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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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dialect | n: a form of a language that is spoken in a particular geographical area or by a particular group of people and has distinguishing characteristics | |
relate | v: to establish a connection or association between two or more things; to narrate or tell about an event, experience, or relationship; to empathize or feel sympathy with someone or something | |
evolve | v: to develop gradually, or to cause the development of something or someone gradually | |
undergo | v: to go through something unpleasant or that involves a change | |
undo | v: to reverse the effect of an action or event, typically one that is recent or specific | |
trace | v: to find or discover someone or something that was lost | |
ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
modern | adj: of or belonging to the present time or recent times | |
romantic | adj: of or relating to love or a sexual relationship | |
origin | n: the first existence or beginning of something | |
Norman | adj: relating to or characteristic of the Normans, a people who originally came from Normandy, France, and who had a significant impact on the history and culture of Britain and other European countries; the term can also refer to a style of architecture or art that developed during the Norman period | |
invasion | n: army’s act of forcibly entering another country or territory to take control of it | |
conquer | v: to bring under control by force or authority | |
massive | adj: enormous amount; very heavy and solid | |
vocabulary | n: the words used by a language, group, or individual; the knowledge and understanding of words and their meanings that a person possesses | |
recognizable | adj: easy to become aware of or identify | |
germ | n: a very tiny living that causes the disease; a piece of something such as an organism, concept, etc., capable of growing into a new one or part of one | |
belong | v: to be the property of someone or something; to be a member or part of a group; to be in the proper or appropriate place | |
jut | v: to extend out, up, or forward prominently or abruptly; to stick out or protrude | |
invade | v: to enter aggressively into another’s territory by military force for conquest and occupation | |
underneath | adv: under or below something else | |
comparative | adj: relating to the comparison of different things or groups; denoting a degree of difference or comparison between two or more things; characterized by comparison or contrast | |
linguistics | n: the study of language and its structure, including the study of grammar, syntax, and phonetics | |
grammar | n: the set of structural constraints on speakers’ or writers’ composition of clauses, phrases, and words | |
structure | n: the way of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, or a complex thing constructed of many parts | |
shift | n: a slight transition in position, direction, or trend | |
counterpart | n: a person or thing that corresponds to or has the same function as another person or thing | |
unchanged | adj: not altered, modified, or varied in any way | |
split | v: to divide, or to make something divide into two or more parts, especially along a particular line | |
develop | v: to grow or expand; to improve or refine through a process of progress and refinement, often to achieve greater sophistication or complexity; to elaborate or add detail to something that is in the process of being created | |
skull | n: a bone framework that surrounds the brain and gives the head its shape | |
descend | v: to move downward and lower; to come from, or to be connected by a relationship of blood | |
ancestor | n: a person from whom one is descended; a forefather | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
reconstruct | v: to build or form something again that has been damaged or destroyed | |
descendant | n: children or offspring of a specific person, plant, or animal | |
consistency | n: the quality of acting or being done in the same way over time; the quality of not containing any logical contradictions | |
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 | |
systematic | adj: done or acting according to a determined set of systems or plans: | |
correspondence | n: the letters, emails, etc., especially official or business ones; the quality or state of being the same in amount, number, status | |
branch | n: a division of a tree or woody shrub that grows out from the trunk or a main stem; a division of some larger or more complex organization | |
comp | v: short for “compensate,” meaning to give goods or services to someone without asking for payment | |
distant | adj: far away in space, time, or where you are; far apart in relevance, relationship, or kinship | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
displace | v: to force someone or something to leave their home or place of origin, especially as a result of conflict, natural disaster, or manipulation | |
unfortunately | adv: by bad luck; unluckily | |
archaeology | n: the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | |
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 | |
amazing | adj: extremely surprising, especially in a way that you like or admire | |
nevertheless | adv: in spite of that; yet |