar things which are growing or fastened together | |
junk | n: discarded or unused material or objects, often considered worthless or of little value; also used to describe cheap or poorly made items or food that is high in calories but lacking in nutrition | |
disease | n: a disorder or illness that affects the body or mind, often characterized by specific symptoms or abnormal functioning of organs or systems | |
acuity | n: the ability to perceive or discern with a high degree of accuracy and sensitivity; sharpness or keenness of senses, especially vision or hearing | |
intervention | n: the action or process of being done to improve or help a circumstance, often they have not been asked to do so | |
educate | v: to provide or receive instruction or training over a period of time at a school, university, etc. | |
rehabilitate | v: to restore to good health or physical condition; to help someone return to a normal life, especially after a period of illness, addiction, or imprisonment | |
improve | v: to make or become better | |
eliminate | v: to remove or get rid of someone or something | |
stigma | n: a mark of shame or disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person | |
reform | n: the act of improving or correcting something that is wrong or bad; a change made to correct a flaw or problem | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
lean | adj: having a noticeably small amount of body fat; (verb) to bend or move from a straight to a sloping posture | |
quitter | n: a person who gives up easily or does not have the determination to finish what they have started | |
relief | n: a feeling of happiness and relaxation that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | |
attempt | n: an act or effort of trying to do something, especially something difficult | |
willingness | n: the state of being ready or inclined to do something | |
continuum | n: a series of similar items in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts | |
consecutive | adj: following in a sequence or order without interruption or break; occurring one after another | |
grief | n: a very great sadness, especially when somebody dies | |
refuse | v: to show that one is not willing to do or accept something | |
fortunate | adj: having good luck or lucky | |
psychology | n: the scientific study of mind and behavior | |
imply | v: to indicate the truth or existence of something without referring to it | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
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 | |
elevate | v: to raise something from a lower to a higher position; to give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | |
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 | |
achieve | v: to successfully complete a task or goal, often through hard work, perseverance, and dedication; to attain or accomplish something that one has set out to do | |
audit | n: an official inspection of the accounting procedures and records of business by a trained accountant or CPA that is independent of the subject; a methodical inspection or review of a specific condition or situation | |
ache | v: to experience a dull, persistent pain or discomfort, typically of moderate or low intensity; to feel a continuous dull pain | |
heal | v: to make a wound or injury to become well again | |
therapy | n: the act of caring for someone through medication, remedial training, etc. | |
jail | n: a facility where criminals are kept to be punished for their crimes; a prison | |
overnight | adj: lasting for or occurring during one night; occurring or changing extremely quickly or suddenly; happening or being achieved in a short amount of time | |
progression | n: the act or process of changing to the next stage or phase or moving forward | |
courage | n: the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear or despair; the quality of being brave or courageous |