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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
novel | n: an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story; (adjective) original and of a kind not seen before | |
explore | v: to travel to or penetrate an area or a country to learn about it; to thoroughly examine a subject or a possibility to learn more about it | |
continent | n: one of the earth’s large landmasses; (adjective) abstaining from your feelings, especially your desire to have sex | |
lens | n: a transparent optical device with curved sides, used in an optical instrument that makes objects seem larger, smaller, clearer, etc.; (metaphor) the basic thoughts or mindsets through which someone sees or understands the environment or situation | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
pervasive | adj: spreading or existing throughout every part of a thing or place | |
fantasy | n: a fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; a pleasant situation that you imagine but that is unlikely to happen | |
myth | n: an ancient story or set of stories accepted as history, especially explaining the worldview of a people | |
immerse | v: to become fully involved in a particular activity; to dip or submerge in a liquid, especially so that they or it are entirely covered | |
retell | v: to tell someone about something again or differently | |
grandparent | n: a parent of one’s father or mother | |
journalist | n: a person who collects and writes news stories or articles for newspapers, magazines, radio, television, or other online media | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
fiction | n: the type of book or story, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people; anything made up or imagined that is not true | |
writ | n: a written legal order or command | |
colonel | n: a military rank above a lieutenant colonel and below a general | |
masterpiece | n: a work of art that is exceptionally good or highly skilled; a great achievement | |
unquestionably | adv: without a doubt; certainly | |
solitude | n: the state of being alone and isolated from others | |
sprawl | v: to sit, lie, or fall with one’s arms and legs spread out | |
tale | n: a story made up in someone’s imagination, especially one full of action and adventure | |
generation | n: all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively; the production of heat or electricity | |
fictional | adj: imaginary and not real; of or related to literary fiction | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
trend | n: a general direction in which something is changing or developing | |
unspoiled | adj: not spoiled or corrupted; not changed for the worse | |
isolation | n: the condition of being alone or lonely; the act or state of separation between persons or groups | |
dictator | n: a political leader who has complete power over a country, especially one who has obtained control by force | |
labor | n: productive work, especially physical work done for wages; the people who do manual or physical work in a country or company for wage; (verb) to work hard or to strive and make an effort to reach a goal | |
unrest | n: a state of agitation or disturbance; lack of calm or peace | |
accompany | v: to go somewhere or travel with someone or something | |
transition | n: the process or period of changing from one state or circumstance to another | |
modernity | n: the quality or condition of being modern; the state or era of being up-to-date in technology, science, and culture | |
cycle | n: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; a bicycle or motorcycle | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
emphasize | v: to give or show particular importance to something | |
exemplify | v: to serve as a typical example of something | |
genre | n: a particular type or style of literature, art, music, or film that involves a particular set of characteristics | |
dub | v: to give someone or something an unofficial name or nickname; to provide movies with a voice of a foreign language | |
magic | n: beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces; any art or performance that invokes supernatural powers | |
realistic | adj: having or showing a sensible and practical idea that is possible to achieve | |
depict | v: to illustrate someone or something in a photograph | |
fantastic | adj: extremely good; excellent | |
supernatural | adj: of or relating to existence outside the natural world; not able to be explained by natural laws | |
torrent | n: a sudden and violent stream, as of water, lava, or mud | |
rainstorm | n: a heavy fall of rain | |
cascade | n: a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls; a succession of stages or operations or processes or units | |
infant | n: a baby or very young child | |
commonplace | adj: occurring very often; lacking originality or interest | |
witness | n: a person who sees something happen, especially a crime or an accident | |
patriarch | n: a man who is the head of a family or tribe or a man who is revered because of his age, wisdom, or spiritual leadership | |
novella | n: a written work of fiction that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel | |
chronicle | n: a historical account of events arranged in order of time, typically without analysis or interpretation | |
foretell | v: to predict or reveal something that will happen in the future | |
award | n: a prize or other mark of recognition given in honor of an achievement | |
literature | n: written works, such as novels, plays, poems, or short stories that are considered to have artistic or intellectual value | |
span | n: the entire length of something, such as time or space from beginning to end; the amount of space that something covers | |
translate | v: to convert or change words into another language | |
contemporary | adj: belonging to the same or present time | |
universe | n: everything that exists, especially all physical matter, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy | |
locate | v: to specify or determine the exact position of someone or something |