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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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mystery | n: something difficult to understand or explain; a secret or enigmatic quality that adds to the fascination or interest of something; a genre of fiction that involves the solution of a crime or a puzzle | |
vernacular | n: a language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region | |
sarcophagus | n: a stone coffin, often adorned with sculpture or inscriptions, usually used to hold the remains of a deceased person or people | |
coffin | n: a box or container used to bury a dead body; a case or structure resembling a coffin | |
typical | adj: having the usual characteristics or traits of a specific group of things | |
adorn | v: to make something or somebody more attractive or beautiful | |
decorative | adj: serving to make something look more attractive or pretty; embellishing | |
carving | n: the act or process of cutting or shaping a hard material, such as wood or stone, into a specific form or design | |
inscription | n: a message or design that is written or engraved on a surface of something, such as stone or metal | |
crawl | v: to move forward slowly, as people or animals with their bodies near the ground | |
grotesque | adj: bizarre or fantastic in shape, appearance, or character; fantastic; bizarre | |
horror | n: intense fear or disgust, especially at something shocking or terrifying | |
origin | n: the first existence or beginning of something | |
trace | v: to find or discover someone or something that was lost | |
empire | n: a group of countries ruled by one leader or government | |
limestone | n: a sedimentary rock that is composed mainly of calcium carbonate, which is the mineral calcite | |
accord | n: an official agreement or treaty between two organizations, countries, etc.; (verb) allow to have | |
scholar | n: professor; a person who studies a topic in considerable depth, particularly in a university | |
quarry | n: a place where a stone or other materials are extracted from the ground; an animal or a person that is the target of hunting | |
dissolve | v: to be or cause to be absorbed by a liquid to form a part of the solution; to close down or dismiss | |
flesh | n: the soft substance composing the body of a person or animal, as opposed to bones and other structures | |
desirable | adj: worth having or achieving; pleasing, attractive, or sought after | |
construct | v: to build or create something; to assemble or combine different parts to form something whole | |
unclear | adj: poorly stated or described and therefore not easy to understand; not easy to perceive | |
widespread | adj: existing or happening in various places or among many people | |
accurate | adj: correct and exact in all details | |
bacteriophage | n: (also “phage”) a virus that infects and destroys bacteria | |
verb | n: a word or phrase that describes an action, state, or experience | |
etymology | n: the study of the origin and history of words, including changes in meaning and form over time; the history of a particular word or phrase | |
deceased | adj: no longer alive; dead |