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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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mow | v: to cut down and trim grass or other vegetation, usually with a machine such as a lawnmower; to cut down or harvest crops | |
lawn | n: a stretch of ground covered with grass, typically attached to a house, and often used for recreation or aesthetics | |
oatmeal | n: a type of cereal made from oats that have been ground or steel-cut | |
abound | v: to exist in large numbers or quantities | |
critic | n: someone who expresses opinions about the quality of books, music, etc. | |
reconcile | v: to find a way of dealing with two or more ideas, needs, etc. that are opposed to each other to agree and coexist | |
sibling | n: a brother or sister; member of a family born to the same parents | |
quo | n: the existing state or condition of something, especially in relation to a particular situation or issue | |
inevitable | adj: certain to happen and unavoidable | |
purposeful | adj: having a specific aim or purpose; determined | |
educator | n: a person who teaches or educates people | |
scholar | n: professor; a person who studies a topic in considerable depth, particularly in a university | |
explicit | adj: stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt | |
awaken | v: to stop sleeping or to cause someone to stop sleeping | |
pedagogy | n: the method or art of teaching or instructing, especially as an academic subject or profession | |
oppress | v: to treat people in a cruel and authoritarian way, especially by denying them the same freedoms, rights, etc. as other people | |
authentic | adj: known to be real and what people say it is; not a fake or copy | |
specifically | adv: only associated with or meant for one thing | |
afford | v: to have enough money or time to be able to buy or do something | |
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 | |
perceive | v: to become aware or conscious of something through the senses | |
unarmed | adj: without weapons or arms; not carrying any form of weapon or ammunition, or engaging in physical conflict with weapons | |
vigilant | adj: keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties | |
transpire | v: to happen or be revealed | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
profoundly | adv: to a great or complete degree; deeply | |
unfair | adj: not giving equal treatment or opportunities to people involved; marked by injustice, partiality, or deception | |
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. | |
overnight | adj: lasting for or occurring during one night; occurring or changing extremely quickly or suddenly; happening or being achieved in a short amount of time | |
zone | n: a specific area, region, or section that is marked off or defined in some way | |
boundless | adj: having no limits; limitless | |
laughter | n: the act or sound of laughing | |
ubiquitous | adj: being or existing everywhere at once | |
pave | v: to cover something with a hard, flat material such as stones, bricks, or concrete, to make it suitable for travel or use | |
grab | v: to take hold of something or someone suddenly with a hand, especially in a violent way | |
forearm | n: the part of a person’s arm between the elbow and the wrist; (verb) to arm in advance of a confrontation | |
unfamiliar | adj: not known or recognized; not experienced or encountered before | |
grip | n: the act of holding onto something firmly with your hands, or the ability to do so; (verb) to hold fast or firmly | |
deride | v: to ridicule or mock someone or something, often contemptuously or scornfully; to criticize or attack severely | |
naive | adj: showing unaffected simplicity and lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment | |
consume | v: to spend something, especially fuel, energy, or time, in a large amount | |
pretension | n: the act of claiming or asserting something, especially without good reason or without evidence; an unfounded or excessive claim or ambition | |
scared | adj: afraid or frightened | |
inundate | v: to flood or overwhelm with an excessive amount of something | |
hood | n: a covering for the head and neck, especially one attached to a garment | |
alarm | n: a loud noise or an automatic signal that warns people of danger; a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event or particular danger | |
breath | n: the air that is taken into and expelled from your lungs; the process of taking into and expelling air from your lungs | |
lung | n: either of the two organs in the chest that people and some animals use for breathing | |
casket | n: a rectangular container, often made of wood or metal, in which a dead body is placed for burial or cremation | |
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 | |
nail | n: a thin, pointed piece of metal with a flat head used for fastening things together; the thin hard layer covering and protecting the outer tip of the fingers or toes | |
melanin | n: a natural pigment found in the skin, hair, and eyes of animals, responsible for the color and tone of these features | |
synonymous | adj: having the same or a similar meaning as another word or phrase | |
whim | n: a sudden idea or desire, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained | |
adolescent | n: a young person who is in the process of developing from a child into an adult | |
luxury | n: a state of great comfort or sophistication, mainly provided by expensive and beautiful things | |
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 | |
define | v: to state or explain precisely the nature, scope, or meaning of something | |
bullet | n: a metal projectile that is shot from a gun | |
kite | n: a toy made of a light frame covered with cloth or plastic and joined to a long string that you fly in the air | |
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 | |
surrender | v: to cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority | |
affirm | v: to assert that something is true or real; to state positively | |
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 | |
guilty | adj: feeling responsible for or having done something wrong or criminal | |
toy | n: a thing, typically a small model or replica of something that is played with, especially by children | |
refuse | v: to show that one is not willing to do or accept something | |
tomb | n: a large stone structure or underground chamber in which the dead are buried | |
determinant | n: a factor, circumstance, or condition that contributes to the shaping, influencing, or determining of a particular outcome or result |