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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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psychiatry | n: the branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of mental illness | |
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 | |
inventory | n: a complete list of all the items or goods held in stock by a business or organization; the act of making such a list | |
distress | n: a feeling of great worry, sadness, pain, or discomfort | |
spouse | n: a person’s husband, wife, or partner in marriage | |
divorce | n: the legal dissolution of a marriage | |
marital | adj: of or relating to marriage | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
imprisonment | n: the state of being confined to a prison or jail; a sentence of confinement as a punishment for a crime | |
institutionalize | v: to establish or make something a part of an institution (= a place such as a university, hospital, etc.) | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
equate | v: to consider or describe one thing as similar, equal, or analogous | |
facto | adj: of or relating to facts; done in reality; actually existing or occurring | |
common-law | n: the body of law derived from custom and judicial decisions rather than from statutes and codes; the legal system derived from English law, used in many countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia | |
principle | n: a fundamental law or truth that explains or controls how something happens or works | |
modern | adj: of or belonging to the present time or recent times | |
vaccinate | v: to treat with a vaccine, usually by injection, to produce immunity against a disease | |
polio | n: an acute infectious disease caused by a virus that attacks nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain, leading to paralysis, muscle weakness, and potentially lifelong disability | |
diphtheria | n: an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae, characterized by inflammation and the formation of a thick, grayish membrane in the nose, throat, and other respiratory passages | |
tetanus | n: an acute infectious disease caused by bacteria usually contracted through a wound or cut that is contaminated with the bacteria, resulting in painful muscle stiffness and spasms | |
whoop | v: to shout or cry out loudly, often in celebration or excitement; to make an exuberant noise | |
cough | v: to expel air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often as a reaction to irritation, illness, or some other physical condition; (noun) a sudden, forceful expulsion of air from the lungs, often accompanied by a distinctive sound | |
measles | n: a highly infectious viral disease that causes fever, red spots on the skin, and other flu-like symptoms, typically affects children | |
awareness | n: the fact or state of knowing something exists and is important | |
melanoma | n: a type of skin cancer that originates in the cells that produce pigment, usually occurring on sun-exposed skin areas | |
stroke | n: a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death; the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club, racket, etc. | |
diabetes | n: a medical condition in which the body cannot produce enough insulin to control the glucose levels in the blood | |
policymaker | n: a person in charge of or involved in developing action plans for a political party, business, etc. | |
attraction | n: a sense of like someone, particularly sexually; something that causes individuals to desire to go to a specific area or do a specific activity | |
educate | v: to provide or receive instruction or training over a period of time at a school, university, etc. | |
generation | n: all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively; the production of heat or electricity | |
glaze | v: to cover or coat with a thin layer of film, particularly a shiny or glossy layer, such as a layer of protective material on ceramics or a top coat of paint on a surface; to apply a thin, glossy coating to food, often using a sauce or syrup | |
doe | n: a mature female of mammals of which the male is called a buck, such as a deer or a rabbit | |
crazy | adj: stupid or not sensible; very angry | |
attract | v: to draw or entice someone or something towards them through the qualities they have, especially positive ones | |
millennial | adj: relating to a period of a thousand years or the year 2000; (noun) a person born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s, also called Generation Y | |
analytical | adj: relating to or using analysis (= the process of breaking down a complex system or concept into smaller, simpler parts to understand it better), or able to analyze | |
skeptical | adj: doubting that something is accurate or useful | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
reaction | n: a response that reveals a person’s feelings or attitude; (in chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | |
embrace | v: to accept something willingly and enthusiastically; (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms as in greeting or affection | |
romantic | adj: of or relating to love or a sexual relationship | |
destiny | n: the events that will inevitably happen to a particular person or thing in the future | |
hack | v: to hit and cut somebody or something roughly and violently; to find a bug in a computer program and break into their systems or networks | |
intervene | v: to intentionally get involved in a situation to improve it or prevent it from getting worse | |
crack | v: to break or cause to break without dividing into separate parts; (noun) a line on the surface of something along which it has separated without breaking | |
commit | v: to do something illegal or wrong | |
device | n: a piece of equipment, tool, or technology that serves a particular purpose or function, often mechanical or electronic | |
unreasonable | adj: not fair, sensible, or likely to be true | |
hookup | n: a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; a sexual encounter, usually between two people who are not in a committed relationship or do not know each other well | |
app | n: (abbreviation for application) software designed to run on smartphones and other mobile devices or inside a web browser on a PC | |
conversation | n: an informal talk between two or more people to exchange their views, ideas, information, etc. | |
moral | adj: concerned with the principles of what is right and wrong, fairness, honesty, etc. | |
boom | n: a sudden increase in economic activity, or a sudden happening that brings good fortune; a deep, loud, and prolonged sound | |
tertiary | adj: relating to or being the third in a series, rank, or order; of or relating to third-level education or training | |
neuroplasticity | n: the ability of the brain to change and reorganize itself in response to new experiences, learning, or injury, by creating new neural connections and pathways | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
correlate | v: to have a connection or relationship in which one thing affects or depends on another | |
surprisingly | adv: in a way that causes amazement or wonder | |
accurate | adj: correct and exact in all details | |
psychology | n: the scientific study of mind and behavior | |
implode | v: to collapse inward violently or burst inward with a sudden release of energy; to disintegrate or break down suddenly and completely | |
destruction | n: the act of causing so much damage to something | |
evaluate | v: to assess or estimate the quality, significance, quantity, or value of something | |
stable | adj: firm and steady; not easily moved, disturbed, or changed | |
influence | n: the ability to affect someone’s or something’s character, growth, or behavior, or the effect itself | |
oversea | adj: situated or operating beyond national boundaries; in, from, or to foreign countries | |
drill | n: a tool or machine used for making round holes or driving fasteners; a training or practice | |
blame | v: to think or say that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad | |
outstanding | adj: superior to others in excellence; not yet paid, completed, etc. | |
decision-maker | n: a person who makes important decisions, especially at a high level in an organization | |
process | n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products | |
intrigue | v: to make someone interested, especially by being strange, unusual, or mysterious; to make a secret plan with other people to harm someone | |
infirmity | n: physical or mental weakness; a physical or mental ailment that makes one vulnerable or fragile | |
forgiveness | n: the act of stopping feeling angry or resentful towards someone for a mistake or offense with compassion | |
bug | n: any tiny insect; a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | |
betray | v: to reveal or deliver to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty; to reveal something unintentionally | |
infidelity | n: the quality or state of being unfaithful, especially having sex with someone who is not your partner | |
reliability | n: the quality of being able to be trusted or believed in doing what someone desires or requires | |
thereof | adv: of or about the thing mentioned | |
rely | v: to require a specific thing or the assistance and support of someone or something to continue, run properly, or succeed. | |
secondly | adv: used to introduce the second point or item in a list or series of statements, considerations, etc. | |
verbal | adj: expressed in spoken rather than written words | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
disable | v: to cause someone or something to become unable to function properly or as intended; to incapacitate or immobilize | |
rub | v: to move one’s hand or an object over the surface of something with pressure | |
fragile | adj: delicate or easily broken or damaged | |
hell | n: the place thought to be where bad people go and are punished after death, often depicted as being located beneath the earth; an extraordinarily unpleasant or difficult place | |
grand | adj: important and large in size, scope, or extent | |
quirk | n: a peculiar behavior, habit, or characteristic that is distinctive to an individual or group |