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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
labor | n: productive work, especially physical work done for wages; the people who do manual or physical work in a country or company for wage; (verb) to work hard or to strive and make an effort to reach a goal | |
intangible | n: not having physical form or substance; difficult to touch or grasp | |
convert | v: to have a talk with someone; (adjective) reversed in order, relation, or action | |
capitalism | n: an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit | |
communist | adj: relating to or supporting the political ideology of communism (= a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership) | |
socialist | adj: relating to or supporting socialism (= the idea that the wealth and resources of a society should be shared among all members rather than being concentrated in the hands of a small group of individuals or corporations) | |
dial | v: to adjust or set the controls of a machine or device by turning a controller called dial; (noun) a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
paperclip | n: a small metal clip, typically circular, used to hold sheets of paper together | |
spectrum | n: an ordered array of colors into which a light beam can be split | |
roughly | adv: approximately but not precisely; with a violent manner | |
dictate | v: to state or give order with total authority; to say or read aloud for somebody else to write down or to be recorded | |
coordination | n: the act of making all the people involved in a plan or activity work together effectively; the ability to control different parts of the body effectively | |
mandate | n: an official or authoritative instruction or command; a commission or authority to carry out a particular task | |
decision-maker | n: a person who makes important decisions, especially at a high level in an organization | |
sect | n: a group of people who follow a particular religious or philosophical belief system, especially one that is regarded as outside the norm or mainstream | |
extend | v: to broaden in scope, range, or area | |
consume | v: to spend something, especially fuel, energy, or time, in a large amount | |
lifesaving | n: the act or process of rescuing someone else’s life, especially from drowning | |
extent | n: the point or degree or area to which something extends | |
regulation | n: an official rule made and maintained by a government or some other authority; the act of controlling or directing something according to a rule | |
tariff | n: a tax imposed by a government on imported or exported goods | |
antitrust | adj: laws or regulations that prevent businesses from engaging in practices that restrict competition, such as price fixing or monopolies | |
neutral | adj: not helping or assisting either side in a conflict, argument, etc. | |
complicated | adj: involving a lot of different things or parts in a way that is difficult to understand or analyze | |
industrial | adj: of or relating to or resulting from industry | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
laissez-faire | n: an economic theory advocating minimal government intervention in the economy, allowing market forces to regulate production, supply, and prices | |
economical | adj: providing a satisfactory return on the money, time, or effort; not using more money, fuel, etc. than necessary | |
invisible | adj: impossible or nearly impossible to see | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
self-interest | n: the fact or action of only considering their own interests and of not caring about others | |
optimal | adj: the best; most likely to be successful or advantageous | |
outcome | n: the result or effect of an action, event, etc. | |
embalm | v: preserve a dead body by treating it with chemicals to delay decomposition and make it suitable for display at a funeral | |
fluid | n: a substance that can flow and is not solid | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
manufacture | v: to make goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines | |
maximum | adj: the largest or greatest amount or value attainable or attained | |
profit | n: money that is earned in business or by selling things after deducting the costs involved | |
outcry | n: a strong expression of public protest, anger, or dissent | |
congress | n: a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups | |
purity | n: the state of being undiluted or unmixed with anything else; the state of being free from immorality, especially of a sexual nature | |
administer | v: to oversee and control the operation or arrangement of something | |
increasingly | adv: more and more | |
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 | |
incentivize | v: to make someone want to do in a particular way by offering them a reward | |
massive | adj: enormous amount; very heavy and solid | |
fossil | n: any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing that has become hard and turned into rock | |
fuel | n: a substance that is typically burned to generate heat or energy | |
burning | adj: intense or scorching heat | |
unquestionably | adv: without a doubt; certainly | |
desire | n: a strong feeling of wanting to have or do something | |
corporation | n: a large company or group of companies that are controlled together by law as a single unit | |
incentive | n: something, such as a punishment, reward, etc., that encourages a person to do something | |
ignore | v: to intentionally not listen or pay attention to | |
inconvenient | adj: causing trouble or difficulty; not convenient or suitable | |
tobacco | n: a plant grown for its leaves, which are dried and processed for smoking or chewing or extraction of nicotine | |
deny | v: to state that one refuses to admit the existence or truth of something | |
cigarette | n: a small cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in paper for smoking | |
downplay | v: to present or represent as less important or severe; to minimize the significance of something | |
peak | n: the point to which something or someone is at its strongest, best, or most successful; the pointed top of a mountain | |
steady | adj: firmly fixed, supported, or balanced; not shaking or moving | |
hover | v: to stay in one place in the air | |
double-edged | adj: having two sharp edges or sides, especially one that can harm or benefit in equal measure; (of sword or blade) having two cutting edges | |
generate | v: to produce or create something; to make offspring by reproduction | |
translate | v: to convert or change words into another language | |
funnel | n: a tube or pipe that is wide at the top, sloping sides, narrow at the bottom, used for pouring liquids or powders into a small opening; a smokestack on a ship or steam engine | |
chunk | n: a thick and solid mass or piece of something | |
staunch | adj: firmly loyal and devoted, unyielding or resolute | |
defend | v: to protect someone or something from attack, criticism, danger, etc. | |
grit | n: very small pieces of stone or sand; mental toughness and determination or perseverance in the face of challenges or obstacles | |
determination | n: the quality of being persistent and purposeful; the act of finding out the exact nature or essence of something | |
rank | n: a position in a hierarchy of status or authority; (verb) to take or have a position relative to others | |
wealth | n: a large amount of money, property, or other things that someone or an organization owns | |
tinker | v: to make repairs, adjustments, or improvements to something, especially in an experimental or makeshift way | |
loop | n: a shape like a curve or a circle made by something long and thin, such as a piece of string, that bends round and crosses itself | |
calcium | n: a chemical element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20, which is an important mineral for the human body | |
aristocracy | n: a group of persons with high social status | |
extreme | adj: very great in amount or degree | |
irrelevant | adj: not connected with or related to something and therefore not important | |
contemporary | adj: belonging to the same or present time | |
contribute | v: to give something, especially money or goods, to provide or achieve something together with other people | |
facto | adj: of or relating to facts; done in reality; actually existing or occurring | |
fiddle | v: to continuously touch or manipulate something with someone’s hands, mainly when bored or nervous; to act dishonestly to try to get money, information, etc., or gain an advantage | |
restrict | v: to limit someone’s actions or movements, or to limit something to lessen its size or prevent it from increasing | |
scratch | v: to cut or damage the surface of something or the skin with a sharp or pointed object |