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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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elect | v: to choose someone for a specific position by voting for them; to decide or choose to do something | |
parliament | n: a legislative body, especially the one that represents the people of a country or state | |
injury | n: harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body caused by an accident or an attack | |
accident | n: an unfortunate event, especially one causing damage or injury | |
shear | v: to cut or trim with scissors or shears; to remove something by cutting or tearing it away from something else; to become severed or split apart by force acting parallel to the plane of a surface; (noun) a cutting tool used to trim or cut materials such as fabric, hair, or metal | |
replace | v: to take the place of something | |
shepherd | n: a person who tends and guards sheep, especially in a rural area | |
roustabout | n: (also “rousie”) a worker, typically male and unskilled, employed in manual labor tasks, especially on a drilling rig, oil platform, or other industrial settings | |
wool | n: a textile fiber obtained from the fleece of sheep or certain other animals, used for making clothing and other fabric items | |
gang | n: a group of people who organize and engage in criminal activity | |
compensation | n: something especially money, given or received as payment or reparation for a service or loss or injury | |
suppose | v: to think that something is likely to be actual or possible | |
prospect | n: the possibility or likelihood of something happening or being successful; a person or thing that is likely to succeed or become popular; a potential customer or client; (verb) to explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals | |
license | n: an official permission or authorization to do, use, or own something; a legal document that grants the holder the right to perform certain activities, such as driving a car, practicing a profession, or using a particular product or service | |
extraordinary | adj: exceptional, unexpected, very unusual; surpassing the ordinary or usual | |
ecosystem | n: all the plants and living creatures in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment | |
verdant | adj: lush and green, often used to describe plant life; denoting youthfulness or inexperience | |
virgin | n: a person who has never had sex; (adjective) being used or worked for the first time | |
native | adj: connecting with or describing someone’s birth country or place of birth, or someone born in a specific country or place | |
oxygen | n: the chemical element with the symbol O that is present in air and water and is necessary for people, animals, and plants to live | |
carbon | n: a chemical element that can be found in pure form as diamond or graphite, and it is also an essential part of coal and oil and is found in all plants and animals | |
sink | v: to submerge or go down below the surface of a liquid or substance; to decline or deteriorate; to cause something to go down into a liquid substance or sink into something else | |
endangered | adj: at risk of extinction because it is facing significant threats | |
pollinate | v: to transfer pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part, thereby fertilizing the plant and allowing it to produce fruit or seeds; to spread or disseminate an idea or influence to others | |
farmland | n: land used for farming or agricultural purposes | |
economy | n: the system by which a country or region produces manages, and distributes goods and services, including the money and finances involved in these activities; (of an airline) the lowest-priced, most basic option for seating in commercial travel | |
prospectus | n: a formal document outlining the plans, objectives, and details of a business venture, investment opportunity, academic course, or similar project, often used to solicit funding or attract investors or students | |
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 | |
forecast | n: a prediction or statement about how something, such as the weather, will develop or what will happen in the future; (verb) to predict the future in advance | |
fortunate | adj: having good luck or lucky | |
elderly | adj: (a polite word for) old | |
childcare | n: a service involving care for other people’s children | |
workforce | n: all the people who work in a company, industry, country, etc. | |
core | n: the most essential or fundamental part of something | |
formula | n: a group of symbols, letters, or numbers that represent a rule, law, or mathematical statement | |
gross | adj: being the total amount of something before any deductions; obese and ugly or unpleasant | |
domestic | adj: relating to or inside a particular country, not foreign or international | |
boundary | n: a real or imaginary line that marks the limit or extent of something and separates it from other things or places | |
keen | adj: having or showing quick and eager intelligence or interest | |
involve | v: to include or affect someone or something as a necessary part of something else | |
transaction | n: an instance of buying or selling something; the act or process of doing something | |
exchange | v: to give something and receive something else in return, often with the implication that the items being traded are of equal or comparable value; (noun) the act of giving or taking something in return for something else; a place or system where goods or services can be bought, sold, or traded | |
illegal | adj: not allowed by law | |
armament | n: weapons and other military equipment that a country or organization possesses or maintains for defense or offense | |
munition | n: weapons and ammunition used by soldiers or military forces; the tools, materials, or equipment used in the preparation or use of weapons and ammunition | |
trafficking | n: the illegal trade in goods, services, or people, often across national borders | |
phrase | n: a group of words that mean something specific when used together | |
primary | adj: first or highest in rank, order, or importance; most fundamental or essential; pertaining to the initial or introductory stage of something, such as a school year or election cycle | |
transport | n: a system for moving people or products from one location to another using automobiles, roads, and so on | |
vacuum | n: a space empty of matter; a device or tool used for cleaning or removing debris by creating suction | |
sweeping | adj: extensive, broad, or far-reaching in scope or impact; characterized by a vigorous or forceful movement, often involving wide motions or gestures | |
preparation | n: the activity of getting ready for something or making something ready | |
afterward | adv: after the time mentioned | |
laundry | n: the act of washing clothes and linens; a room or area where clothes are washed and ironed | |
economics | n: the branch of social science that deals with the production, consumption, and transfer of goods and services | |
leisure | n: the freedom provided by the absence of pressures or responsibilities | |
pregnant | adj: having a baby or young animal developing in the uterus | |
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 | |
unproductive | adj: not producing or able to produce very much or desired results | |
breastfeeding | n: the act of feeding a baby with milk produced by the mother’s breasts | |
infant | n: a baby or very young child | |
nation | n: a large organized community of people living in a particular country or region and having a particular culture | |
buffalo | n: a large wild ox with shaggy hair found in Asia and North America | |
cow | n: a domesticated mammal with characteristic features such as a hump, large udders, and curved horns that is raised for its milk or meat | |
breast | n: either of the two round soft parts of a woman’s chest which secrete milk after childbirth | |
planet | n: any of the nine large celestial bodies that circle in the solar system; any celestial body that revolves around a star | |
invest | v: to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or achieve a result | |
framework | n: the structural components of a building or object that support its weight and give it form; the underlying structure of a system, concept, or text | |
debit | n: an entry in a financial account that represents money owed or transferred out of the account; a payment card or other means of withdrawing funds from a bank account | |
devastating | adj: causing a great deal of destruction or damage | |
disaster | n: an unexpected event or series of events that cause widespread damage, destruction, or loss of life | |
recover | v: to return to a former condition, health, mind, or strength | |
rebuild | v: to build again or anew | |
obvious | adj: easy to see, discover or understand | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
deforest | v: to clear an area of forest or trees | |
delete | v: to remove something, especially that has been written; to wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information | |
marine | adj: relating to the sea and the creatures and plants that live there | |
sustain | v: to supply enough of what somebody or something needs to survive or exist; to accept as valid | |
apparently | adv: based on what you have heard or read | |
crisis | n: a time of great disagreement, confusion, or danger when problems must be resolved or critical decisions must be taken | |
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. | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
rely | v: to require a specific thing or the assistance and support of someone or something to continue, run properly, or succeed. | |
capita | n: a Latin word meaning “head,” used to express the amount for each person; any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone | |
proceed | v: to move forward or to continue with a process or action; to advance or progress | |
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 | |
rev | n: a measure of the rate at which an engine or motor rotates, often expressed in revolutions per minute (RPM); (verb) to increase the number of rotations per minute | |
revision | n: the act or process of reviewing, correcting, and improving something, such as written work, plans, or ideas; a revised version of something | |
statistician | n: a person who studies or is an expert in statistics | |
economical | adj: providing a satisfactory return on the money, time, or effort; not using more money, fuel, etc. than necessary | |
assume | v: to think or accept something to be true without having proof of it; to take or begin to have power; to begin to exhibit a specific quality or appearance | |
delivery | n: the act of taking or sending something to a destination; the bringing of a baby during childbirth | |
consumption | n: the amount used or eaten; the act of using up a resource such as energy, food, or materials | |
nation-state | n: a sovereign political entity that is composed of a nation, which is a group of people who share a common cultural, linguistic, or ethnic identity | |
trillion | n: the number 1,000,000,000,000; a million million | |
globe | n: the earth or world, mainly used to emphasize its vastness | |
twit | n: a silly or foolish person; someone regarded as annoying or irritating | |
siphon | n: a tube or conduit used to transfer liquids, usually from a higher to a lower level, by means of atmospheric pressure, gravity, or vacuum; a device used to extract a liquid from a container | |
shelter | n: a structure built to protect from poor weather, danger, or attack: | |
download | v: to transfer data or files from the Internet or computer network to a user’s computer or device; (noun) the process of transferring data or information from a remote or central computer to a local computer or device | |
software | n: a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data for doing particular computational jobs | |
frank | adj: honest and sincere; open and candid in expression | |
consume | v: to spend something, especially fuel, energy, or time, in a large amount | |
haven | n: a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary; a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | |
distort | v: to change something’s shape, appearance, or sound so that it appears weird or unclear | |
extent | n: the point or degree or area to which something extends | |
survey | n: an investigation of the opinions, behavior, etc. of a particular group of people, made by asking people questions | |
unpaid | adj: not yet paid; without payment | |
sector | n: a distinct part or division of something often used to refer to a segment of an economy or industry; an area or field of work or activity | |
declare | v: to say, state, or announce something clearly, officially, or publicly | |
equivalent | n: having the same value, quality, meaning, purpose, etc. | |
manufacture | v: to make goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines | |
retail | n: the sale of goods or services to consumers, especially in small quantities, either directly to the end customer or through retail outlets | |
insure | v: to provide coverage in the event of loss or damage | |
intermediate | adj: situated between two locations, things, states, etc.; around the middle of a scale of evaluation | |
premier | adj: first in importance, order, or position; leading | |
visible | adj: capable of being seen; or open to easy view | |
presume | v: to suppose or assume something to be true, often without sufficient evidence or proof; to take liberties, behave impolitely, or overstep one’s bounds, often due to arrogance or ignorance | |
locate | v: to specify or determine the exact position of someone or something | |
poverty | n: the condition of being extremely poor | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
assist | v: to help someone in doing anything | |
asset | n: something or someone that is useful or valuable quality, skill, etc.; valuable property | |
confuse | v: to mistake one thing for another; to make somebody hard to understand | |
colonize | v: to establish a colony in or on a specific place; to settle or occupy in large numbers | |
indicator | n: something that shows or points out what a situation is like or how a situation is changing | |
solid | adj: hard or firm; characterized by good substantial quality | |
database | n: a large amount of data stored in a computer system in such a way that it can be searched and updated easily | |
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 | |
immutable | adj: unchanging; permanent or unalterable | |
immediately | adv: now or without delay | |
nod | v: to lower and raise one’s head, sometimes several times, as to show approval, agreement, greeting, or confirmation | |
recognize | v: to acknowledge or realize something or someone; to identify, remember, or become aware of something that was previously known or encountered | |
prefer | v: to like, choose, or want one thing or person better than another | |
devastation | n: the act of causing great destruction or damage, often on a large scale | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
paramountcy | n: the state or condition of being of the utmost importance or significance, to the exclusion of all other considerations | |
frame | n: a strong border or structure of the wood, metal, etc. that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or window | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
trade-off | n: a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; an exchange that occurs as a compromise | |
implication | n: something that is inferred or indirectly stated; the act or fact of being involved in something | |
monetary | adj: of or relating to the money in the country | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
lactation | n: the secretion of milk by the mammary glands of a female mammal, typically the following pregnancy | |
moral | adj: concerned with the principles of what is right and wrong, fairness, honesty, etc. | |
ethics | n: a branch of philosophy that considers what is morally right and wrong conduct; a set of beliefs about what is morally right and wrong | |
treasure | n: a valuable or desirable possession; something that is cherished or held dear; a collection of valuable objects or money that is hidden or protected | |
blank | adj: without any writing or printing; empty or devoid of ideas, information, or meaning; unable to remember or recall information | |
alternative | n: one of two or more available possibilities or choice | |
humankind | n: the whole of the living human inhabitants of the earth |