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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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overhear | v: to hear what other people are saying without intending to and their knowledge | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
plantation | n: a large farm or estate, typically in a tropical or subtropical country, used for growing cash crops | |
housework | n: the tasks involved in cleaning and maintaining a house | |
violent | adj: involving or caused by physical force or aggression against someone or something | |
whim | n: a sudden idea or desire, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained | |
enslave | v: to make someone a slave; to deprive someone of their freedom of choice or action | |
slavery | n: the practice or system of owning, buying, and selling people as property and forcing them to work | |
abolish | v: to do away with completely; to put an end to | |
conspire | v: to plan or plot together secretly, especially with an evil or unlawful purpose | |
spot | n: a particular location or place; a small round or roundish area, differing in color or feels from the surface around it | |
proclaim | v: to announce or state something publicly and forcefully | |
spiteful | adj: having or showing a desire to harm or annoy others | |
bullet | n: a metal projectile that is shot from a gun | |
define | v: to state or explain precisely the nature, scope, or meaning of something | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
colony | n: a country or an area that is governed by a more powerful country that is often far away | |
independence | n: freedom from another’s or others’ control or influence | |
fuel | n: a substance that is typically burned to generate heat or energy | |
cotton | n: a plant that is grown in warm countries and bears bolls containing seeds with soft and long hairs that are made into textile fiber and thread for sewing | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
president | n: the leader of a republic, for example, the US; the person in charge of the organization such as a company, university, club, etc. | |
chattel | n: personal property, especially that which is movable and not fixed to land | |
uneven | adj: not level or flat; not balanced or symmetrical | |
resist | v: to refuse to accept something and attempt to prevent it from happening | |
rebellion | n: an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
gradual | adj: happening slowly over a long period of time or distance; not steep or abrupt | |
abolition | n: the act of formally ending a system, practice, or institution, especially one that is considered unjust or harmful | |
ban | v: to officially or legally forbid or refuse to allow something | |
import | v: to bring goods or services into a country from another country; to transfer electronic data into a database or document; | |
slave | n: a person who is, either legally or illegally, owned by someone; a person entirely dominated by some influence or a person | |
domestically | adv: inside a particular group of people, such as country, home, family, etc. | |
approximately | adv: close to a specific number or time but not exactly that number or time | |
elect | v: to choose someone for a specific position by voting for them; to decide or choose to do something | |
opposed | adj: being completely different from something or disagreeing strongly with something | |
outlaw | v: to make something illegal; (noun) a person who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | |
panic | n: a sudden strong feeling of fear that cannot be controlled and prevents reasonable thought and action | |
withdraw | v: to remove or take back something; to stop participating in something | |
union | n: a group of employees who have banded together to advocate for their rights and better their working conditions; the act or the state of joining together or being joined together | |
vow | v: to make a promise or commitment, usually formal and solemn | |
uphold | v: to support or defend something, such as a law, idea, decision, etc. | |
confederacy | n: a union of states or organizations formed for a particular purpose | |
trigger | v: to make something happen suddenly; to cause something such as a device, machine, etc. to function | |
conflict | n: a strong disagreement, argument, or a violent clash between two opposing groups or individuals | |
announce | v: to make something known or officially inform people about something | |
emancipation | n: the act or process of setting someone free from control or influence | |
proclamation | n: an official announcement or statement | |
confederate | n: a person who is allied or associated with another person or group, especially in a political or military context; a supporter of the Confederate States of America | |
fulfill | v: to meet the requirements or expectations; to achieve or realize | |
rebel | n: someone who resists or opposes authority or control, especially by fighting against it | |
rejoin | v: to return to someone or something | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
roughly | adv: approximately but not precisely; with a violent manner | |
bond | n: a close emotional connection between two or more people; a certificate of debt that a government or corporation issues to raise money | |
refuse | v: to show that one is not willing to do or accept something | |
surrender | v: to cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority | |
implement | v: to put a decision, plan, or system into effect | |
rage | n: a strong feeling of anger or violence | |
congress | n: a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups | |
amendment | n: the act or the process of changing something, especially a document or proposed new law | |
virtually | adv: almost completely | |
technique | n: a particular way or art of doing something that needs skill | |
illegal | adj: not allowed by law | |
persist | v: to continue to do and refuse to stop something despite difficulties or opposition, even if it appears unreasonable | |
bastion | n: a strong fortress or a stronghold that defends or protects | |
evade | v: to escape from or avoid meeting someone or something | |
march | v: to walk militarily with stiff, regular steps | |
troop | n: a group of soldiers, especially a large one; a group of people, animals, or things considered as a unit. | |
stagger | v: to walk, move, or stand unsteadily as if you are going to fall; to astound or overwhelm, as with shock | |
commemorate | v: to honor the memory of someone or something by ceremony or tribute | |
celebrate | v: to acknowledge a memorable or good day or event with a social gathering or enjoyable activity | |
combination | n: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | |
anniversary | n: the annual recurrence of a date marking a notable event; a date on which an event occurred in a previous year | |
announcement | n: a public statement or declaration, often made in writing or through the media, that conveys important information or news | |
parade | n: a public procession, especially one celebrating a special day or event | |
tradition | n: a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has been passed down from generation to generation within a group or society | |
eventually | adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on | |
widespread | adj: existing or happening in various places or among many people | |
racial | adj: of or related to the race (= classification of humans into groups based on physical traits or social relations) | |
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 | |
oppress | v: to treat people in a cruel and authoritarian way, especially by denying them the same freedoms, rights, etc. as other people | |
terror | n: intense fear; a state of intense fear or alarm | |
resistance | n: the act of defending oneself from an aggressor or refusing to accept something | |
profound | adj: extremely great; sensed or experienced very strongly; displaying a high level of knowledge or comprehension | |
demise | n: death or the end of something | |
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 | |
pledge | v: to make a formal promise to give or do something |