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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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prioritize | v: to assign a higher level of importance to something compared to other things | |
argue | v: to express differing opinions or points of view, often in a heated or contentious manner; to present a case or reasoning to persuade or convince others | |
necessarily | adv: in an essential manner; in such a way as could not be otherwise | |
stakeholder | n: a person or group that has an interest or concern in something, especially a business | |
pandemic | n: an outbreak of a disease that affects many people over a very wide area | |
predict | v: to state beforehand that something will happen in the future, mainly based on knowledge or experience | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
disease | n: a disorder or illness that affects the body or mind, often characterized by specific symptoms or abnormal functioning of organs or systems | |
prediction | n: the act of predicting the future by reasoning; a statement made about the future | |
sham | n: something that is not as good or true as it seems to be and is intended to deceive people; a person who pretends to be something they are not | |
vaccine | n: a substance that is put into the body and protects them from disease by causing them to produce antibodies (= proteins that attack harmful bacteria, viruses, etc.) | |
mortality | n: the quality or state of being subject to death | |
continent | n: one of the earth’s large landmasses; (adjective) abstaining from your feelings, especially your desire to have sex | |
doom | n: death, destruction, or some other terrible situation that cannot be avoided | |
laden | adj: heavily loaded or burdened | |
virus | n: a tiny infectious organic material that causes disease in people, animals, and plants | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
underestimate | v: to think or suppose that a quantity, price, or size is smaller than it is | |
extrapolate | v: to guess or think about what might happen or estimate something using the facts that you have now | |
confuse | v: to mistake one thing for another; to make somebody hard to understand | |
vulnerable | adj: capable of being hurt or influenced physically or mentally | |
wholesale | n: the sale of goods in large quantities, typically for resale by retailers; of or relating to goods or services that are sold in large quantities, typically for resale by retailers or other intermediaries | |
lockdown | n: an emergency policy for people, communities, or a country to stay where they are, usually due to specific risks, such as COVID-19 | |
trend | n: a general direction in which something is changing or developing | |
develop | v: to grow or expand; to improve or refine through a process of progress and refinement, often to achieve greater sophistication or complexity; to elaborate or add detail to something that is in the process of being created | |
burden | n: a duty, responsibility, etc. that is oppressive or worrisome; a load, typically a heavy one that is difficult to carry | |
unscathed | adj: not harmed or injured; untouched or unharmed by a negative or dangerous situation | |
ignore | v: to intentionally not listen or pay attention to | |
indirect | adj: happening in addition to the main or intended aim, cause or result, often in a way that is not obvious; not following the shortest or straight way | |
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 | |
disproportionately | adv: in a way that is not reasonably or appropriately balanced, equal, or distributed; in a manner that is unequal or excessive about something else | |
strength | n: the quality or state of being physically, or sometimes mentally, strong | |
circumstance | n: the specific conditions or events that surround a particular situation or occurrence | |
vaccinate | v: to treat with a vaccine, usually by injection, to produce immunity against a disease | |
welfare | n: the general health, happiness, and prosperous of a person or group | |
catalog | n: a complete list of items, often including technical details and prices | |
dam | n: a wall constructed over a river to block the flow of water, mainly used to generate energy | |
frightening | adj: causing fear or alarm, or very surprising and alarming | |
wealth | n: a large amount of money, property, or other things that someone or an organization owns | |
epidemic | n: the widespread outbreak of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time | |
cholera | n: a severe infectious disease that causes acute diarrhea, vomiting, and dehydration, often resulting in a rapid and dangerous loss of body fluids and electrolytes | |
measles | n: a highly infectious viral disease that causes fever, red spots on the skin, and other flu-like symptoms, typically affects children | |
trace | v: to find or discover someone or something that was lost | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
provision | n: the act of providing or supplying something; a clause in a document or law that specifies a particular requirement or condition | |
medical | adj: relating to the treatment of illness or injuries; relating to the practice of medicine | |
oxygen | n: the chemical element with the symbol O that is present in air and water and is necessary for people, animals, and plants to live | |
highlight | v: to make something prominent, mainly so that people give it more attention | |
shield | n: a protective covering or structure, especially in the past, that soldiers held in front of their bodies to protect themselves | |
elderly | adj: (a polite word for) old | |
philosophy | n: the study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind | |
mount | v: to increase, go up, or advance gradually or continuously; to prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; to ride on something or someone | |
appropriate | adj: suitable or proper in the circumstances; fitting | |
proportionate | adj: having a proper or suitable balance in size, amount, or degree; corresponding or in proportion to something else | |
sustainable | adj: able to continue or be continued for a long time | |
demographic | n: a statistic characterizing that describes people or groups of people based on their age, sex, income, etc. | |
tide | n: the cyclical rise and fall of sea level caused by the moon’s gravitational pull | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
outcome | n: the result or effect of an action, event, etc. | |
relate | v: to establish a connection or association between two or more things; to narrate or tell about an event, experience, or relationship; to empathize or feel sympathy with someone or something | |
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 | |
economy | n: the system by which a country or region produces manages, and distributes goods and services, including the money and finances involved in these activities; (of an airline) the lowest-priced, most basic option for seating in commercial travel | |
upward | adv: toward the top or highest point, or a higher position or level; (adjective) extending or moving toward a higher place | |
demonstrate | v: to display something or give an exhibition to an interested audience | |
homegrown | adj: grown or produced locally rather than imported from another area | |
infectious | adj: able to be passed quickly from one person, animal, or plant to another, especially through air or water | |
priority | n: something that is more important than other things and should be dealt with first |