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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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racism | n: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people based on their membership in a particular ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized | |
paralyze | v: to cause a person or part of the body to become unable to move or feel | |
healing | n: the process of becoming or making somebody or something well again | |
movement | n: a group of people working together to achieve a shared goal, especially a political, social, or artistic one; the process of moving or being moved, physically or figuratively | |
seminary | n: an educational institution, typically for the training of candidates for the priesthood or ministry; a school for higher learning | |
idealist | n: a person who is guided by ideals or principles rather than practical considerations or reality; a person who seeks to achieve a particular vision or goal for the betterment of society or humanity | |
ignite | v: to set on fire; to cause to start burning | |
ordinary | adj: not different, exceptional, or unexpected in any way, especially in quality, ability, size, or degree | |
nation | n: a large organized community of people living in a particular country or region and having a particular culture | |
county | n: an administrative division of a country or state, typically one of several comprising a larger division | |
nonviolence | n: the use of peaceful means, such as civil disobedience or passive resistance, rather than violence to achieve a goal, especially in the context of political or social change | |
redeem | v: to compensate for the faults or bad aspects of something; to regain possession or assume ownership of something by paying a sum of money or fulfilling a condition; to rescue or save someone from a difficult or hopeless situation | |
redemption | n: the act of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil, or the process of regaining or earning something of value | |
pathway | n: a track that constitutes or serves as a path; an approach or a way of doing something | |
stranglehold | n: a grip that strangles or suffocates; an excessive grip or control | |
grip | n: the act of holding onto something firmly with your hands, or the ability to do so; (verb) to hold fast or firmly | |
demonstration | n: a display or show, often of a particular skill or product, intended to convince or persuade others | |
protest | n: a strong expression of disagreement, disapproval, or opposition | |
exploitation | n: the process of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | |
sharecropper | n: a farmer who cultivates a piece of land owned by someone else, usually in exchange for a share of the crops produced | |
cheat | v: to act dishonestly or unfairly to gain an advantage or to deceive someone; to break the rules or laws | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
demonstrate | v: to display something or give an exhibition to an interested audience | |
mob | n: a large and disorderly crowd of people; a large horde of animals | |
howl | v: to make a prolonged, loud, mournful cry or noise, typically as a signal of distress, pain, or an intense emotion; to express one’s strong feelings or emotions in a loud and unrestrained manner; (noun) a long, loud, mournful sound made by a person or an animal, often in response to pain, fear, or sadness | |
bat | n: a nocturnal animal with wings that flies and feeds at night, similar to a mouse; a piece of wood with a handle used for hitting the ball in sports including baseball, cricket, and table tennis | |
shotgun | n: a firearm that is designed to be fired from the shoulder and that typically fires several small metal balls or pellets called shot | |
threaten | v: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against someone | |
sheriff | n: (in the US) a government official who is responsible for keeping law and order within a particular county or town | |
arrest | v: to take into custody | |
garbage | n: waste material, especially food waste and kitchen refuse | |
jail | n: a facility where criminals are kept to be punished for their crimes; a prison | |
inhumane | adj: lacking compassion or mercy towards humans or animals; causing or involving extreme physical or mental pain | |
toilet | n: a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture with a seat for defecation and urination, or a room or building containing one or more of this fixture | |
release | v: to set free or allow to escape from confinement | |
warn | v: to make someone aware of potential danger or difficulty, particularly one that may occur in the future | |
murder | n: the crime of killing somebody intentionally | |
fervent | adj: characterized by intense or passionate emotion or enthusiasm; showing great warmth or devotion | |
resistance | n: the act of defending oneself from an aggressor or refusing to accept something | |
pave | v: to cover something with a hard, flat material such as stones, bricks, or concrete, to make it suitable for travel or use | |
vapor | n: a mass of tiny liquid drops in the air | |
seep | v: to flow or leak slowly and gradually through small openings or spaces; to ooze or trickle out gradually | |
doorway | n: an opening in a wall for a door to fit into | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
react | v: to take action in response to something | |
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 | |
intentionally | adv: in a planned or intended way | |
blouse | n: a loose-fitting upper garment for women, typically having a collar, buttons, and sleeves | |
instant | adj: happening immediately, with no delay | |
blast | n: explosion, or a strong current of air, usually caused by an explosion; a sudden, thunderous noise | |
trauma | n: an emotional wound or shock often has long-lasting effects caused by a highly upsetting or shocking experience | |
deliberately | adv: done in an intentional or slow and careful manner | |
malicious | adj: intended to do harm or upset other people; having the nature of the harm | |
intent | n: a strong determination or attention to do or achieve something; (adjective) having a strong determination to do or achieve something | |
beloved | adj: loved very much | |
colleague | n: one of a group of a coworker, especially in a profession or a business | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
silent | adj: without any or little sound | |
mire | n: a wet, muddy ground or area that is difficult to walk or move through | |
quicksand | n: a type of loose sand or soil that behaves like a liquid, capable of trapping and engulfing living beings or objects that become stuck in it; dangerous or difficult situations that can trap or overwhelm people who find themselves in them | |
vicious | adj: having or showing a desire to cause harm to others; having the nature of vice | |
volley | n: a simultaneous discharge or release of multiple objects, often projectiles like arrows or bullets; a rapid and continuous series of utterances or actions | |
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. | |
stereotype | n: a fixed and unvarying idea or image that people have about what someone or something is like, but which is often not true in reality and may cause hurt and offense | |
myth | n: an ancient story or set of stories accepted as history, especially explaining the worldview of a people | |
invade | v: to enter aggressively into another’s territory by military force for conquest and occupation | |
promote | v: to encourage or persuade people to like, buy, use, do, or support something; to raise someone to a higher position or rank | |
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 | |
unequal | adj: different in amount, size, degree, or value; not fair | |
wage | n: a particular amount of money that somebody earns, usually every week or every month, for work or services | |
betray | v: to reveal or deliver to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty; to reveal something unintentionally | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
expire | v: to come to the end of the period of validity of a document, authorization, agreement, etc. | |
propose | v: to make a proposal, declare a plan for something | |
drown | v: to die or cause to die by being unable to breathe underwater | |
identity | n: the fact of being who or what somebody or something is; the features, emotions, or ideas that distinguish persons from one another | |
uniformity | n: the state or quality of being the same or consistent in form, character, or action; the absence of variation or diversity | |
quo | n: the existing state or condition of something, especially in relation to a particular situation or issue | |
estimate | v: to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something | |
systemic | adj: affecting or related to the whole of something, especially the human body or a society | |
canon | n: a set of rules, principles, or standards by which something is judged or measured | |
religion | n: a deep conviction in a supernatural power that controls human destiny | |
maintain | v: to continue to uphold or sustain; to keep in a particular state or condition; to assert or declare something to be true | |
hierarchy | n: a system in which people or things are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest | |
structure | n: the way of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, or a complex thing constructed of many parts | |
insider | n: a person who has privileged access to special or secret information about a particular organization or field | |
pose | v: to present a risk, problem, or other issues that must be addressed | |
humanize | v: to make something or someone more humane or compassionate; to make something more relatable or understandable to humans | |
melt | v: to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid as a result of heating | |
interlocking | adj: fitting or locking together in a way that makes a continuous and secure whole | |
gender | n: the range of characteristics of femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them, especially when considering social and cultural differences rather than differences in biology | |
construct | v: to build or create something; to assemble or combine different parts to form something whole | |
assignment | n: a duty or task given to someone, usually as part of their job or studies | |
overwhelming | adj: very great or intense; so powerful that you cannot fight or react against it | |
complicit | adj: involved in or responsible for a wrongful or unethical act, often through inaction or silence; in cooperation with another person or group | |
authentic | adj: known to be real and what people say it is; not a fake or copy | |
ethnic | adj: relating or belonging to a group of people who share a cultural tradition | |
aspect | n: one part or feature of a situation, problem, subject, etc. | |
narrative | n: a story or a description of a series of events or process of telling a story | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
spiritual | adj: relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things | |
paradigm | n: a standard or typical example of something; a pattern or model | |
pit | n: a hole in the ground or a cavity in a surface; a place for storing or holding something; a section of a theater or sports arena where people can sit | |
essential | adj: indispensable; fundamental | |
quagmire | n: a soft, muddy area that is difficult to walk or move through; a difficult or complicated situation; a dilemma or predicament | |
racial | adj: of or related to the race (= classification of humans into groups based on physical traits or social relations) | |
punitive | adj: relating to or involving punishment or inflicting punishment; aimed at punishing or disciplining | |
possibility | n: a chance that something may happen or be true | |
vitriolic | adj: bitter, acidic, or harsh in tone or language; expressing intense and vehement hatred or criticism; pertains to or derived from vitriol (= an archaic name for certain sulfates, initially used to describe sulfuric acid) | |
oppress | v: to treat people in a cruel and authoritarian way, especially by denying them the same freedoms, rights, etc. as other people | |
technological | adj: based on scientific and industrial progress | |
complicated | adj: involving a lot of different things or parts in a way that is difficult to understand or analyze | |
perpetuate | v: to make something continue or prevail for a long time | |
indulge | v: to allow oneself or another person to have or enjoy something, especially something that is considered to be a luxury or treat | |
bully | n: a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker; (verb) to intimidate, harass, or mistreat someone weaker or less powerful | |
degrade | v: to make something worse, especially in quality; to show or treat someone in a way that makes them seem no value and do not have the respect or reasonable opinion of others | |
elevate | v: to raise something from a lower to a higher position; to give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | |
vista | n: a pleasing or expansive view, most often of a landscape or a cityscape; a broad and extensive view or outlook | |
engage | v: to attract and keep someone’s attention and interest; to participate in or obtain services of something | |
segregate | v: to separate or set apart from others, often based on race, gender, or some other characteristic | |
achieve | v: to successfully complete a task or goal, often through hard work, perseverance, and dedication; to attain or accomplish something that one has set out to do | |
heal | v: to make a wound or injury to become well again | |
cannibal | n: a person who eats the flesh or internal organs of other human beings, especially as a cultural or ritual practice | |
privilege | n: a special right or advantage that only one person or group of people has, usually because they are rich and powerful in a society | |
faith | n: complete trust in something or someone’s ability or knowledge; a strong belief in religion, divine power, etc. | |
democracy | n: a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation, or to choose governing officials to do so | |
claim | v: to assert that something is true; to demand or request something as one’s own; to lay legal or moral right to something; (noun) a demand or assertion of a right or something that one believes to be true | |
participate | v: to take part in something |