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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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temp | n: (a short form of “temporary worker” or “temporary employee”) someone who works in a job for a limited time period, often without job stability or security; | |
croissant | n: a crescent-shaped pastry made of laminated dough and often filled with cheese, chocolate, or other ingredients; a popular breakfast pastry in France and other countries | |
noir | adj: a type of film or literature that emphasizes crime, darkness, and moral ambiguity, often using shadowy, low-light cinematography or atmospheric prose; meaning “black” or “dark” in French | |
viola | n: a stringed instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than a violin and tuned a fifth lower | |
jamais-vu | n: (of psychology, the opposite of “deja-vu”) any familiar situation which is not recognized by the observer, which is the feeling of having already experienced a current situation, even when you know you haven’t | |
motto | n: a phrase or slogan that expresses a guiding principle or goal | |
resonant | adj: tending to reinforce or prolong sound by sympathetic vibration; having a quality that elicits a similar response or feeling | |
mien | n: a person’s manner or demeanor, especially in terms of their appearance or facial expression; the overall impression a person gives off | |
humming | adj: producing a continuous, low, vibrating sound like that of the bee | |
autopilot | n: a system that automatically controls the operation of an aircraft or spacecraft | |
brothel | n: a place where people, particularly women, engage in sexual activity for payment; a house of prostitution | |
serum | n: the thin yellowish liquid that is a component of blood from which the clotting proteins have been removed, usually used to protect people or animals from disease, poison, etc. | |
lucid | adj: expressed or presented clearly; easy to understand; rational and sane; shining or bright | |
regret | v: to feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something you have done or something you have not been able to do | |
euro | n: the official currency of most European Union countries | |
vapor | n: a mass of tiny liquid drops in the air | |
mood | n: the way you feel at a particular time; an angry or impatient state of mind | |
vessel | n: a ship or large boat | |
pilot | n: a person who flies an aircraft, especially as a job; a person qualified to guide ships through a difficult area of water | |
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 | |
belly | n: the front part of the body below the chest, containing the stomach and bowels; the rounded or curved part of an object, such as a ship or aircraft | |
rhythm | n: a strong regular repeated pattern of sounds, words, or musical notes that are used in music, poetry, and dancing | |
pump | v: to cause water, air, gas, etc. to move from one place to another by using mechanical equipment; to get or supply something such as money, information, etc. in significant quantities | |
dizzy | adj: having or causing a whirling sensation and not able to keep balance | |
sweat | n: the salty liquid that is produced by the glands in the skin, especially when the body is hot or under stress | |
wax | n: a substance that is solid at room temperature but becomes softer and more pliable when heated, often used in the production of candles, polishes, and cosmetics; (verb) to become large | |
melt | v: to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid as a result of heating | |
crack | v: to break or cause to break without dividing into separate parts; (noun) a line on the surface of something along which it has separated without breaking | |
stick | v: to put something, usually a sharp object, into something; to restrict yourself to doing or using one certain thing and not change; (noun) a thin piece of wood or other material | |
weld | v: to join two or more pieces of metal together by heating their edges until they melt and fuse | |
beg | v: to ask for something urgently or earnestly; to appeal to someone to do something | |
underwear | n: clothes worn next to the skin under outer clothes | |
wan | adj: looking pale or sickly; lacking vitality or energy | |
firefighter | n: a person whose job is to extinguish fires | |
pray | v: to make a request or petition to a higher power, especially in the form of a respectful or humble request |