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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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persuade | v: to convince or induce someone to do something by presenting a reason or argument; to sway or influence someone’s decision or opinion | |
optimistic | adj: hoping or expecting that good thing will happen or something will be successful | |
confront | v: to face, meet or deal with a problem or difficult situation or person | |
tremendous | adj: very great in degree or extent or amount or impact; extremely good | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
inequality | n: the unfairness of a society in which some people have more opportunity, money, etc. than others; (mathematics) relation between two values when they are different | |
endemic | adj: (of a disease or other problem) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area | |
eliminate | v: to remove or get rid of someone or something | |
accomplished | adj: having completed a task or achieved a goal successfully; skilled or proficient at something | |
breakthrough | n: a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem | |
optimism | n: a feeling or the belief that good things will happen, or the quality of being full of hope and emphasizing the positive aspects of a situation | |
deliberately | adv: done in an intentional or slow and careful manner | |
intention | n: something you want to do and are going to do | |
guarantee | v: to promise something will happen formally, especially that certain conditions about a product, service, or transaction would be met | |
inadvertently | adv: unintentionally; accidentally; without purpose or deliberate intent | |
optimist | n: a person who tends to expect the best in all things and to be hopeful and confident about the future | |
absence | n: the fact or condition of being away from a place where they are typically anticipated to be | |
utopia | n: an ideal and perfect society in which all social and political problems have been solved, and all members live in harmony and prosperity | |
protopia | n: a state of transition or movement towards an idealized but undefined future state; a positive vision of change and progress that acknowledges that perfection is impossible to achieve | |
perspective | n: a confident attitude toward something; a particular style of thinking about something | |
yield | n: the total output of crops, profits, etc. that are produced; (verb) to produce or supply helpful something, such as a profit, an amount of food, or information | |
definitely | adv: without any question and beyond doubt; clearly | |
temperament | n: a person’s nature or disposition, especially as it permanently affects their behavior | |
blind | adj: unable to see; unable or unwilling to perceive or understand the true nature of something | |
delusion | n: a false belief or impression that is firmly held despite evidence to the contrary | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
progression | n: the act or process of changing to the next stage or phase or moving forward | |
transcend | v: to rise above or go beyond the limits of something | |
anecdote | n: a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | |
increment | n: a regular increase in the amount of something, such as money; a process of becoming larger, longer, or more important | |
improve | v: to make or become better | |
pessimistic | adj: tending to see the worst aspect of things or expecting the worst possible outcome | |
smallpox | n: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever, weakness, spots on the skin, and often death | |
surplus | n: an amount of something more than what is needed or required; excess or extra supply | |
raid | n: a sudden short attack, usually by soldiers, ships, or aircraft | |
headline | n: a heading at the top of a newspaper or magazine story or page | |
compress | v: to press or squeeze together to make something take up less space | |
cycle | n: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; a bicycle or motorcycle | |
destroy | v: to ruin or damage severely or completely; to eradicate or eliminate completely | |
compound | n: an item composed of two or more distinct elements combined; a chemical formed by the combination of two or more elements | |
invisible | adj: impossible or nearly impossible to see | |
destruction | n: the act of causing so much damage to something | |
unlikely | adj: not probable or likely to happen | |
probable | adj: likely to happen or likely to be true | |
trend | n: a general direction in which something is changing or developing | |
align | v: to put or arrange two or more things in a straight line or to form a straight line | |
mechanism | n: a part of a machine, or a set of parts that performs a task; a natural or established process that occurs during a specific situation or reaction | |
rely | v: to require a specific thing or the assistance and support of someone or something to continue, run properly, or succeed. | |
collaborate | v: to work with someone else to produce or achieve something | |
collaboration | n: the act or situation of working together to create or produce something | |
addition | n: the act or process of adding something to something else; the process of adding numbers | |
coop | v: a farm building or enclosure for housing poultry | |
planet | n: any of the nine large celestial bodies that circle in the solar system; any celestial body that revolves around a star | |
accomplish | v: to finish or achieve something successfully | |
generation | n: all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively; the production of heat or electricity | |
unborn | adj: not yet born | |
undergo | v: to go through something unpleasant or that involves a change | |
infrastructure | n: the basic systems, services, or features that are necessary for an organization or country, such as transport and power supplies | |
skyscraper | n: a very tall building, typically one in a city | |
ancestor | n: a person from whom one is descended; a forefather | |
sacrifice | n: the act of killing an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity; (verb) to give up something important or valuable to help another person or get or do something that seems more important | |
immediate | adj: happening or done without delay or occurring shortly after something else | |
postpone | v: to delay or reschedule something to a later time or date | |
invest | v: to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or achieve a result | |
individually | adv: separately or apart from others | |
disguise | v: to hide or alter someone’s appearance to deceive or mislead others | |
opportune | adj: suitable or happening at a time that is suitable or convenient for a particular purpose | |
shun | v: to avoid deliberately or keep away from someone or something | |
embrace | v: to accept something willingly and enthusiastically; (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms as in greeting or affection | |
generate | v: to produce or create something; to make offspring by reproduction | |
peculiar | adj: odd and uncommon, sometimes in an unpleasant way | |
expand | v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance | |
ignorance | n: lack of knowledge or information about a particular subject or fact | |
unlimited | adj: without any limits or restrictions | |
impede | v: to obstruct or block someone or something to slow down or prevent progress | |
conduit | n: a channel, pipe, or tube that is used to direct the flow of fluids or other material from one place to another; figuratively, a means of communication or channel for transmitting information, ideas, or concepts | |
reject | v: to refuse to accept, consider, or use something or someone | |
possibility | n: a chance that something may happen or be true | |
gigantic | adj: extremely large | |
moral | adj: concerned with the principles of what is right and wrong, fairness, honesty, etc. | |
obligation | n: the state of being morally or legally bound to do or pay something | |
arc | n: the shape of a portion of a circle or other curved line |