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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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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 | |
employer | n: a person or organization that pays workers to work for them | |
struggle | v: to make a great effort to do something when it is difficult, or there are a lot of problems; to use force or violence to break away from restraint or constriction | |
unprecedented | adj: never having been seen, done, or known before | |
engineer | n: a person whose job is designing, building, or maintaining something such as machines, structures, or software | |
sustainable | adj: able to continue or be continued for a long time | |
compete | v: to strive to achieve more success than someone or something | |
disconnect | v: to unfasten or disjoin something, especially to break the connection between a supply of gas, water, or electricity and a piece of equipment | |
outdated | adj: no longer useful or valid because of being old-fashioned | |
consequence | n: the outcome of a particular action or event, especially relative to an individual | |
rethink | v: to consider again a plan, idea, etc., especially to change it | |
attract | v: to draw or entice someone or something towards them through the qualities they have, especially positive ones | |
retain | v: to keep or continue to possess or maintain something | |
talent | n: a natural ability to be good at something; someone who has a natural ability to be good at something | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
priority | n: something that is more important than other things and should be dealt with first | |
delay | v: to cause something to happen at a later time than originally intended or expected | |
revenue | n: the income that a government receives from taxes or that a company earns from its business | |
unleash | v: to suddenly release a strong force, emotion, etc. that cannot be controlled | |
plain | adj: without being decorated in any way; (Noun) a vast expanse of flat land with few trees | |
sight | n: the ability to see; anything that is seen | |
shift | n: a slight transition in position, direction, or trend | |
unfilled | adj: not having become or been made full | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
comic | adj: funny and making you laugh | |
requirement | n: something that is needed or wanted | |
ridiculous | adj: very silly or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at | |
billion | n: the number 1,000,000,000; one thousand million | |
veteran | n: a person who has had long experience in a particular area or activity | |
forecast | n: a prediction or statement about how something, such as the weather, will develop or what will happen in the future; (verb) to predict the future in advance | |
slide | v: to move or cause to move smoothly along a surface without interruption | |
engage | v: to attract and keep someone’s attention and interest; to participate in or obtain services of something | |
assign | v: to give a specific job or piece of work to a someone | |
fig | n: a sweet and soft edible fruit with many seeds or a tree on which these grow | |
resume | v: to continue or begin anew after a pause or interruption | |
intimidate | v: to make someone fearful or uneasy so that they will do something that you want them to do | |
filter | n: any of several types of equipment or systems used to separate particles from liquids or gases or to remove specific forms of light | |
qualified | adj: officially recognized as having completed a training course or passed the exams that are necessary to perform a particular job | |
criteria | n: (plural of criterion) standards or conditions by which something may be judged or decided | |
archaic | adj: old and no longer used or applicable; of or seeming to belong to an ancient period in history | |
identifiable | adj: capable of being recognized | |
predict | v: to state beforehand that something will happen in the future, mainly based on knowledge or experience | |
widen | v: to become or make something broader, wider, more extensive | |
wealth | n: a large amount of money, property, or other things that someone or an organization owns | |
adviser | n: a person who gives advice about a particular subject | |
hire | v: to give somebody a job | |
technological | adj: based on scientific and industrial progress | |
internal | adj: of or relating to the inside of something | |
upskill | v: to teach someone, especially workers, new or additional skills; to learn new or additional skills | |
caution | n: great care and attention that you take to avoid danger or mistakes; a warning against certain acts | |
bias | n: a strong feeling in favor of or against one group of people, an idea, or thing, often not based on fair judgment | |
mold | n: a hollow container used to give shape to liquid or soft substance, which then becomes solid in the same shape as the container; a soft, green, or gray growth that forms on stale food or objects exposed to warm, moist air for too long | |
handy | adj: valuable and convenient; easy or ready to reach or use | |
nowadays | adv: at the current time, in comparison to the past | |
pickleball | n: an American sport that is similar to tennis, where players use short wooden bats to hit a perforated plastic ball over a net | |
metaphor | n: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not denote to suggest a similarity | |
odds | n: the degree or probability that a particular thing will or will not happen | |
commit | v: to do something illegal or wrong | |
concept | n: an idea or principle associated with something abstract | |
micro | n: extremely small in scale or scope; one millionth | |
intern | v: to put someone in prison, especially for political or military reasons; (noun) a student or trainee who works, sometimes for free, to get work experience or to fulfill qualification criteria | |
graduate | n: a person who has a first degree from university or college; (verb) to complete the first course of university or college and get a degree | |
experiment | n: the scientific test conducted to observe what happens and gain new knowledge | |
recommendation | n: an official suggestion that something is good or suitable for a particular purpose or job | |
reorganize | v: to change to a more sufficient or suitable form of organization | |
draft | n: a preliminary version of something that is not yet in its final form | |
roll | v: to move in a particular direction by turning over and over or from side to side | |
frustrate | v: to hinder or prevent efforts, plans, or desires from doing, succeeding, or being fulfilled; to make someone feel upset or annoyed because they are unable to change or achieve something | |
flip | v: to turn over into a different position quickly; to throw or toss with a light motion | |
cite | v: to refer to something such as a passage, book, etc. as evidence for a theory or as a reason why something has happened | |
advancement | n: the development, improvement, or progress of something | |
hoard | v: to collect money, valuables, etc., for future use secretly; (noun) a secret store or collection of money, valuables, etc., for future use | |
diverse | adj: including numerous categories of individuals or entities; various | |
innovative | adj: introducing or using new methods, ideas, etc. | |
absolutely | adv: without restriction or limitation; completely or utterly | |
tip | n: the top or extreme point of something slender or tapering, usually a mountain or hill; a piece of advice about something practical; a small amount of money given for services | |
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 |