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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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protective | adj: serving to protect or shield from harm or danger; designed to prevent damage or injury | |
abuse | n: the use of something in an incorrect or harmful manner | |
announce | v: to make something known or officially inform people about something | |
unexpected | adj: not anticipated or regarded as likely to happen | |
invite | v: to ask someone to come or join; to offer an opportunity or possibility for something to happen or take place | |
mattress | n: a large rectangular pad filled with soft material, used as a bed or part of a bed | |
asleep | adj: in a state of sleep | |
ash | n: the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance, typically containing minerals and other impurities; the solid remains of a dead person after cremation | |
trap | n: a piece of equipment or hole for catching animals or people; (verb) to catch animals or people and prevent them from escaping | |
infant | n: a baby or very young child | |
deem | v: to consider or decide something in a particular way | |
custody | n: the state of being physically responsible for something or someone, especially a child; a state of being confined, usually for a short time | |
specify | v: to explain or state something clearly and exactly | |
welfare | n: the general health, happiness, and prosperous of a person or group | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
ethnicity | n: the cultural characteristics of a particular group, such as language, religion, and traditions, that distinguish them from other groups | |
investigation | n: the act or process of thoroughly examining a crime, problem, statement, etc., to uncover the truth | |
foster | v: to promoto growth; to take care of another person’s child, usually for a limited time, without becoming their legal parents | |
stable | adj: firm and steady; not easily moved, disturbed, or changed | |
placement | n: the act or process of putting something in a particular position or location; a temporary position or job in an organization | |
immediate | adj: happening or done without delay or occurring shortly after something else | |
shelter | n: a structure built to protect from poor weather, danger, or attack: | |
confuse | v: to mistake one thing for another; to make somebody hard to understand | |
traumatic | adj: relating to or caused by injury, especially emotional injury | |
intern | v: to put someone in prison, especially for political or military reasons; (noun) a student or trainee who works, sometimes for free, to get work experience or to fulfill qualification criteria | |
scenario | n: a description of possible actions or events in the future; a written outline of a play, film, or literary work | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
uncommon | adj: not occurring or seen very often; rare | |
deserve | v: to be worthy of or entitled to something, especially something good or valuable | |
unfair | adj: not giving equal treatment or opportunities to people involved; marked by injustice, partiality, or deception | |
stake | n: a share or financial investment in something such as a business; a wooden or metal post set up to mark something | |
firsthand | adv: from the source; directly; (adjective) received directly from a source | |
faculty | n: an inborn or natural ability to hear, see, think, move, etc.; a department or group of the university concerned with a major division of knowledge | |
institute | n: an organization that has a specific purpose, particularly one dealing with science, education, or a particular profession; (verb) to initiate, introduce, or establish something | |
curate | n: a clergyman who is in charge of a parish; a person in charge of a museum, gallery, or church, responsible for the care and display of its collections and exhibitions; (verb) to carefully select, organize, and maintain items in a collection, exhibition, or presentation | |
innovative | adj: introducing or using new methods, ideas, etc. | |
discuss | v: to talk about or examine in detail through conversation or debate; to exchange ideas, opinions, or information on a particular topic | |
implicit | adj: suggested but not directly expressed | |
bias | n: a strong feeling in favor of or against one group of people, an idea, or thing, often not based on fair judgment | |
subconscious | adj: relating to or concerning the part of the mind that is not fully conscious but still influences thoughts, feelings, and behavior | |
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 | |
attitude | n: the way you think and feel about someone or something | |
lurk | v: to wait somewhere secretly, especially because you are about to attack someone or do something bad or illegal | |
background | n: the details of a person’s social heritage, such as family, vocational or educational experience; past information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem | |
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 | |
county | n: an administrative division of a country or state, typically one of several comprising a larger division | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
blind | adj: unable to see; unable or unwilling to perceive or understand the true nature of something | |
removal | n: the act of taking something away or off from a particular place | |
distinction | n: a difference or contrast between similar things or people | |
committee | n: a group of people appointed or elected to perform a specific function or manage a particular task, often within a larger organization | |
delete | v: to remove something, especially that has been written; to wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information | |
identifiable | adj: capable of being recognized | |
strength | n: the quality or state of being physically, or sometimes mentally, strong | |
relevance | n: the state or degree of being closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand | |
recommendation | n: an official suggestion that something is good or suitable for a particular purpose or job | |
drastic | adj: radical and extreme; likely to have a significant or far-reaching impact | |
depart | v: to go away or leave, especially to start a journey | |
zip | n: a fastener made of interlocking teeth or ridges that is used to join two edges or pieces of fabric; a sound or motion that resembles the sound made by a zipper when it is pulled; (of a computer) a popular file compression and archiving format; (short for Zone Improvement Plan) a system of postal codes used in the United States to help facilitate mail delivery more efficiently | |
automatically | adv: without needing a direct human control | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
emotion | n: a strong feeling such as love, anger, etc. deriving from one’s situation, mood, or relationships with others | |
outcome | n: the result or effect of an action, event, etc. | |
intelligence | n: the ability to learn, comprehend, or make judgments or conclusions based on reasons | |
transform | v: to change in outward structure or looks; | |
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 | |
conscious | adj: being aware of and able to respond to what is happening around you | |
employ | v: to give somebody a job and pay them for it; to make use of | |
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 | |
empower | v: to give someone the power or authority to do something | |
poverty | n: the condition of being extremely poor |