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debate | n: a formal discussion or argument of opposing viewpoints, often to persuade others to adopt a specific position; a public discussion, often on an issue of current interest, in which participants offer opinions and differing perspectives | |
copyright | n: the legal right to be the only person or organization who can reproduce, publish, and sell a particular piece of work | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
dispassionate | adj: not influenced by strong emotions or personal feelings; objective and impartial; characterized by rationality and objectivity rather than being driven by subjective biases or emotions | |
quantitative | adj: relating to, measuring, or expressing in terms of quantity; involving numerical or statistical data | |
propose | v: to make a proposal, declare a plan for something | |
employ | v: to give somebody a job and pay them for it; to make use of | |
enlist | v: to sign up to serve in the military or a particular organization | |
mathematics | n: the science dealing with the logic of quantities, shapes, spaces, and arrangement | |
instance | n: a particular example or single occurrence of something | |
association | n: a people or groups of people who have joined in a single organization together for a particular purpose; a social or business connection or relationship | |
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 | |
theft | n: the act of taking anything from someone or somewhere unlawfully; stealing | |
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 | |
analyze | v: to think about in-depth and evaluate to discover essential features or meaning | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
stretch | v: to make or be capable of making anything longer or broader without hurting or breaking | |
auditorium | n: a room or building used for concerts, plays, or other public performances | |
boulevard | n: a wide street or avenue, often lined with trees and featuring multiple lanes of traffic, sidewalks, and sometimes a central median or promenade | |
mar | v: to damage or spoil the appearance or surface of something | |
penny | n: a small denomination of currency or coin, typically the smallest unit of a currency system; in the US, a coin worth one cent | |
obvious | adj: easy to see, discover or understand | |
insight | n: the ability to gain an accurate and deep understanding of people or situations; an accurate and deep understanding of what something is like | |
moral | adj: concerned with the principles of what is right and wrong, fairness, honesty, etc. | |
hypothesis | n: a proposed idea or explanation that is based on a few known facts but has not yet been proven to be true or accurate | |
retail | n: the sale of goods or services to consumers, especially in small quantities, either directly to the end customer or through retail outlets | |
pirate | n: (especially in the past) a person who attacks and robs ships at sea | |
equivalent | n: having the same value, quality, meaning, purpose, etc. | |
crop | n: a plant that is cultivated in large amounts, particularly for food | |
wheat | n: a cereal plant that is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc | |
tobacco | n: a plant grown for its leaves, which are dried and processed for smoking or chewing or extraction of nicotine | |
sorghum | n: a type of grain grown in tropical countries | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
revenue | n: the income that a government receives from taxes or that a company earns from its business | |
chunk | n: a thick and solid mass or piece of something | |
pay-per-view | n: a system or service where viewers are required to pay a fee to access or watch a specific event, program, or content, usually on television or through streaming platforms | |
satellite | n: an electronic device that is sent up into space and moves around the Earth or another planet, used for gathering information or communicating by radio, television, etc. | |
cable | n: a set of wires covered by plastic or rubber that carries electricity, phone signals, etc.; a solid thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire | |
puzzling | adj: confusing or difficult to understand; mysterious | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
norm | n: something that is regarded as usual, typical, or standard | |
addition | n: the act or process of adding something to something else; the process of adding numbers | |
piracy | n: the unauthorized use or reproduction of someone else’s work, such as a book, song, or movie; the act of attacking or robbing ships at sea | |
forego | v: to precede or go before something in time or order; to give up, relinquish or do without something, usually by choice or obligation | |
insidious | adj: tending to entrap or beguile unawares; working or spreading in a hidden and usually harmful way | |
ringtone | n: a sound or melody that plays on a mobile phone to indicate an incoming call or message | |
excel | v: to be extremely good at or proficient in doing something | |
folk | n: people in general, especially those of a particular group or type | |
bureau | n: an office or agency that specializes in a particular type of work, often related to collecting or compiling data or information | |
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 | |
indicate | v: to show, point out, or make known something, often through a sign or a symbol; to suggest or imply something without stating it directly | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
negative | adj: having the quality of something bad or harmful; expressing refusal | |
mind-blowing | adj: extremely impressive in a way that affects someone’s mind or emotions | |
string | n: long, thin material used for tying things together, composed of several twisted threads | |
toolkit | n: a set of tools, materials, or resources that are designed to be used together for a specific purpose or task; a collection of information or techniques that can be used to address a problem or achieve a goal | |
precise | adj: sharply exact or accurate or delimited | |
congress | n: a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups | |
improve | v: to make or become better | |
damage | v: to harm or cause injury to something or someone, often resulting in decreased value or functionality; to impair or negatively affect something, such as a reputation or relationship; (noun) harm or injury that is caused to a person, thing, or entity | |
lobby | n: a large area inside the entrance of a public building where people can meet and wait; a group of people who try to persuade a politician, the government, or an official group to influence legislation | |
mere | adj: used to emphasize how insignificant or minor someone or something is | |
compound | n: an item composed of two or more distinct elements combined; a chemical formed by the combination of two or more elements | |
inflation | n: a general and progressive increase in prices; (cosmology) a theory of the exponential expansion of space in the early universe; the act of filling something with air | |
hoodlum | n: a person who engages in criminal or violent behavior; a thug or gangster | |
buck | n: a male deer; a unit of currency, especially the US dollar; a sudden jolt or movement; a young man; (verb) to resist or oppose something, such as an authority, trend, or convention | |
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 | |
inquiry | n: the act or process of asking a question or asking for information; an official process of investigating a matter of public interest | |
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 |