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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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messiah | n: the promised deliverer who God will send to save the Jewish people, as prophesied in the Hebrew Bible | |
commission | n: a formal instruction, command, or request given to a person or group; an official group of people entrusted by a government or other official body to control or enforce something | |
viceroy | n: a governor appointed to rule a country or province in the name of a monarch | |
compose | v: to write music, poetry, or formal writing; to constitute or make up a whole, or a specified part of it | |
charity | n: an organization that helps people in need, especially by providing food, shelter, or money; a kindly and sympathetic attitude toward people | |
concert | n: a musical performance given in public by one or more players or singers | |
furious | adj: extremely angry; full of rage | |
pace | n: the speed at which someone or something moves, or the rate at which something happens or changes | |
oratorio | n: a long musical composition for solo voices, choir, and orchestra, typically on a religious theme | |
composition | n: the different parts of something’s elements or ingredients; the way in which the different components are organized; a piece of music written by someone | |
generation | n: all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively; the production of heat or electricity | |
choir | n: a group of singers, especially one that sings in a church or cathedral | |
celebrate | v: to acknowledge a memorable or good day or event with a social gathering or enjoyable activity | |
genre | n: a particular type or style of literature, art, music, or film that involves a particular set of characteristics | |
origin | n: the first existence or beginning of something | |
pray | v: to make a request or petition to a higher power, especially in the form of a respectful or humble request | |
attach | v: to fasten, join, or connect one thing to another | |
Catholic | adj: universal and including many different types of things; related to or associated with the part of the Christian Church that has the Pope as its leader | |
penitential | adj: expressing or intended to express remorse or penance | |
alternate | adj: occurring or existing one after the other regularly | |
solo | adv: without anybody else or anything else; alone | |
chorus | n: a group of singers or speakers who perform together, typically in a musical or dramatic production; the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers | |
narrative | n: a story or a description of a series of events or process of telling a story | |
plotline | n: a sequence of events that make up a story or the main theme of a literary work | |
opera | n: a drama set to music, in which the words are sung rather than spoken | |
costume | n: a set of clothes worn by an actor in a play or film or by a person representing a particular character or occupation | |
onstage | adv: onto or on a stage in a theater; in front of an audience | |
linear | adj: of, relating to, or consisting of lines or length; able to be expressed as a straight line, especially on a graph | |
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 | |
meditation | n: the act of focusing one’s mind on a particular object or thought; activity to train attention and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state | |
Christ | n: the man that Christians believe is the prophet and the son of God, and whose life and sermons form the basis for Christianity | |
recitation | n: the act of saying or repeating something, such as a speech or poem, from memory | |
bible | n: the sacred writings of the Christian religions, consisting of the Old and New Testaments; a book regarded as authoritative in its field | |
prophecy | n: a statement or prediction that something will happen in the future, typically one made by a religious leader | |
largely | adv: virtually entirely; to a large degree | |
secular | adj: not connected with religious or spiritual matters; worldly | |
baroque | adj: of or relating to an ornate and elaborate style of art, architecture, and music that flourished in Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries; characterized by a sense of grandeur and drama | |
astray | adv: away from the right path or direction | |
triumph | n: a great victory or achievement | |
premiere | n: the first public performance of a play, film, or piece of music, or the opening of a show or exhibition | |
fame | n: the condition of being well-known and discussed by a large number of people as a result of one’s accomplishments, abilities, and so on | |
skyrocket | v: to rapidly ascend to a very high level; increase rapidly; | |
solidify | v: to make solid, firm, or compact; to cause to become solid | |
commerce | n: the activity of buying and selling things, especially on a large scale | |
assured | adj: confident and sure; having no doubts or worries | |
divine | adj: of, from, or like a god; holy or sacred | |
inspire | v: to make somebody fill with the desire, confidence, or enthusiasm, especially to do something creative |