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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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subway | n: an underground railway system, typically in a city | |
confer | v: to have a meeting or discussion to come to a decision or agreement or exchange ideas; to bestow something | |
sight | n: the ability to see; anything that is seen | |
greet | v: to say hello to someone; to express welcome on meeting someone | |
surround | v: to be all around something or somebody | |
glue | n: a sticky substance used for joining things together; a bonding agent made from animal or synthetic materials | |
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 | |
bookworm | n: a person who loves to read and spends much time doing so; a term often used in a positive sense to indicate someone knowledgeable and well-read | |
milestone | n: an important event or stage in the development or progress of something; a stone by the side of a road to show distances | |
harry | v: to persistently harass, badger, or bother someone or something; to persistently attack or pursue an opposing force or target | |
potter | n: a person who makes pottery, objects that are made of clay and then fired in a kiln to make them hard and durable; (verb, also putter) to occupy oneself in a leisurely or casual way, often with no particular goal or aim in mind | |
confession | n: a formal statement in which one admits that they have done something wrong or illegal | |
grocery | n: a shop that sells food and other household items | |
app | n: (abbreviation for application) software designed to run on smartphones and other mobile devices or inside a web browser on a PC | |
diaper | n: a soft, absorbent piece of material worn by babies and young children around their waist and between their legs to catch urine and feces | |
commute | v: to regularly travel a particular journey, especially between one’s home and place of work; (noun) a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work | |
urban | adj: relating to or located in a town or city | |
stick | v: to put something, usually a sharp object, into something; to restrict yourself to doing or using one certain thing and not change; (noun) a thin piece of wood or other material | |
traffic | n: the movement of vehicles, people, or goods along a route or through a transport system; the amount of such movement in a particular place or at a particular time | |
twin | n: either of two children born at the same time from the same mother | |
extraordinary | adj: exceptional, unexpected, very unusual; surpassing the ordinary or usual | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
smartphone | n: a mobile phone that functions as a computer and connects to the Internet | |
slash | v: to cut with a sharp object using a quick and robust movement | |
radical | adj: relating to the essential aspects of anything; far beyond the norm, mainly used of opinions and actions | |
rural | adj: of or relating to the countryside | |
explode | v: to burst or break open violently and noisily; to cause something to burst or break open | |
empower | v: to give someone the power or authority to do something | |
decent | adj: satisfactory, acceptable, or good in a general sense | |
spurious | adj: false or fake; not genuine; appearing to be true but actually false; misleading | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
diatribe | n: a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something; a rant or tirade | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
plush | adj: having a soft or luxurious texture, often with a long, dense pile or nap | |
bohemian | n: a person who leads an unconventional or non-traditional lifestyle, often characterized by creativity, artistic expression, and a disregard for social or cultural norms or conventions | |
district | n: a part of a country or town, especially one with particular features | |
urgency | n: the quality of being very important and needing to be dealt with immediately | |
relevance | n: the state or degree of being closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand | |
timely | adj: happening at best possibleĀ time | |
schedule | n: a list of planned activities, tasks, or things that must be completed showing when they are intended to happen or be done | |
digest | v: to transform food into absorbable substances; break down | |
incredibly | adv: in a way that is very difficult to believe; exceedingly or extremely | |
conscious | adj: being aware of and able to respond to what is happening around you | |
platform | n: the raised flat space close to the track at a train station where passengers get on or off the train; (technology) a computational or digital environment in which a piece of software is executed | |
upload | v: to transfer digital data or files from a local computer or device to a remote server or network; the act of transferring such data or files | |
showcase | n: a display or exhibition of something, typically as a way of promoting it | |
admire | v: to have regard for or respect for someone’s qualities or the actions they have performed | |
digital | adj: processing or storing information as a succession of 1 and 0 to show that a signal is present or missing; relating to the use of computer technology, especially the internet | |
receptionist | n: a person employed at a front desk or in a waiting area of an office, hotel, or other organization, whose job is to greet visitors, answer phones, and perform other general administrative tasks | |
cab | n: a taxi or other vehicle that can be hired for transportation; the compartment from which a vehicle, such as a train or truck, is driven | |
ride-hailing | adj: relating to a system or service that uses mobile apps or technology to connect passengers with drivers for on-demand transportation, such as Uber or Lyft | |
gay | adj: homosexual; happy, carefree | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
conservative | adj: holding traditional views and values and opposed to change or innovation | |
freak | n: an abnormality that is not typical or expected | |
lesbian | n: a woman who is attracted romantically and sexually to other women | |
privacy | n: someone’s right to keep their personal matters and relationships not watched or interrupted by other people | |
biography | n: the story of a person’s life written by someone else | |
politician | n: a person who is a member of a government or law-making organization, especially as an elected member of parliament, etc. | |
elect | v: to choose someone for a specific position by voting for them; to decide or choose to do something | |
supreme | adj: highest in rank, level, or importance | |
decriminalize | v: to eliminate or reduce the criminal penalties associated with an act or behavior; to make legal or permissible something that was previously outlawed or punishable by law | |
homosexual | adj: sexually attracted to people of one’s own sex | |
modern | adj: of or belonging to the present time or recent times | |
nonfiction | n: a genre of literature that deals with the factual representation of real or historical events, people, or places; prose writing that presents or discusses true life events or experiences | |
techie | n: a person who is highly skilled or knowledgeable in the field of technology, particularly with computers or electronic devices | |
silicon | n: a chemical element with the symbol Si that is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic luster and used for the transistors and integrated circuit chips in computers | |
valley | n: a long depression on the surface of the land, which typically contains a river | |
actress | n: a female actor, particularly in the theater or movies | |
launch | v: to send or propel something into the air or space using a device such as a rocket, missile, or spacecraft; to make something available or on sale for the first time | |
juggernaut | n: a large, unstoppable force or machine that crushes everything in its path; a powerful and overwhelming force or institution | |
immense | adj: extremely large or great | |
redefine | v: to change the meaning or interpretation of something; to make people think about something in a new or different way | |
rethink | v: to consider again a plan, idea, etc., especially to change it | |
housewife | n: a woman who manages a household, particularly one who stays at home to take care of children and domestic duties | |
poem | n: a piece of writing that emphasizes the expression of feelings and ideas by paying particular attention to diction (sometimes rhyme), rhythm, and imagery | |
essay | n: a short piece of writing on a particular topic, usually written by a student as a port of a course of study | |
executive | n: a person or group of people with top-level management responsibility in a business or other organization; the branch that is responsible for implementing, administering, and enforcing laws, as well as running the day-to-day operations | |
regret | v: to feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something you have done or something you have not been able to do | |
convinced | adj: completely certain about something; having a strong belief or conviction in a particular religion | |
snatch | v: to take or grab something suddenly or quickly | |
flee | v: to leave by running away, especially out of fear or danger | |
assassin | n: a person who murders a prominent or well-known person for political reasons or in exchange for money | |
lane | n: a narrow road in the countryside; a well-defined track or path for someone such as a swimmer or driver | |
contract | n: a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, setting out their rights and obligations to each other, typically in writing and enforceable by law | |
effortless | adj: requiring little or no effort; not difficult or strenuous; easy to accomplish | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known |