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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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surround | v: to be all around something or somebody | |
cheerful | adj: happy and positive; causing feelings of happiness or optimism; marked by or expressing joy or optimism | |
hairstyle | n: the way in which a person’s hair is cut, styled, or arranged on their head | |
distant | adj: far away in space, time, or where you are; far apart in relevance, relationship, or kinship | |
horizon | n: the line at which the earth’s surface and the sky appear to meet; the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated | |
vacation | n: a period in which someone does not have to attend work or school and is free to do whatever they choose, such as travel or leisure | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
silent | adj: without any or little sound | |
overwhelm | v: to defeat someone or something by using a great deal of force; to have a strong emotional effect on somebody | |
viewfinder | n: a device on a camera or other optical equipment that helps the user aim and focus the device correctly, often a small window or screen that shows the image that will be captured | |
traumatic | adj: relating to or caused by injury, especially emotional injury | |
disorder | n: an untidy state or a lack of organization; a physical condition or illness that causes problems with how a section of the body or brain functions | |
visible | adj: capable of being seen; or open to easy view | |
journalist | n: a person who collects and writes news stories or articles for newspapers, magazines, radio, television, or other online media | |
aftermath | n: the consequences or results of a significant event, particularly a disaster or conflict; a period of time following a significant event | |
invisible | adj: impossible or nearly impossible to see | |
consequence | n: the outcome of a particular action or event, especially relative to an individual | |
spotlight | n: a beam of light used to illuminate a particular area or person | |
trauma | n: an emotional wound or shock often has long-lasting effects caused by a highly upsetting or shocking experience | |
survivor | n: a person who remains alive after an event in which others have died | |
trafficking | n: the illegal trade in goods, services, or people, often across national borders | |
rap | n: a type of music characterized by a strong, repetitive beat and lyrics that often focus on social and political issues; a reproach for some lapse or misdeed | |
gang | n: a group of people who organize and engage in criminal activity | |
slavery | n: the practice or system of owning, buying, and selling people as property and forcing them to work | |
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 | |
immigration | n: the act or process of coming to live permanently in a foreign country | |
enforcement | n: the act of ensuring that rules, regulations, or laws are obeyed or implemented; the act of applying force or pressure to compel compliance with rules or laws | |
differ | v: to be not like someone or something in some way | |
psychiatry | n: the branch of medicine concerned with the study, treatment, and prevention of mental illness | |
aid | n: things sent to help countries in need, notably food or money; support | |
dedicate | v: to give all of your energy, time, etc., entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; to set apart for a particular purpose or use | |
photograph | n: a picture or image that is produced by a camera; a visual representation or record of a person, object, or scene that has been captured electronically or on film | |
essential | adj: indispensable; fundamental | |
abstract | adj: based on general ideas, feelings, or qualities and not on any a physical or concrete existence | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
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 | |
trigger | v: to make something happen suddenly; to cause something such as a device, machine, etc. to function | |
divide | v: to separate or cause to separate into parts or groups | |
awaken | v: to stop sleeping or to cause someone to stop sleeping | |
universal | adj: existing or affecting everywhere or everyone | |
empathy | n: the ability to share another person’s feelings or experiences by imagining that person’s situation | |
deceased | adj: no longer alive; dead | |
brutal | adj: harsh or cruel | |
bond | n: a close emotional connection between two or more people; a certificate of debt that a government or corporation issues to raise money | |
horror | n: intense fear or disgust, especially at something shocking or terrifying | |
refugee | n: a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to political, religious, or economic reasons or because of a war | |
flee | v: to leave by running away, especially out of fear or danger | |
scary | adj: causing fear or fright; frightening; intimidating | |
obstacle | n: a thing that blocks one’s way or prevents or hinders progress | |
quest | n: a long or challenging search for something | |
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 | |
ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
injury | n: harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body caused by an accident or an attack | |
psychology | n: the scientific study of mind and behavior | |
violent | adj: involving or caused by physical force or aggression against someone or something | |
kidnapping | n: the act of taking somebody away illegally and holding them captive | |
torture | n: the act of causing intense pain or suffering to someone to punish them, extract information from them, or for some other reason | |
large-scale | adj: involving many people or things and involving a lot of change or activity | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
exposure | n: the state of being in a particular situation or place where there is no protection from or guarantee to something harmful; the disclosure of something secret | |
terror | n: intense fear; a state of intense fear or alarm | |
domestic | adj: relating to or inside a particular country, not foreign or international | |
abuse | n: the use of something in an incorrect or harmful manner | |
dam | n: a wall constructed over a river to block the flow of water, mainly used to generate energy | |
wit | n: the ability to say or write things or ideas in a clever and humorous way | |
tolerance | n: the willingness to accept or tolerate something, especially something that is different or unpleasant | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
shelter | n: a structure built to protect from poor weather, danger, or attack: | |
foster | v: to promoto growth; to take care of another person’s child, usually for a limited time, without becoming their legal parents | |
deport | v: to force someone to leave a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having committed a crime | |
despair | n: the feeling that there is no hope and you cannot do anything to improve a difficult situation | |
protest | n: a strong expression of disagreement, disapproval, or opposition | |
diagnose | v: to determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a careful analysis | |
acute | adj: extremely sharp or severe | |
warn | v: to make someone aware of potential danger or difficulty, particularly one that may occur in the future | |
permanent | adj: lasting for a long time without essential change | |
evil | adj: profoundly immoral, cruel, and wicked; having or exerting a harmful effect on people | |
criminal | n: a person who has committed a crime | |
strip | v: to remove the surface from something; (noun) a sizeable narrow piece of something such as paper, metal, cloth, etc., or area of land, sea, etc. | |
deliberate | adj: done with full consciousness of nature and effects rather than by accident | |
technique | n: a particular way or art of doing something that needs skill | |
shatter | v: to break suddenly into many pieces | |
documentary | n: a film or a radio or television program that gives facts and information about a subject; of or derived from official documents | |
award | n: a prize or other mark of recognition given in honor of an achievement | |
therapy | n: the act of caring for someone through medication, remedial training, etc. | |
recover | v: to return to a former condition, health, mind, or strength | |
daydreaming | n: the act of thinking about something that you would prefer to be doing or have happened to you | |
reunite | v: to bring two or more people together again after a period of separation | |
generation | n: all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively; the production of heat or electricity | |
fortunate | adj: having good luck or lucky | |
institutional | adj: of, in, or relating to a large important organization, such as a university or bank; organized as or forming part of the standard systems, practices, etc. | |
debt | n: something, especially money, goods, or services owed by one person to another; the state of owing something | |
heal | v: to make a wound or injury to become well again | |
storytelling | n: the act or art of narrating or writing stories | |
reframe | v: to reinterpret, rephrase, or redefine an issue, situation, or question in a different way | |
healing | n: the process of becoming or making somebody or something well again | |
reclaim | v: to take back something previously lost, given, or paid, or ask to have it back | |
dignity | n: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; high office or rank or station |