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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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uncover | v: to remove the cover from something; to discover something previously unseen or hidden | |
vestige | n: a trace, mark, or evidence of something that once existed but has now disappeared or diminished | |
president | n: the leader of a republic, for example, the US; the person in charge of the organization such as a company, university, club, etc. | |
elect | v: to choose someone for a specific position by voting for them; to decide or choose to do something | |
contest | n: a competition in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity; a struggle between rivals | |
voter | n: a person who votes or has a legal right to vote in a political election | |
turnout | n: the number of people who are present at an event or vote at an election | |
rank | n: a position in a hierarchy of status or authority; (verb) to take or have a position relative to others | |
nation | n: a large organized community of people living in a particular country or region and having a particular culture | |
democracy | n: a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation, or to choose governing officials to do so | |
absolutely | adv: without restriction or limitation; completely or utterly | |
whatsoever | adv: not at all; no matter what | |
declaration | n: a formal or explicit statement or announcement | |
independence | n: freedom from another’s or others’ control or influence | |
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 | |
buggy | n: a small, lightweight car, usually with no roof, especially drawn by a single horse; (adjective) infested with bugs | |
evident | adj: apparent to the mind, senses, or judgment | |
county | n: an administrative division of a country or state, typically one of several comprising a larger division | |
sabbatical | n: a period of leave granted to a person for rest, travel, or other pursuits, often in academia or other professions | |
fascinate | v: to attract and hold the attention of someone deeply and irresistibly | |
prominent | adj: important, well-known, or noticeable | |
stump | v: to cause to be perplexed or confused; (noun) the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled | |
origin | n: the first existence or beginning of something | |
congress | n: a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
verge | n: the point at which something is about to happen or where something begins; the edge or margin of something, particularly a physical boundary or border |