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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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fledgling | n: water creatures that live in shells, especially one of the types that can be eaten | |
kingdom | n: the country ruled by a king or queen | |
herd | n: a group of animals of the same type that live or are kept together as livestock | |
dinosaur | n: a large extinct reptile, often with an armored back, long neck, tail, and bony plates on the skin | |
sacred | adj: connected with religion or religious purposes; worthy of respect or dedication because of a connection with a god | |
nation-state | n: a sovereign political entity that is composed of a nation, which is a group of people who share a common cultural, linguistic, or ethnic identity | |
alliance | n: a partnership or association formed for mutual benefit, particularly between nations or organizations. | |
smashing | adj: very successful or impressive; causing something to be broken or destroyed | |
devour | v: to eat or consume something eagerly or ravenously; or to destroy something rapidly | |
fortify | v: to make something stronger or more resistant to attack or damage; to give someone or something more strength or support | |
siege | n: the surrounding of a place and isolating it by an army to defeat those defending it | |
fabricate | v: to make something, especially by assembling parts or constructing it from raw materials; to invent and present something false as true or real to deceive someone | |
reinforce | v: to strengthen or support something, especially by adding another material to it; to make emotion, idea, etc. stronger | |
segment | n: a part or section of something; a distinct group within a larger whole | |
engineer | n: a person whose job is designing, building, or maintaining something such as machines, structures, or software | |
consult | v: to seek or get advice or information from a person, book, or other source having special knowledge on a particular subject | |
rival | n: a person, company, or thing competing with others for the same thing or in the same area | |
buster | n: a person or thing that breaks or causes something to be broken | |
clown | n: a performer, typically in a circus, who wears distinctive makeup and costumes and plays practical jokes, and performs tricks or stunts to entertain audiences | |
royal | adj: relating to or belonging to the king or queen or a member of their family | |
redhead | n: a person with red hair | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
necessarily | adv: in an essential manner; in such a way as could not be otherwise | |
combination | n: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | |
pause | v: to take a short break from talking or doing something before continuing | |
remark | n: a comment or observation, or something said or written about a particular subject or situation; (verb) to give a spoken statement on a particular subject or situation | |
elegant | adj: pleasing and graceful in appearance or manner, or showing good taste and refinement | |
inspire | v: to make somebody fill with the desire, confidence, or enthusiasm, especially to do something creative | |
sieve | n: a utensil with a mesh bottom or fine holes, used for separating larger objects from smaller ones or for straining liquids; (verb) to check and sort carefully | |
mathematics | n: the science dealing with the logic of quantities, shapes, spaces, and arrangement | |
ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
prime | adj: main or most important; basic | |
divisible | adj: able to be divided into parts, usually with nothing left over | |
presumably | adv: believed to be true or likely based on the available evidence, or supposed to be the case without definite proof | |
technique | n: a particular way or art of doing something that needs skill | |
giant | adj: enormous; much bigger or more important than similar items usually are | |
eliminate | v: to remove or get rid of someone or something | |
odd | adj: strange or unexpected; not divisible by two | |
column | n: one of the vertical blocks that split content on a page or screen from top to bottom; an upright pillar that often supports an arch, entablature, or other structure or stands alone as a monument | |
convenient | adj: useful, helpful, or quick to do | |
diagonal | adj: at an angle or slant; (noun) a line that runs across a surface or figure at an angle | |
composite | adj: made up of different parts, elements, or substances; (noun) something made from two or more different substances | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
deliberate | adj: done with full consciousness of nature and effects rather than by accident | |
vulnerable | adj: capable of being hurt or influenced physically or mentally | |
infinite | adj: unlimited or very great; impossible to measure | |
calculation | n: the act or process of using numbers to judge an amount of something | |
tense | adj: unable to relax because of being nervous or worried; stretched tight or rigid | |
impregnable | adj: impossible to enter, capture, or defeat; difficult to argue against or resist | |
fortress | n: a large and strongly built structure, typically with high walls and a moat, used as a military defense or for protection against attackers |