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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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peer | n: a person who has the same age, status, or ability | |
extraordinary | adj: exceptional, unexpected, very unusual; surpassing the ordinary or usual | |
pupil | n: the black circular opening in the center of the iris of the eye, through which light enters the eye; a student in school or university | |
indicator | n: something that shows or points out what a situation is like or how a situation is changing | |
ecosystem | n: all the plants and living creatures in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment | |
hollow | adj: having a hole, empty space inside, or indentation on the surface | |
iris | n: the colored part of the eye that surrounds the pupil; a flower with showy petals, named for its resemblance to the eye’s iris | |
porthole | n: a small round window in a ship or aircraft, often with a hinged cover | |
strike | v: to wallop somebody or something with the hand, fist, or weapon; to have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | |
retina | n: the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball | |
sensitive | adj: able to notice slight changes, signals, or influences; able to feel or perceive other’s feelings; susceptible to the things people say or do | |
process | n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products | |
vision | n: the ability to think about or see the future with imagination and intelligence; the faculty of being able to see | |
absorb | v: to take in a fluid or other substance gradually | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
vary | v: to become different in terms of size, shape, etc. | |
greatly | adv: to an extraordinary extent or degree; very much | |
twilight | n: the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from sunrise to sunrise or sunset to sunset | |
hunt | v: to go after and try to catch wild animals to kill them for food, sport, or profit | |
vertical | adj: upright or perpendicular to a horizontal surface or line | |
elongate | v: to extend something in length; to lengthen, stretch out, or to make longer | |
structure | n: the way of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, or a complex thing constructed of many parts | |
expand | v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance | |
dramatically | adv: in a very impressive manner | |
shrink | v: to become smaller, or to make something smaller in size or amount | |
slit | n: a narrow cut or opening, often made by a sharp instrument or tool; (verb) to cut or make a long, narrow opening or incision in something, typically with a sharp instrument such as a knife or scissors | |
flexible | adj: able to change or be changed to suit new conditions or situations; able to bend easily | |
maximum | adj: the largest or greatest amount or value attainable or attained | |
contour | n: the outline of its shape or form; a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
visual | adj: relating to seeing or sight | |
judge | n: a person who makes decisions in a court of law; (verb) to determine the result of or form a critical opinion of something | |
precise | adj: sharply exact or accurate or delimited | |
distance | n: the amount of space between two points, measured in units such as miles, meters, or kilometers; the extent, scope, or range between two things, such as distance or emotional distance | |
ambush | n: the act of hiding and waiting for someone before the sudden attack | |
locate | v: to specify or determine the exact position of someone or something | |
perceive | v: to become aware or conscious of something through the senses | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
horizontal | adj: parallel to the ground or in a baseline; being at the same level as all members of a group | |
graze | v: to feed on grass or other vegetation, especially by nibbling at it repeatedly; to break the skin of a body part by scraping | |
browse | v: to shop around in a leisurely and casual way; to look through a book, magazine, Internet, etc., casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; (of an animal) to feed on plants | |
situ | adj: short for “situated,” meaning located or placed in a particular position or circumstance | |
detect | v: to find or recognize something, especially something difficult to see, hear, etc. | |
disrupt | v: to prevent or stop something, especially an event, activity, or process, from continuing in the usual way by causing a problem or disturbance | |
horizon | n: the line at which the earth’s surface and the sky appear to meet; the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated | |
alert | v: to warn or arouse to a sense of danger; (adjective) paying close attention or being in a state of readiness for action | |
predator | n: an animal whose natural behavior is to prey on others | |
obstacle | n: a thing that blocks one’s way or prevents or hinders progress | |
align | v: to put or arrange two or more things in a straight line or to form a straight line | |
rot | v: to decay, or cause something to decay, naturally and gradually | |
eyeball | n: the round part of the eye of a vertebrate that is usually inside the head and, therefore, cannot be seen | |
socket | n: a device in a wall into which a plug is inserted to connect electrical devices to a building’s power source; a hollow into which a structure fits | |
nocturnal | adj: relating to or occurring in the night; active or awake during the night | |
gecko | n: a small to medium-sized lizard with soft, velvety skin, short legs, and adhesive pads on the feet that allow them to climb and walk along vertical surfaces | |
stud | n: a small object with a head on one end and a sharp point on the other, used for fastening clothing, leather, or other materials; an animal used for breeding, typically a male horse or bull that is of superior breeding stock; (verb) to decorate or adorn with studs; to provide with studs for support | |
pinhole | n: a tiny hole in a material, often made by a needle, that allows light or other substances to pass through | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
mantis | n: a type of predatory insect known for its distinctive front legs that are bent in a way that resembles a praying posture | |
insect | n: any small creature that has six legs and a body divided into three sections | |
crustacean | n: a type of arthropod, such as a crab, lobster, or shrimp, that has a hard outer shell or exoskeleton | |
optical | adj: of or relating to or light or the ability to see; (noun) the science of light and vision, and to instruments and techniques used in the study and application of light | |
illusion | n: a false idea or belief, especially about somebody or about a situation | |
observer | n: a person who watches or notices someone or something but has no active part in it | |
compound | n: an item composed of two or more distinct elements combined; a chemical formed by the combination of two or more elements | |
compose | v: to write music, poetry, or formal writing; to constitute or make up a whole, or a specified part of it | |
aim | v: to try or plan to get or achieve something | |
wavelength | n: the distance between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave | |
dimension | n: a measurable extent of a particular kind, such as width, height, or length | |
circular | adj: shaped like a circle; having a round form | |
priority | n: something that is more important than other things and should be dealt with first | |
extreme | adj: very great in amount or degree | |
observation | n: the act or activity of carefully examining or monitoring something or someone | |
chase | v: to pursue something or someone to catch or capture them; to go after something vigorously or with determination; (noun) a pursuit or a hunt; a narrow groove or channel cut into a surface, often used for decorative purposes | |
prey | n: the object of a hunt; an animal hunted or trapped for eating | |
recognize | v: to acknowledge or realize something or someone; to identify, remember, or become aware of something that was previously known or encountered | |
emerge | v: to move out of or away from something and become visible | |
mongoose | n: a weasel-like carnivorous mammal that is native to Asia and Africa, often kept as a pit against cobras for entertainment | |
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 | |
crescent | n: a shape that is curved and tapering, often resembling a moon’s crescent shape | |
cuttlefish | n: a sea creature with eight arms and two tentacles (= long parts like arms) that has a wide and flat shell inside its body | |
bizarre | adj: very strange or unusual |