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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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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 | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
fairy | n: a mythical being of folklore and romance usually depicted as having magic powers | |
tale | n: a story made up in someone’s imagination, especially one full of action and adventure | |
precise | adj: sharply exact or accurate or delimited | |
fossil | n: any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing that has become hard and turned into rock | |
fuel | n: a substance that is typically burned to generate heat or energy | |
obvious | adj: easy to see, discover or understand | |
soar | v: to fly or rise very high or to a great height, often with great grace or ease | |
emission | n: the act of production or sending out gas, heat, light, etc. | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
crisis | n: a time of great disagreement, confusion, or danger when problems must be resolved or critical decisions must be taken | |
wealth | n: a large amount of money, property, or other things that someone or an organization owns | |
coal | n: a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock that is found below the ground and burnt to produce heat | |
unique | adj: being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else | |
protest | n: a strong expression of disagreement, disapproval, or opposition | |
naive | adj: showing unaffected simplicity and lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment | |
radical | adj: relating to the essential aspects of anything; far beyond the norm, mainly used of opinions and actions | |
deconstruct | v: to break something down into its separate parts to interpret or analyze it; to interpret or analyze a text, an artwork, etc. to show that there is no fixed meaning | |
aspect | n: one part or feature of a situation, problem, subject, etc. | |
instance | n: a particular example or single occurrence of something | |
human-made | adj: created or produced by humans; artificial | |
exploitation | n: the process of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | |
profit | n: money that is earned in business or by selling things after deducting the costs involved | |
imply | v: to indicate the truth or existence of something without referring to it | |
accident | n: an unfortunate event, especially one causing damage or injury | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
powerhouse | n: an electrical generating station; a person, organization, or thing that is extremely successful or influential | |
disaster | n: an unexpected event or series of events that cause widespread damage, destruction, or loss of life | |
introductory | adj: intended as an introduction or preliminary; serving as a base or starting point | |
transition | n: the process or period of changing from one state or circumstance to another | |
renewable | adj: capable of being renewed, extended, or replaced | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
mislead | v: to cause someone to believe something that is not true | |
deny | v: to state that one refuses to admit the existence or truth of something | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
drought | n: a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain, leading to a shortage of water and often causing damage to crops and other vegetation | |
flood | n: a large amount of water flowing beyond its normal limits; an overwhelming number or amount | |
catastrophe | n: a sudden event that causes extreme ruin and misfortune | |
innovation | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation | |
delay | v: to cause something to happen at a later time than originally intended or expected | |
logic | n: a way of thinking or reasoning conducted or evaluated by strict validity principles; the study of correct reasoning or good arguments | |
mathematics | n: the science dealing with the logic of quantities, shapes, spaces, and arrangement | |
attitude | n: the way you think and feel about someone or something | |
assignment | n: a duty or task given to someone, usually as part of their job or studies | |
equation | n: the act of regarding as equal; (mathematics) a statement that expresses the equality of two expressions by connecting them with the equals sign | |
construct | v: to build or create something; to assemble or combine different parts to form something whole | |
bomb | n: a weapon that explodes and is used to kill or injure people or to cause damage to something | |
emit | v: to give off or send out something such as light, heat, sound, gas, etc. | |
gigaton | n: a unit of explosive energy equal to one billion tons of TNT (= a powerful, yellow explosive substance); one billion tons | |
turbine | n: a machine that rotates to generate power from fluids such as water or gas | |
peaceful | adj: not involving violence, conflict, or war | |
spin | v: to cause something to rotate rapidly; to cause someone to feel dizzy or disoriented | |
commerce | n: the activity of buying and selling things, especially on a large scale | |
expand | v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance | |
install | v: to fix furniture, a machine, or a piece of equipment into position so that it can be used; put into an office or a position | |
panel | n: a square or rectangular and flat piece of something that forms a distinct section or component of something; a small group of specialists who discuss particular topics or give their advice or opinion about something | |
germ | n: a very tiny living that causes the disease; a piece of something such as an organism, concept, etc., capable of growing into a new one or part of one | |
estimate | v: to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something | |
independence | n: freedom from another’s or others’ control or influence | |
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 | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
halt | v: to bring or come to a stop; to force to stop moving or operating | |
invade | v: to enter aggressively into another’s territory by military force for conquest and occupation | |
machinery | n: a group of large machines or the components of a machine that make it work; social institution functions or structure for doing something | |
livelihood | n: a means of earning money people need to pay for food, a place to live, clothing, etc. | |
destroy | v: to ruin or damage severely or completely; to eradicate or eliminate completely | |
empower | v: to give someone the power or authority to do something | |
autocrat | n: a ruler with complete power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force | |
threaten | v: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against someone | |
democracy | n: a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation, or to choose governing officials to do so | |
globe | n: the earth or world, mainly used to emphasize its vastness | |
shareholder | n: a person who owns shares of stock in a company or business and therefore gets the company’s profit and has the right to control the company | |
attach | v: to fasten, join, or connect one thing to another | |
destruction | n: the act of causing so much damage to something | |
desperately | adv: in a way that shows a lack of hope and a willingness to do anything because of the problematic situation; with great urgency | |
norm | n: something that is regarded as usual, typical, or standard | |
mess | n: a state of confusion, dirtiness, or untidiness; (verb) to fail to do something or to make something dirty or untidy |