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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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survey | n: an investigation of the opinions, behavior, etc. of a particular group of people, made by asking people questions | |
tradition | n: a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has been passed down from generation to generation within a group or society | |
creditor | n: a person, company, etc. to whom a debtor owes money | |
flavor | n: the taste sensation produced by a substance in the mouth | |
stink | v: to emit a strong, unpleasant odor; to have a strong offensive smell; to be corrupt or unethical | |
trash | n: discarded material, refuse, or waste | |
substance | n: the real physical material of which a thing or person consist; the most important or main part of some idea or experience; an illegal drug | |
volatile | adj: likely to change rapidly or unexpectedly, or being unstable or explosive | |
molecule | n: a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds | |
stimulate | v: to encourage something to develop or become more active; to stir the feelings or emotions | |
olfactory | adj: relating to the sense of smell; connected with the perception of odors or scents | |
sensory | adj: of or relating to the physical senses | |
neuron | n: a cell that is specialized to carry information within the brain and between the brain and other parts of the body | |
odor | n: a distinctive or unpleasant smell; a scent or aroma that can be sensed through the sense of smell | |
receptor | n: an organ having nerve endings that respond to stimulation such as heat or cold and makes the body react in a particular way | |
trigger | v: to make something happen suddenly; to cause something such as a device, machine, etc. to function | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
categorize | v: to put people or things into groups according to their features, types, etc. | |
associate | v: to mentally connect someone or something with someone or something else | |
disgust | n: a strong feeling of dislike or disapproval | |
mood | n: the way you feel at a particular time; an angry or impatient state of mind | |
emotion | n: a strong feeling such as love, anger, etc. deriving from one’s situation, mood, or relationships with others | |
sniff | v: to inhale audibly through the nose, often to detect or identify a smell; to draw in air through the nostrils with a quick, audible intake of breath | |
bacon | n: a type of salt-cured pork that is usually sliced and fried; a meat product that is derived from the back or sides of a pig | |
bud | n: a small swelling on a plant stem or twig containing an undeveloped shoot | |
whack | v: to hit someone or something hard or noisily | |
attache | n: a person who works at an embassy, usually having a specialized area of responsibility; a shallow and rectangular briefcase | |
label | n: a small piece of paper, fabric, or other material attached to an object and giving information about it; (verb) to assign to a category | |
sensation | n: a feeling associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition; a general feeling of interest and excitement | |
detect | v: to find or recognize something, especially something difficult to see, hear, etc. | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
trillion | n: the number 1,000,000,000,000; a million million | |
tongue | n: a moveable mass of muscle tissue covered with mucous membrane that is in the mouth; a language | |
saltiness | n: the quality or state of being salty | |
sour | adj: having a taste that is acidic or tart; (noun) a person or situation that is unhappy or negative | |
controversial | adj: causing a lot of hot public discussion and dispute | |
umami | n: a taste sensation that is often described as savory, meaty, or brothy; one of the five basic tastes, along with sweet, sour, salty, and bitter | |
savory | adj: pleasing to the taste, especially by being salty, sour, or spicy rather than sweet | |
stuffy | adj: lacking fresh air or ventilation; oppressively warm; lacking in excitement or variety; formal in manner or behavior | |
attest | v: to provide evidence or proof of something; to confirm or certify the authenticity of something; to bear witness to the truth of something | |
bland | adj: lacking in strong flavor, character, or interest; unremarkable or unexciting | |
chew | v: to crush or grind something, especially food, with the teeth and then swallow it | |
release | v: to set free or allow to escape from confinement | |
nasal | adj: relating to the nose or the sense of smell; characterized by or involving the nasal passage | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
prop | n: a piece of wood, metal, etc., placed beneath or against something to support it or keep it in position; a system, institution, or person that gives help or support to someone or something | |
flavorless | adj: lacking in taste or flavor; bland or insipid | |
savor | v: to enjoy or appreciate something fully; to relish or delight in something delicious or enjoyable; to preserve or season with a savory flavor | |
amazing | adj: extremely surprising, especially in a way that you like or admire | |
nuance | n: a subtle or slight degree of difference in appearance, meaning, sound, someone’s feeling, etc. |