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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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grant | v: to agree to give or allow somebody | |
privilege | n: a special right or advantage that only one person or group of people has, usually because they are rich and powerful in a society | |
eligible | adj: having the required qualities or satisfying the necessary criteria | |
arbitrary | adj: based on chance, or individual whim rather than any reason | |
unfair | adj: not giving equal treatment or opportunities to people involved; marked by injustice, partiality, or deception | |
disagree | v: to have or express a different opinion, idea, etc. | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
consequence | n: the outcome of a particular action or event, especially relative to an individual | |
candid | adj: honest, straightforward, and frank in someone’s words or actions | |
obsess | v: to fill the mind of someone continually so that one can’t think of anything else | |
logic | n: a way of thinking or reasoning conducted or evaluated by strict validity principles; the study of correct reasoning or good arguments | |
valid | adj: having a reasonable basis in logic or fact; still legally or officially acceptable | |
coming-of-age | n: the process of reaching maturity and assuming adult responsibilities | |
ceremony | n: a formal event or ritual, often religious or solemn | |
celebrated | adj: renowned for possessing admirable attributes | |
consensus | n: general agreement or accord in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | |
neuroscience | n: the scientific study of the function, structure, and disorder of the brain and the nervous system | |
define | v: to state or explain precisely the nature, scope, or meaning of something | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
involve | v: to include or affect someone or something as a necessary part of something else | |
trajectory | n: the curved path followed by an object moving through space | |
reduction | n: a decrease in size, amount, or degree | |
consist | v: to be composed or made up of | |
facilitate | v: to make something easier or more likely to happen | |
communicate | v: to share or exchange information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals | |
dense | adj: containing a large number of people or something with little space between them | |
hub | n: the central or main part of a particular place, activity, network, etc.; the central part of a car wheel, fan, propeller, etc., through which the shaft or axle passes | |
prune | n: a dried plum that has a black, wrinkled appearance; (verb) to cut off branches from a tree, bush, or plant, especially to encourage growth | |
strengthen | v: to become stronger or more effective; to make someone or something stronger or more effective | |
weed | n: a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants | |
fine-tune | v: to make tiny changes or improvements to make it work as well as possible | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
coincide | v: to take place at or near the same time | |
myelin | n: a white fatty substance that covers around nerves, helping them to send signals effectively | |
insulation | n: the act or process of covering something to stop heat, sound, electricity, etc. from passing through; the materials used for this | |
immediate | adj: happening or done without delay or occurring shortly after something else | |
reward | n: a thing given in acknowledgment of service, hard work, achievement, etc. | |
balanced | adj: taking all sides or opinions into account equally; being in a state of proper equilibrium | |
volume | n: the amount of space occupied by an object or substance; the magnitude of sound | |
undergo | v: to go through something unpleasant or that involves a change | |
drastic | adj: radical and extreme; likely to have a significant or far-reaching impact | |
adolescent | n: a young person who is in the process of developing from a child into an adult | |
reshape | v: to change the form or structure of something | |
lifetime | n: the duration of someone’s life or something’s existence; | |
structure | n: the way of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, or a complex thing constructed of many parts | |
cognitive | adj: of or relating to mental processes of understanding | |
efficiency | n: the state or quality of doing something well with no waste of input such as time or money | |
definition | n: a concise explanation of the meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol | |
assess | v: to judge or decide the nature or quality of someone or something | |
susceptible | adj: easily influenced, harmed, or affected by something | |
external | adj: belonging to or situated outside of someone or something | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
utilize | v: to use something for a practical purpose in an effective way | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
presence | n: the fact or state that someone or something exists, occurs, or is present | |
emerge | v: to move out of or away from something and become visible | |
influence | n: the ability to affect someone’s or something’s character, growth, or behavior, or the effect itself | |
emerging | adj: starting to exist, mature, or become well-known | |
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 | |
identity | n: the fact of being who or what somebody or something is; the features, emotions, or ideas that distinguish persons from one another | |
vulnerable | adj: capable of being hurt or influenced physically or mentally | |
negative | adj: having the quality of something bad or harmful; expressing refusal | |
peer | n: a person who has the same age, status, or ability | |
rash | n: any red spot of the skin, caused by a disease or reaction to something; (adjective) marked by defiance and not caring about risk or consequences | |
judicial | adj: of or relating to a court, a judge, or legal judgment | |
expand | v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance | |
juvenile | adj: relating to or characteristic of youth or young people; immature | |
unique | adj: being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else | |
genetics | n: the branch of biology that studies genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms |