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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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holy | adj: of or related to a god, divine power, or a particular religion | |
papal | adj: relating to the pope (= the head of the Roman Catholic Church) or the Roman Catholic Church | |
regardless | adv: not paying attention or considering something or someone even if the situation is bad or there are difficulties | |
thrill | n: a feeling of extreme and sudden excitement and pleasure; to cause someone to feel sudden intense sensation or emotion | |
participate | v: to take part in something | |
confer | v: to have a meeting or discussion to come to a decision or agreement or exchange ideas; to bestow something | |
invite | v: to ask someone to come or join; to offer an opportunity or possibility for something to happen or take place | |
dialogue | n: a conversation in a book, play, or film | |
encounter | v: to face something, particularly something unpleasant or difficult, while attempting to do something else; to meet, especially unexpectedly | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
quitter | n: a person who gives up easily or does not have the determination to finish what they have started | |
strengthen | v: to become stronger or more effective; to make someone or something stronger or more effective | |
conviction | n: a strong belief or opinion, especially one that is based on principles or evidence; (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed | |
mere | adj: used to emphasize how insignificant or minor someone or something is | |
interaction | n: the act of connecting with someone, mainly when working, playing, or spending time with them | |
migrant | n: a traveler who moves from one region or country to another, especially to find work or better living conditions; a bird or an animal that moves from one place to another | |
inmate | n: a person who is confined to an institution such as a prison, hospital, or mental health facility | |
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 | |
grandparent | n: a parent of one’s father or mother | |
discard | v: to throw something away or get rid of something that you no longer wanted or need | |
foremost | adj: most important, leading, or prominent | |
autonomous | adj: capable of governing or controlling its affairs | |
independence | n: freedom from another’s or others’ control or influence | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
harsh | adj: severe and unkind; extremely tough and unpleasant to inhabit | |
judgment | n: the ability to form valuable opinions and make reasonable decisions | |
offense | n: an illegal act; a feeling of anger caused by a perceived insult to or disregard for oneself; the action of attacking an enemy | |
forgiveness | n: the act of stopping feeling angry or resentful towards someone for a mistake or offense with compassion | |
rancor | n: bitterness or resentment, especially long-standing or deep-seated animosity | |
instance | n: a particular example or single occurrence of something | |
flare | v: to burn brightly with a sudden, intense burst of flame or light; (noun) a sudden and brief burst of bright flame or light; a sudden and intense burst of radiation from the Sun’s surface | |
extinguish | v: to cause a fire to stop burning or light to stop shining | |
flame | n: a bright, visible light and heat source caused by combustion; a strong, intense feeling typically associated with passion, aggression, or anger | |
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 | |
nowadays | adv: at the current time, in comparison to the past | |
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 | |
invincible | adj: incapable of being conquered, defeated, or overcome; unassailable | |
overcome | v: to succeed in controlling or dealing with something, such as a problem or difficulty; to defeat or overwhelm someone | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
harmony | n: the combination of simultaneous musical notes to produce a pleasing effect; an attractive combination of related things and their properties | |
component | n: one of several parts that combines with others to form something bigger | |
interact | v: to communicate or react with somebody | |
technological | adj: based on scientific and industrial progress | |
innovation | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation | |
inclusive | adj: including much or everything, and especially including stated limits; not excluding any of the people, things, ideas, etc. involved in something | |
faraway | adj: located at a geographically distant place; remote or separated by distance; distant or not easily accessible | |
planet | n: any of the nine large celestial bodies that circle in the solar system; any celestial body that revolves around a star | |
rediscover | v: to discover or find again something that was previously known but lost | |
orbit | n: the path of an object around a celestial body, especially a planet, star, or moon, under the influence of gravity; (of medicine) the bony cavity in the skull that houses the eyeball and its associated structures, like muscles, nerves, and blood vessels | |
solidarity | n: unity or agreement of feelings or actions among a group, especially among individuals with a common interest | |
inconvenient | adj: causing trouble or difficulty; not convenient or suitable | |
default | v: to fail to fulfill an obligation or pay a debt when it is due; to fail to meet expectations or perform as required; to choose or accept a predetermined option or condition without making a deliberate selection or choice; (noun) the pre-set or automatic settings that a system or program uses when the user has selected no other options | |
attitude | n: the way you think and feel about someone or something | |
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 | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
cast | v: to cause light or shadow to appear on a surface; to assing or choose someone such as an actor or representative, especially by selection process | |
techno | n: a style of electronic dance music that originated in Detroit in the 1980s and is characterized by a repetitive, synthesized beat and minimalist sound effects; the use of advanced technology or techniques in a particular field | |
core | n: the most essential or fundamental part of something | |
erase | v: to remove something completely, especially by rubbing it | |
dictionary | n: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words and their definitions, as well as information about their origins, usage, and pronunciation | |
automatic | adj: able to work or operate with little or no direct human control; independent of external control | |
mechanism | n: a part of a machine, or a set of parts that performs a task; a natural or established process that occurs during a specific situation or reaction | |
contradiction | n: the assertion of the opposite of what has been said; opposition; denial | |
withhold | v: to not give or grant something due, expected, or requested | |
urge | v: to spur on or encourage someone, especially by cheers and shouts; (noun) a strong desire or impulse, especially one that is difficult to control or resist | |
fellow | adj: someone who has the same job or interests as you, or is in the same class, profession, or situation as you | |
courage | n: the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear or despair; the quality of being brave or courageous | |
creative | adj: relating to or involving the use of skill and original and unusual ideas to create something | |
concrete | adj: existing in a physical or material form rather than an abstract one; based on facts rather than ideas or guesses; made of or covered with cement | |
ingenious | adj: showing inventiveness and ability or skill | |
intention | n: something you want to do and are going to do | |
conventional | adj: based on or following traditional rules, standards, customs, etc. | |
formula | n: a group of symbols, letters, or numbers that represent a rule, law, or mathematical statement | |
appease | v: to pacify or soothe someone, usually by agreeing to their demands or requests; to calm someone’s anger or anxiety | |
conscience | n: a person’s inner sense of what is right or wrong in their conduct or motives, viewed as a guide to their behavior | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
presence | n: the fact or state that someone or something exists, occurs, or is present | |
parable | n: a short allegorical story designed to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson | |
assault | n: a violent physical attack; the crime of forcing someone to submit to sexual intercourse against their will | |
abandon | v: to leave a place, thing, or person with no intention of returning; (noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | |
dirt | n: soil, dust, or any substance that makes a surface not clean; the part of the earth’s surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock | |
priest | n: a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies, especially in the Christian faith | |
influential | adj: having significant impact or power on someone or something | |
despise | v: to feel strong dislike or contempt for someone or something, often because of a perceived fault or failing; to have a low or unfavorable opinion of something | |
ethnicity | n: the cultural characteristics of a particular group, such as language, religion, and traditions, that distinguish them from other groups | |
injury | n: harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body caused by an accident or an attack | |
ignore | v: to intentionally not listen or pay attention to | |
compassion | n: a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for another’s suffering or bad luck | |
compel | v: to force or require someone to do something; to exert a strong, irresistible force or pressure that makes someone act in a certain way | |
helpless | adj: unable to take care of oneself or to do things without help | |
hostel | n: a type of inexpensive lodging or accommodation, often offering shared rooms and facilities and frequently used by travelers, backpackers, or students | |
assist | v: to help someone in doing anything | |
riddle | n: a type of question that describes something in a difficult and confusing way, and that has a surprising answer, often asked as a game | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
fortunate | adj: having good luck or lucky | |
expense | n: the money, time, or effort incurred or required for something | |
evil | adj: profoundly immoral, cruel, and wicked; having or exerting a harmful effect on people | |
nullify | v: to make something legally invalid or without effect; to cancel out, negate, or render something null (= the absence or lack of value, validity, or significance) and void | |
desire | n: a strong feeling of wanting to have or do something | |
react | v: to take action in response to something | |
stem | n: the central part of something from which other parts can develop or grow; the part of a word common to all its inflected variants; (verb) to grow out of, have roots in, or originate in | |
contrary | n: acting in opposition to what is expected or desired | |
precious | adj: uncommon and extremely valuable | |
replace | v: to take the place of something | |
conflict | n: a strong disagreement, argument, or a violent clash between two opposing groups or individuals | |
Christ | n: the man that Christians believe is the prophet and the son of God, and whose life and sermons form the basis for Christianity | |
optimist | n: a person who tends to expect the best in all things and to be hopeful and confident about the future | |
naive | adj: showing unaffected simplicity and lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment | |
tragedy | n: an event or situation causing great loss, misfortune, or destruction; a play or literature that deals with a severe and sad event and often ends with the death of the main character | |
virtue | n: high moral standards in behavior or attitudes | |
dwell | v: to live or reside in a particular place; to think, speak, or write at length on a particular subject; to linger or remain as if unwilling to leave | |
humble | adj: having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s quality or importance | |
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 | |
invisible | adj: impossible or nearly impossible to see | |
yeast | n: a type of fungus that is used in making alcoholic drinks such as beer and wine or to make bread rise | |
dough | n: a mixture of flour, liquid, and other ingredients, typically used to make bread, pastry, or pasta | |
flavor | n: the taste sensation produced by a substance in the mouth | |
aspect | n: one part or feature of a situation, problem, subject, etc. | |
flicker | v: to shine unsteadily or intermittently, as if with a faint light | |
shield | n: a protective covering or structure, especially in the past, that soldiers held in front of their bodies to protect themselves | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
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 | |
tenderness | n: a state or quality of being gentle, caring, or affectionate; sensitivity or responsiveness to the needs or emotions of others; a feeling of softness or soreness in a particular part of the body | |
silent | adj: without any or little sound | |
polluted | adj: contaminated with harmful or poisonous substances | |
comfort | n: a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint | |
gaze | v: to stare at something or someone for an extended time, usually out of surprise or adoration, or because you are thinking about something else | |
adapt | v: to make fit for or change to suit a new purpose or environment | |
communicate | v: to share or exchange information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals | |
descend | v: to move downward and lower; to come from, or to be connected by a relationship of blood | |
courageous | adj: able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | |
fortitude | n: mental or emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, or danger; the ability to endure hardship or pain with courage and resilience | |
humility | n: the quality or condition of being humble; a low estimate of one’s self | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
ruin | v: to damage, spoil, or demolish something; (noun) an unrecoverable state of devastation and destruction, | |
stomach | n: the internal organ in the body where food is digested, situated in the abdomen; the part of the body below the chest that contains the stomach | |
dizzy | adj: having or causing a whirling sensation and not able to keep balance | |
balance | n: a condition in which everything has the same weight or force; something left after other parts have been taken away | |
humankind | n: the whole of the living human inhabitants of the earth | |
exclusive | adj: not divided or shared with others | |
politician | n: a person who is a member of a government or law-making organization, especially as an elected member of parliament, etc. | |
enormous | adj: extremely large or great | |
recognize | v: to acknowledge or realize something or someone; to identify, remember, or become aware of something that was previously known or encountered | |
fulfill | v: to meet the requirements or expectations; to achieve or realize |