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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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renowned | adj: famous and respected for great achievements, qualities, etc. | |
economical | adj: providing a satisfactory return on the money, time, or effort; not using more money, fuel, etc. than necessary | |
blacksmith | n: a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil | |
wealth | n: a large amount of money, property, or other things that someone or an organization owns | |
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 | |
reserve | v: to keep something for future use or contingency; to obtain or arrange something, such as a meeting, seat, etc., in advance | |
commerce | n: the activity of buying and selling things, especially on a large scale | |
gross | adj: being the total amount of something before any deductions; obese and ugly or unpleasant | |
domestic | adj: relating to or inside a particular country, not foreign or international | |
intent | n: a strong determination or attention to do or achieve something; (adjective) having a strong determination to do or achieve something | |
argument | n: a set of statements or reasons used to support or refute a proposition or theory; a verbal or physical fight or dispute | |
context | n: the circumstances, facts, or conditions that surround a particular event, situation, or statement and that give it meaning | |
obvious | adj: easy to see, discover or understand | |
worthwhile | adj: having value or benefit; sufficiently important or beneficial to be worthy of time or effort; deserving of attention or consideration | |
fulfill | v: to meet the requirements or expectations; to achieve or realize | |
illegal | adj: not allowed by law | |
consumption | n: the amount used or eaten; the act of using up a resource such as energy, food, or materials | |
unpaid | adj: not yet paid; without payment | |
boost | v: to improve, raise, or increase something | |
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 | |
dam | n: a wall constructed over a river to block the flow of water, mainly used to generate energy | |
sustainable | adj: able to continue or be continued for a long time | |
planet | n: any of the nine large celestial bodies that circle in the solar system; any celestial body that revolves around a star | |
upheaval | n: great change, disruption, or disturbance; (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation | |
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 | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
emergency | n: a sudden unforeseen crisis usually involving danger that requires immediate action | |
automatic | adj: able to work or operate with little or no direct human control; independent of external control | |
broad | adj: very wide; general | |
definition | n: a concise explanation of the meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol | |
compelling | adj: arousing strong and irresistible interest, attention, or admiration | |
increasingly | adv: more and more | |
well-being | n: the state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | |
sin | n: the offense against a religious or moral law or against God | |
pursue | v: to do something or attempt to attain something over time; to follow or seek someone or something, especially in trying to catch them | |
policy | n: a set of rules, guidelines, principles, or procedures that govern decision-making or action, often used in the context of business or government; a course of action or plan of action adopted or followed by an organization or individual to achieve a goal or objective | |
implication | n: something that is inferred or indirectly stated; the act or fact of being involved in something | |
resonance | n: a deep, full, or reverberating sound or tone; a quality or feeling of a particular emotional or mental vibration or significance; a mutual or sympathetic connection or correspondence between two things | |
conversation | n: an informal talk between two or more people to exchange their views, ideas, information, etc. | |
provoke | v: to stimulate or give rise to a particular reaction or have a particular effect | |
profound | adj: extremely great; sensed or experienced very strongly; displaying a high level of knowledge or comprehension | |
fundamental | adj: forming an essential base or core from which everything else develops or is affected | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
engage | v: to attract and keep someone’s attention and interest; to participate in or obtain services of something | |
alienation | n: the state of being isolated or detached from one’s social, emotional, or political environment | |
disaffection | n: a feeling of dissatisfaction or resentment towards someone or something, especially a government or system | |
prevalent | adj: existing very commonly in a particular area or in a specific time | |
develop | v: to grow or expand; to improve or refine through a process of progress and refinement, often to achieve greater sophistication or complexity; to elaborate or add detail to something that is in the process of being created | |
nation | n: a large organized community of people living in a particular country or region and having a particular culture | |
framework | n: the structural components of a building or object that support its weight and give it form; the underlying structure of a system, concept, or text | |
indicator | n: something that shows or points out what a situation is like or how a situation is changing | |
vary | v: to become different in terms of size, shape, etc. | |
capture | v: to catch a person or an animal and confine them in an area which they cannot escape | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
importance | n: the quality of being important and worthy of note | |
tackle | v: to try to deal with a complex problem or situation | |
competitiveness | n: the quality or characteristic of being competitive, or the ability or inclination to compete; the degree or extent to which someone or something is competitive in nature or behavior | |
commitment | n: a promise or firm decision to do something or to behave in a certain way | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
transition | n: the process or period of changing from one state or circumstance to another | |
commission | n: a formal instruction, command, or request given to a person or group; an official group of people entrusted by a government or other official body to control or enforce something | |
carbon | n: a chemical element that can be found in pure form as diamond or graphite, and it is also an essential part of coal and oil and is found in all plants and animals | |
transformation | n: a complete change in form, nature, or appearance of someone or something | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
relevance | n: the state or degree of being closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand | |
childcare | n: a service involving care for other people’s children | |
paternity | n: the state of being a father; the attribution of a specific child to a particular father; the characteristics or traits inherited or passed down from a father | |
immediately | adv: now or without delay | |
moral | adj: concerned with the principles of what is right and wrong, fairness, honesty, etc. | |
observation | n: the act or activity of carefully examining or monitoring something or someone | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
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 | |
proportion | n: a part, share, or amount of something considered in comparative relation to a whole | |
extent | n: the point or degree or area to which something extends | |
principle | n: a fundamental law or truth that explains or controls how something happens or works | |
promote | v: to encourage or persuade people to like, buy, use, do, or support something; to raise someone to a higher position or rank | |
birthplace | n: the house, town, etc., where someone was born | |
divide | v: to separate or cause to separate into parts or groups | |
vision | n: the ability to think about or see the future with imagination and intelligence; the faculty of being able to see | |
enlightenment | n: education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge | |
industrial | adj: of or relating to or resulting from industry | |
determinant | n: a factor, circumstance, or condition that contributes to the shaping, influencing, or determining of a particular outcome or result |