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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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archaeology | n: the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | |
synthetic | adj: made by combining chemical substances as opposed to being naturally occurring | |
engineer | n: a person whose job is designing, building, or maintaining something such as machines, structures, or software | |
pet | n: an animal that you have at home as a companion and treated kindly | |
protein | n: a molecule made up of a long chain of amino acids, which is essential for the structure and function of the body’s tissues | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
vision | n: the ability to think about or see the future with imagination and intelligence; the faculty of being able to see | |
studio | n: a room or building where creative or artistic work is produced; a television or radio production company | |
constantly | adv: all the time | |
murmur | v: to say something very quietly; to complain about somebody or something under one’s breath | |
trace | v: to find or discover someone or something that was lost | |
thread | n: a fine cord of natural or synthetic fibers or filaments, such as cotton or nylon, used in sewing, knitting, or weaving; a series of connected messages or comments on a social media platform or online forum, often related to a particular topic; a sequence or line of events, ideas, or actions that are connected or related; (verb) to pass a thread through a needle or other small opening, in preparation for sewing or stitching | |
experiment | n: the scientific test conducted to observe what happens and gain new knowledge | |
prototype | n: a first or preliminary example of something such as a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed | |
aspect | n: one part or feature of a situation, problem, subject, etc. | |
concrete | adj: existing in a physical or material form rather than an abstract one; based on facts rather than ideas or guesses; made of or covered with cement | |
tangible | adj: real and concrete; able to be perceived, especially able to be touched; (of business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value | |
possibility | n: a chance that something may happen or be true | |
prediction | n: the act of predicting the future by reasoning; a statement made about the future | |
participate | v: to take part in something | |
drone | n: a low continuous humming noise; someone who takes more time than necessary; a pilot-less aerial vehicle that is operated by remote control | |
aviary | n: a large enclosure or building where birds are kept, often for observation, breeding, or conservation purposes; a place where an assortment of birds are housed and cared for | |
autonomy | n: the right of an organization, country, or region to govern itself independently | |
crucial | adj: extremely vital or necessary | |
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 | |
difficulty | n: a condition or state that causes problems | |
loose | adj: not securely fixed or fastened in place or able to be detached or separated from something | |
glitch | n: a minor problem or malfunction, especially in a computer program, system, or machine | |
construct | v: to build or create something; to assemble or combine different parts to form something whole | |
slice | n: a flat, often thin, piece of bread, meat, cheese, etc., that has been cut from a larger piece; a wound made by cutting | |
patrol | n: the act of guarding an area or conducting surveillance of an area to maintain order, perform security functions, or prevent crime; a group of officers or soldiers that conducts such an operation | |
spot | n: a particular location or place; a small round or roundish area, differing in color or feels from the surface around it | |
initially | adv: at the beginning; at first | |
annoy | v: to make someone angry, anxious, or irritating slightly | |
dull | adj: not interesting or exciting; not bright, vivid, or shiny; not active, brisk, or sharp | |
humming | adj: producing a continuous, low, vibrating sound like that of the bee | |
resident | n: a person who lives in a particular place or has their home in a place | |
ballgame | n: a game played with a ball, typically involving two opposing teams competing to score points or goals; any challenging or competitive situation or activity | |
statutory | adj: relating to law or regulation; authorized or required by law or regulation | |
nuisance | n: something or someone that causes annoyance, inconvenience, or discomfort; an unpleasant or irritating thing or person | |
disperse | v: to spread out or distribute over a broad region, or to cause something to do so | |
threat | n: a strong indication or likelihood of harm, danger, or adverse consequences; an expression of intent to inflict harm or injury on someone or something, often made as a means of coercion or intimidation | |
autonomous | adj: capable of governing or controlling its affairs | |
injunction | n: a court order that prohibits or compels a specific action; a legal command or directive requiring a person or organization to do or refrain from doing something | |
giant | adj: enormous; much bigger or more important than similar items usually are | |
disk | n: a flat, circular plate, typically made of metal, glass, or plastic, used for storing data or playing music | |
glaring | adj: extremely noticeable or obvious, often in a way that is unpleasant or unpleasantly bright | |
presence | n: the fact or state that someone or something exists, occurs, or is present | |
overpower | v: to conquer or establish complete control over someone by using superior strength | |
flash | n: a sudden intense burst of radiant energy; a momentary brightness | |
advert | v: an advertisement; (verb) to make reference to something in speaking or writing | |
entertaining | adj: providing enjoyment or amusement, especially through being lively or amusing | |
entirely | adv: completely | |
invasive | adj: spreading very quickly, and often aggressively, and difficult to stop | |
instance | n: a particular example or single occurrence of something | |
facial | adj: of or relating to a person’s face | |
recognition | n: the action or process of recognizing or being recognized, especially by remembering; an agreement that something is true or legal | |
thermostat | n: a device that automatically regulates temperature by controlling the heating or cooling system based on the temperature in a room or building | |
advertise | v: to draw attention to something such as a product, service, or event in public to encourage people to buy, use, or attend it | |
glance | v: to give a quick or brief look; to hit something at an angle | |
protest | n: a strong expression of disagreement, disapproval, or opposition | |
attend | v: to be present at an event, to go to a place | |
consequence | n: the outcome of a particular action or event, especially relative to an individual | |
referendum | n: a general vote in which all the people of a country can vote on an important political or social issue | |
euro | n: the official currency of most European Union countries | |
popularity | n: the state of being widely accepted, admired, or appreciated by many people | |
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 | |
evident | adj: apparent to the mind, senses, or judgment | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
awful | adj: causing fear, dread, or terror; very bad or unpleasant | |
install | v: to fix furniture, a machine, or a piece of equipment into position so that it can be used; put into an office or a position | |
grandparent | n: a parent of one’s father or mother | |
trunk | n: the main stem or body of a tree which its branches grow | |
abrupt | adj: sudden and unexpected | |
shriek | v: to make a loud and high-pitched cry or scream, often in response to a sudden shock, surprise, or pain; to shout or protest loudly and forcefully | |
discuss | v: to talk about or examine in detail through conversation or debate; to exchange ideas, opinions, or information on a particular topic | |
well-being | n: the state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | |
overwhelming | adj: very great or intense; so powerful that you cannot fight or react against it | |
uncertain | adj: not being sure of something; not being able to choose | |
anxiety | n: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that is happening or might happen in the future | |
unfold | v: to open up or spread out something that is folded or rolled up; to reveal or disclose something that was previously hidden or unknown | |
continually | adv: in a way that happens without interruption or repeatedly | |
urgent | adj: requiring immediate attention or action; pressing | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
invite | v: to ask someone to come or join; to offer an opportunity or possibility for something to happen or take place | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
econometrics | n: the application of statistical methods to economic data to analyze, understand, and forecast economic phenomena | |
visual | adj: relating to seeing or sight | |
excitable | adj: easily responding to something new or stimuli | |
sustainable | adj: able to continue or be continued for a long time | |
transport | n: a system for moving people or products from one location to another using automobiles, roads, and so on | |
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 | |
chemistry | n: the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | |
lab | n: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research; a laboratory | |
approximate | adj: nearly accurate or correct, but not completely so | |
emit | v: to give off or send out something such as light, heat, sound, gas, etc. | |
vapor | n: a mass of tiny liquid drops in the air | |
whiff | n: a brief and faint odor that is detected; a slight gust or puff of air; a hint or a trace of something; (verb) to catch a brief, slight smell of something | |
noxious | adj: harmful or poisonous to living beings; having an unpleasant or offensive smell or taste; causing intense or unpleasant emotions or feelings | |
polluted | adj: contaminated with harmful or poisonous substances | |
inherit | v: to receive money, property, or a title from someone after they have died | |
announcement | n: a public statement or declaration, often made in writing or through the media, that conveys important information or news | |
invest | v: to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or achieve a result | |
renewable | adj: capable of being renewed, extended, or replaced | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
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 | |
mitigate | v: to make less severe or less intense; to alleviate or lessen the adverse effects of something | |
scenario | n: a description of possible actions or events in the future; a written outline of a play, film, or literary work | |
trajectory | n: the curved path followed by an object moving through space | |
linear | adj: of, relating to, or consisting of lines or length; able to be expressed as a straight line, especially on a graph | |
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 | |
utopian | adj: ideal and perfect; relating to or resembling a utopia (= an ideal and perfect society) | |
laboratory | n: a workplace for doing scientific research or teaching science; a lab | |
investigate | v: to conduct a systematic or formal inquiry to identify and evaluate the facts of a crime, problem, statement, etc. to establish the truth | |
medical | adj: relating to the treatment of illness or injuries; relating to the practice of medicine | |
genome | n: the complete set or sequence of genes of a human, animal, plant, or other living things | |
medicinal | adj: of or relating to the treatment or cure of disease | |
unintended | adj: not planned or meant | |
genetics | n: the branch of biology that studies genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms | |
fictional | adj: imaginary and not real; of or related to literary fiction | |
lawsuit | n: a legal action taken by one party against another in a court of law, typically seeking damages or some other form of remedy for perceived wrongs or harms suffered | |
craft | n: an activity that requires a particular skill in making things with one’s hands | |
illegal | adj: not allowed by law | |
clinic | n: a building or hospital department where people can go for medical care or advice, especially of a particular condition | |
carbon | n: a chemical element that can be found in pure form as diamond or graphite, and it is also an essential part of coal and oil and is found in all plants and animals | |
oxide | n: a chemical compound that contains at least one oxygen atom and one other element | |
incubator | n: an apparatus in which conditions are controlled for hatching eggs, growing cells, or keeping people or animals warm; a place, especially with support staff and equipment, offered at a low cost to new small businesses | |
defendant | n: a person or party who is accused of a crime or who is being sued in a court of law | |
prosecute | v: to bring legal action against someone in a court of law; to pursue or carry out something to completion or achievement | |
biology | n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things | |
dynamic | adj: having a lot of energy, ideas, and enthusiasm, and a strong personality; of or relating to dynamics (= the branch of physics and engineering concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies) | |
insert | v: to put something inside something else | |
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 | |
submit | v: to give or offer a document, proposal, etc. to a decision-maker for examination or consideration | |
saliva | n: the clear liquid that is secreted into the mouth by glands in the walls of the mouth and throat, helping to lubricate food during chewing and digestion | |
spit | v: to eject saliva or other liquid from the mouth | |
kit | n: a set of tools, supplies, or equipment for a particular purpose | |
nation | n: a large organized community of people living in a particular country or region and having a particular culture | |
insure | v: to provide coverage in the event of loss or damage | |
shock | n: a strong feeling or physical reaction to a sudden and unexpected event or experience, especially something unpleasant | |
scared | adj: afraid or frightened | |
premium | n: an amount of money paid periodically; the price or cost of something, especially when it is considered to be of high quality or value; (adjective) having or reflecting superior quality or value | |
afford | v: to have enough money or time to be able to buy or do something | |
algorithm | n: a set of rules or rigorous instructions typically used to solve a specific problem or to perform a computation | |
scan | v: to examine something hastily, with the eyes or with a machine, to get information | |
chronic | adj: being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; habitual | |
lurk | v: to wait somewhere secretly, especially because you are about to attack someone or do something bad or illegal | |
disease | n: a disorder or illness that affects the body or mind, often characterized by specific symptoms or abnormal functioning of organs or systems | |
panic | n: a sudden strong feeling of fear that cannot be controlled and prevents reasonable thought and action | |
shadow | n: a dark area or shape cast by an object blocking the passage of light; an area in darkness or shade; a reflected image or copy of something; a person, activity, or influence that follows or accompanies someone or something closely and persistently, often in a secretive or ominous manner | |
modify | v: to change something slightly, such as a plan, option, law, etc., especially to make it more suitable for a particular purpose | |
affordable | adj: not expensive and able to pay | |
proceed | v: to move forward or to continue with a process or action; to advance or progress | |
immediate | adj: happening or done without delay or occurring shortly after something else | |
encounter | v: to face something, particularly something unpleasant or difficult, while attempting to do something else; to meet, especially unexpectedly | |
provoke | v: to stimulate or give rise to a particular reaction or have a particular effect | |
implication | n: something that is inferred or indirectly stated; the act or fact of being involved in something | |
judge | n: a person who makes decisions in a court of law; (verb) to determine the result of or form a critical opinion of something | |
claim | v: to assert that something is true; to demand or request something as one’s own; to lay legal or moral right to something; (noun) a demand or assertion of a right or something that one believes to be true | |
slightly | adv: in a small degree or extent; a little | |
far-fetched | adj: (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be very difficult to believe | |
congress | n: a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups | |
preserve | v: to keep or maintain a particular quality, feature, etc., especially to prevent it from decaying, being damaged, or being destroyed | |
employee | n: a person who is hired to work for a business or organization in exchange for wages or salary; a worker | |
propose | v: to make a proposal, declare a plan for something | |
amend | v: to change a text, law, statement, etc., slightly to remove faults or errors or to improve it | |
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 | |
employer | n: a person or organization that pays workers to work for them | |
refuse | v: to show that one is not willing to do or accept something | |
penalty | n: a punishment for violating a law, rule, or contract | |
intention | n: something you want to do and are going to do | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
attitude | n: the way you think and feel about someone or something | |
inspire | v: to make somebody fill with the desire, confidence, or enthusiasm, especially to do something creative | |
progression | n: the act or process of changing to the next stage or phase or moving forward | |
abundance | n: a significant amount of something; the situation in which there is too much of something | |
scarcity | n: the state of being in short supply; a small and inadequate amount | |
flood | n: a large amount of water flowing beyond its normal limits; an overwhelming number or amount | |
economy | n: the system by which a country or region produces manages, and distributes goods and services, including the money and finances involved in these activities; (of an airline) the lowest-priced, most basic option for seating in commercial travel | |
instability | n: the state of being unstable or uncertain and likely to change suddenly | |
chain | n: a series of connected links or objects; a system or group of interconnected elements; a restraint or shackle | |
survive | v: to live or exist despite a dangerous event or period | |
prosper | v: to be successful or thriving, especially financially; to grow and develop well; to flourish | |
capsule | n: a small, enclosed container often used for holding medicines or supplements or for transporting payloads in spacecraft; a small, elongated structure within the body, such as a joint or a gland | |
reclaim | v: to take back something previously lost, given, or paid, or ask to have it back | |
strip | v: to remove the surface from something; (noun) a sizeable narrow piece of something such as paper, metal, cloth, etc., or area of land, sea, etc. | |
lovingly | adv: in a manner showing deep affection or care; with fondness and warmth; in a way that expresses or suggests love | |
panel | n: a square or rectangular and flat piece of something that forms a distinct section or component of something; a small group of specialists who discuss particular topics or give their advice or opinion about something | |
fridge | n: a piece of electrical equipment in which food can be stored at low temperatures so that it stays fresh | |
furnish | v: to provide a room or building with furniture and fittings; to provide something useful or necessary | |
abandon | v: to leave a place, thing, or person with no intention of returning; (noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | |
salvage | n: the act of saving or rescuing something from potential loss or destruction; the property or items that are saved or rescued in this way; (verb) to save, recover, or rescue something from a dangerous, damaged, or deteriorating situation | |
repurpose | v: to use something again for a different purpose than it was originally intended | |
automated | adj: carried out by machines or computers to replace or decrease human labor | |
technique | n: a particular way or art of doing something that needs skill | |
fog | n: a thick cloud consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth’s surface; a weather condition in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of water | |
nutrient | n: any substance that is essential for the maintenance and growth of living things | |
soil | n: the top layer of Earth in which plants grow | |
insect | n: any small creature that has six legs and a body divided into three sections | |
pigeon | n: a stout-bodied bird with a small head, short legs, and a short, cooing call, typically found in cities and domesticated for food | |
tactics | n: the methods or strategies used to achieve a specific goal or outcome, particularly in the context of military, business, or sports | |
hostile | adj: unfriendly or aggressively opposed | |
insecure | adj: not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way, or not assured of safety | |
engage | v: to attract and keep someone’s attention and interest; to participate in or obtain services of something | |
embrace | v: to accept something willingly and enthusiastically; (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms as in greeting or affection | |
discomfort | n: a feeling of being uncomfortable physically or mentally or being embarrassed; a slight pain | |
opportune | adj: suitable or happening at a time that is suitable or convenient for a particular purpose | |
optimistic | adj: hoping or expecting that good thing will happen or something will be successful |