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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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witch | n: a person, typically a woman, who is believed to have magic powers and practices witchcraft | |
hunt | v: to go after and try to catch wild animals to kill them for food, sport, or profit | |
humming | adj: producing a continuous, low, vibrating sound like that of the bee | |
tireless | adj: characterized by a persistent and energetic effort; not easily fatigued or discouraged | |
pursue | v: to do something or attempt to attain something over time; to follow or seek someone or something, especially in trying to catch them | |
threat | n: a strong indication or likelihood of harm, danger, or adverse consequences; an expression of intent to inflict harm or injury on someone or something, often made as a means of coercion or intimidation | |
communist | adj: relating to or supporting the political ideology of communism (= a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership) | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
union | n: a group of employees who have banded together to advocate for their rights and better their working conditions; the act or the state of joining together or being joined together | |
sentimental | adj: connected with or resulting from someone’s emotions, rather than reason or realism | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
senator | n: a member of a legislative body, especially a member of the U.S. Senate | |
claim | v: to assert that something is true; to demand or request something as one’s own; to lay legal or moral right to something; (noun) a demand or assertion of a right or something that one believes to be true | |
influence | n: the ability to affect someone’s or something’s character, growth, or behavior, or the effect itself | |
policy | n: a set of rules, guidelines, principles, or procedures that govern decision-making or action, often used in the context of business or government; a course of action or plan of action adopted or followed by an organization or individual to achieve a goal or objective | |
Senate | n: a legislative body, especially the upper house of a parliament | |
committee | n: a group of people appointed or elected to perform a specific function or manage a particular task, often within a larger organization | |
investigate | v: to conduct a systematic or formal inquiry to identify and evaluate the facts of a crime, problem, statement, etc. to establish the truth | |
prominent | adj: important, well-known, or noticeable | |
judge | n: a person who makes decisions in a court of law; (verb) to determine the result of or form a critical opinion of something | |
accuse | v: to charge or criticize someone with a crime or wrongdoing | |
membership | n: the state of belonging to a group, a club, an organization, etc. | |
defend | v: to protect someone or something from attack, criticism, danger, etc. | |
schedule | n: a list of planned activities, tasks, or things that must be completed showing when they are intended to happen or be done | |
legislator | n: a member of a group of people who has the power to make or enact laws | |
prey | n: the object of a hunt; an animal hunted or trapped for eating | |
argument | n: a set of statements or reasons used to support or refute a proposition or theory; a verbal or physical fight or dispute | |
ignorance | n: lack of knowledge or information about a particular subject or fact | |
assume | v: to think or accept something to be true without having proof of it; to take or begin to have power; to begin to exhibit a specific quality or appearance | |
accusation | n: a statement or claim alleging that someone has committed a crime, offense, or wrongdoing; a charge or indictment made against someone | |
legitimate | adj: accordant with or allowed by law; lawful | |
ignore | v: to intentionally not listen or pay attention to | |
possibility | n: a chance that something may happen or be true | |
handy | adj: valuable and convenient; easy or ready to reach or use | |
thumb | n: the short, thick digit of the hand next to the index finger; (verb) to travel by getting free rides from motorists | |
burden | n: a duty, responsibility, etc. that is oppressive or worrisome; a load, typically a heavy one that is difficult to carry | |
proof | n: a fact or piece of information that shows something is true or exists | |
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 | |
contradict | v: to deny the truth of a statement by stating the opposite; to be in conflict with | |
consensus | n: general agreement or accord in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | |
temperature | n: the degree of hotness or coldness of a thing or place | |
fulfill | v: to meet the requirements or expectations; to achieve or realize | |
disagree | v: to have or express a different opinion, idea, etc. | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
supposedly | adv: according to what is generally assumed or believed without actually knowing for sure | |
recognize | v: to acknowledge or realize something or someone; to identify, remember, or become aware of something that was previously known or encountered | |
dismiss | v: to regard something or someone as not important and not worth considering; to terminate someone’s employment | |
discipline | n: the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using and punishments if these are broken; a region of activity, knowledge, or influence | |
elect | v: to choose someone for a specific position by voting for them; to decide or choose to do something | |
widespread | adj: existing or happening in various places or among many people | |
incarcerate | v: to put or keep somebody in prison or in a place from which they cannot escape |