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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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archaeology | n: the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | |
Arthurian | adj: relating to king Arthur and the tales and legends associated with him | |
uncover | v: to remove the cover from something; to discover something previously unseen or hidden | |
tablet | n: a small flat electronic device used for browsing the internet, reading, writing, or playing games; a small, solid pill of medicine | |
inscribe | v: to write or carve something on a surface, especially as a formal or permanent record | |
symbol | n: something visible that is used to represent something else | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
elude | v: to escape or avoid capture or detection, often by being clever or cunning | |
scholar | n: professor; a person who studies a topic in considerable depth, particularly in a university | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
fresco | n: a painting technique in which water and pigment are applied to wet plaster, producing a durable and luminous image | |
maze | n: a complex network of winding passages or pathways designed as a puzzle or challenge for people to navigate through | |
hallway | n: an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open | |
palace | n: the residence of a high-ranking official such as a king, queen, etc. | |
mythical | adj: based on or related to myths, legends, or folklore; existing only in tales or in the imagination | |
script | n: a written text of a film, play, broadcast, or speech; something written by hand | |
dub | v: to give someone or something an unofficial name or nickname; to provide movies with a voice of a foreign language | |
linear | adj: of, relating to, or consisting of lines or length; able to be expressed as a straight line, especially on a graph | |
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 | |
intensify | v: to increase or make something increase in extent or strength | |
inscription | n: a message or design that is written or engraved on a surface of something, such as stone or metal | |
decipher | v: to read or understand something that is written in code or in a difficult or obscure way | |
accurate | adj: correct and exact in all details | |
observation | n: the act or activity of carefully examining or monitoring something or someone | |
administer | v: to oversee and control the operation or arrangement of something | |
syllable | n: a single unit of spoken language more significant than a phoneme containing a vowel sound and usually one or more consonants | |
consonant | n: a speech sound that is produced by completely or partially blocking the airflow through the mouth; a letter or group of letters representing a consonant sound, for example, “b,” “c,” “d,” etc. | |
vowel | n: a speech sound pronounced with an open vocal tract, typically made by vibrating the vocal cords and without any constriction or obstruction of airflow in the lungs or mouth | |
classic | adj: judged or deserving to be regarded as one of the best or most important of its kind over a period of time; of a well-known type | |
quest | n: a long or challenging search for something | |
analyze | v: to think about in-depth and evaluate to discover essential features or meaning | |
frequent | adj: happening constantly | |
scrap | n: a small piece or amount of something, especially leftover from a larger whole | |
cigarette | n: a small cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in paper for smoking | |
carton | n: a lightbox or container made of cardboard, typically used for packaging or storing items | |
scarce | adj: not abundant or plentiful, and therefore not easy to find or obtain | |
frequency | n: an ordered array of colors into which a light beam can be split | |
rely | v: to require a specific thing or the assistance and support of someone or something to continue, run properly, or succeed. | |
grammar | n: the set of structural constraints on speakers’ or writers’ composition of clauses, phrases, and words | |
chart | n: a visual display of information such as a diagram, lists of figures, etc.; a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
cancer | n: abnormal growth of cells that can invade and destroy surrounding tissues and organs; a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells | |
architect | n: a person whose job is to design plans to be used in making something, such as buildings | |
crack | v: to break or cause to break without dividing into separate parts; (noun) a line on the surface of something along which it has separated without breaking | |
obsess | v: to fill the mind of someone continually so that one can’t think of anything else | |
grid | n: a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines; a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region | |
cache | n: a collection of items hidden away or stored for future use; (computer science) memory that is set aside as buffer storage that is frequently updated | |
excavate | v: to dig or remove earth, rocks, or other materials from the ground or a site, often to uncover or discover something | |
breakthrough | n: a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem | |
specific | adj: clearly defined or particular to a certain thing or situation; distinct, explicit, and precise | |
locate | v: to specify or determine the exact position of someone or something | |
constant | adj: happening repeatedly or all the time | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
domino | n: a small, flat, rectangular block used in a game that has pairs of dots on one or both sides; a consequence of an event that sets off a chain reaction of similar events | |
unravel | v: undo twisted, knitted, or woven threads by separating it | |
rev | n: a measure of the rate at which an engine or motor rotates, often expressed in revolutions per minute (RPM); (verb) to increase the number of rotations per minute | |
rewrite | v: to write something such as a book or speech again in a different way, usually to improve it or add new information | |
chapter | n: a separate section of a written work usually numbered and titled | |
insist | v: to say something clearly or demand something forcefully, especially when other people disagree with or oppose what you say | |
conquer | v: to bring under control by force or authority | |
opposition | n: the act of disagreeing or resisting; the state of strong disagreement | |
invade | v: to enter aggressively into another’s territory by military force for conquest and occupation | |
adopt | v: to choose to follow something; to legally take a child from another family and care for them as if they were one’s own |