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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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colleague | n: one of a group of a coworker, especially in a profession or a business | |
riddle | n: a type of question that describes something in a difficult and confusing way, and that has a surprising answer, often asked as a game | |
logic | n: a way of thinking or reasoning conducted or evaluated by strict validity principles; the study of correct reasoning or good arguments | |
puzzle | n: a situation that is difficult to follow or solve; a game, problem, or toy that tests a person’s ingenuity or knowledge; (verb) to cause someone to feel confused because of something difficult to understand | |
landing | n: the act of coming to rest on the ground or another surface after being in flight or jumping; a platform or area of ground where a plane or spacecraft can come to rest | |
ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
planet | n: any of the nine large celestial bodies that circle in the solar system; any celestial body that revolves around a star | |
appease | v: to pacify or soothe someone, usually by agreeing to their demands or requests; to calm someone’s anger or anxiety | |
alien | n: a person who comes from a different country, race, or group; a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | |
overlord | n: a person who has great power over many other people, especially in the past | |
artifact | n: a person-made object, especially one of historical or cultural interest | |
unfortunately | adv: by bad luck; unluckily | |
inscription | n: a message or design that is written or engraved on a surface of something, such as stone or metal | |
lord | n: a person who has general authority, control, or power over others; a man of noble rank or high office | |
random | adj: made, done, or happening without method, conscious decision, or any regular pattern | |
decipher | v: to read or understand something that is written in code or in a difficult or obscure way | |
pause | v: to take a short break from talking or doing something before continuing | |
downright | adj: (especially of something bad) complete and absolute; utter; (adverb) completely and absolutely | |
yield | n: the total output of crops, profits, etc. that are produced; (verb) to produce or supply helpful something, such as a profit, an amount of food, or information | |
hypothesis | n: a proposed idea or explanation that is based on a few known facts but has not yet been proven to be true or accurate | |
pose | v: to present a risk, problem, or other issues that must be addressed | |
embedded | adj: fixed firmly into the surface of something | |
confuse | v: to mistake one thing for another; to make somebody hard to understand | |
involve | v: to include or affect someone or something as a necessary part of something else | |
structure | n: the way of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, or a complex thing constructed of many parts | |
negative | adj: having the quality of something bad or harmful; expressing refusal | |
regardless | adv: not paying attention or considering something or someone even if the situation is bad or there are difficulties | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
definitely | adv: without any question and beyond doubt; clearly | |
possibility | n: a chance that something may happen or be true | |
meaningless | adj: having no meaning, direction, or purpose | |
similarly | adv: in almost the same way | |
determinant | n: a factor, circumstance, or condition that contributes to the shaping, influencing, or determining of a particular outcome or result | |
identity | n: the fact of being who or what somebody or something is; the features, emotions, or ideas that distinguish persons from one another | |
process | n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products | |
elimination | n: the act or process of removing or getting rid of something or someone | |
satisfy | v: to make somebody pleased by giving them what they want or need | |
takeoff | n: a departure, especially of airplanes; the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne |