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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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unintended | adj: not planned or meant | |
consequence | n: the outcome of a particular action or event, especially relative to an individual | |
appreciate | v: to value and acknowledge the worth of someone or something; to be grateful for something or someone | |
essence | n: the basic or most important part or quality of something that makes it what it is | |
progression | n: the act or process of changing to the next stage or phase or moving forward | |
demonstrate | v: to display something or give an exhibition to an interested audience | |
anthropology | n: the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics in both the present and past, including past human species | |
observation | n: the act or activity of carefully examining or monitoring something or someone | |
ancestor | n: a person from whom one is descended; a forefather | |
immediate | adj: happening or done without delay or occurring shortly after something else | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
domesticate | v: to take control of animals or plants to provide food, power, or company | |
grain | n: wheat or any other small hard seeds used as a food; a relatively small granular particle of a substance | |
origin | n: the first existence or beginning of something | |
agriculture | n: the practice or science of cultivating the land or raising stock | |
assess | v: to judge or decide the nature or quality of someone or something | |
committee | n: a group of people appointed or elected to perform a specific function or manage a particular task, often within a larger organization | |
nutrition | n: the substances or the process that organisms take into their bodies as food for their growth and health | |
span | n: the entire length of something, such as time or space from beginning to end; the amount of space that something covers | |
skeletal | adj: of, relating to, or forming a skeleton (= frame of bones); very thin or emaciated | |
grind | v: to reduce something to small particles or powder by crushing or rubbing it; to work hard over a long period of time | |
politically | adv: in a way that relates to the government or public affairs of a nation | |
degree | n: a unit of measurement for angles, temperature, or level of proficiency or achievement; a rank or level of academic or professional attainment | |
inequality | n: the unfairness of a society in which some people have more opportunity, money, etc. than others; (mathematics) relation between two values when they are different | |
historic | adj: famous or significant in history, or potentially so | |
chopstick | n: a pair of thin, tapered sticks used in East Asian cultures to pick up and eat food | |
dissertation | n: a long and formal written treatise or discourse, often presenting research or analysis on a particular subject or topic, in support of a degree or academic qualification | |
dentition | n: the arrangement, number, and types of teeth in an organism, including both the deciduous (= baby) teeth and permanent teeth | |
necessarily | adv: in an essential manner; in such a way as could not be otherwise | |
disapproval | n: the act of not liking or agreeing with something; an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | |
chop | v: to cut something into pieces with a sharp tool, such as a knife | |
relative | adj: considered and evaluated through comparison with something else | |
ancient | adj: relating to the long ago, particularly the historical period preceding the fall of the Western Roman Empire; very old | |
caution | n: great care and attention that you take to avoid danger or mistakes; a warning against certain acts | |
myth | n: an ancient story or set of stories accepted as history, especially explaining the worldview of a people | |
metaphor | n: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not denote to suggest a similarity | |
physician | n: a medical doctor who practices medicine | |
medicinal | adj: of or relating to the treatment or cure of disease | |
conscious | adj: being aware of and able to respond to what is happening around you | |
translate | v: to convert or change words into another language | |
survive | v: to live or exist despite a dangerous event or period | |
manuscript | n: the original copy of a book, piece of music, etc. before it is printed | |
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 | |
neurosurgery | n: medical operations conducted on the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and individual nerves | |
surgery | n: medical treatment of injuries or diseases involving an incision with instruments and often removing or replacing some parts of the body; the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures | |
outlook | n: the likely future situation for someone or something; a habitual or characteristic mental attitude to life and the world of a particular person, group, or culture | |
meticulous | adj: cautious and precise; paying great attention to detail | |
transform | v: to change in outward structure or looks; | |
branch | n: a division of a tree or woody shrub that grows out from the trunk or a main stem; a division of some larger or more complex organization | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
arrangement | n: a plan or preparation for the future event; the action or process of placing things in a particular order | |
diagnose | v: to determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a careful analysis | |
telegraph | n: a method of long-distance transmission of messages by electrical or radio signals | |
hack | v: to hit and cut somebody or something roughly and violently; to find a bug in a computer program and break into their systems or networks | |
atmosphere | n: the mass of air that surrounds the Earth; the pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or creative work | |
software | n: a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data for doing particular computational jobs | |
firm | adj: resolute or unwavering in decision-making or action; strong or secure in structure, make, or composition; reliable, trustworthy, or dependable; (noun) a business or company | |
mysterious | adj: difficult to understand, explain, or identify; having an aura of secrecy, intrigue, or puzzlement | |
bug | n: any tiny insect; a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | |
seep | v: to flow or leak slowly and gradually through small openings or spaces; to ooze or trickle out gradually | |
investor | n: someone who puts money or capital into something to gain financial returns | |
patent | n: a legal document that grants an inventor exclusive rights to their invention for a certain period of time; the invention or process for which a patent has been granted | |
typeset | v: to arrange and format text or material for printing, typically in a specified font, size, and layout; to compose or arrange written material in a particular style or format for publication | |
smite | v: to strike with a heavy blow or weapon; to defeat or conquer decisively; to afflict with sudden or severe pain or affliction | |
unfortunately | adv: by bad luck; unluckily | |
bankrupt | adj: unable to pay one’s debts; having been reduced to a state of financial ruin; lacking in something essential or fundamental | |
recoup | v: to regain or recover something, particularly losses, costs, or expenses, often through compensation, reimbursement, or making up for previous setbacks | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
brilliant | adj: extremely clever, skilled, or impressive | |
judge | n: a person who makes decisions in a court of law; (verb) to determine the result of or form a critical opinion of something | |
complicated | adj: involving a lot of different things or parts in a way that is difficult to understand or analyze | |
titanic | adj: of or having a great size, power, or influence; of or relating to Titanium (= a light, strong grey, lustrous, corrosion-resistant metallic element) | |
contemporary | adj: belonging to the same or present time | |
lifeboat | n: a small boat designed to be launched from a larger vessel in case of an emergency, typically used to rescue passengers or crew members in danger of drowning | |
tragic | adj: causing great sadness or suffering; very unfortunate | |
capsize | v: to overturn or tip over a boat or other watercraft; to turn upside down or on its side, often as a result of a sudden force or imbalance | |
harbor | n: an area of water next to the coast where ships and boats are protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures; (verb) keep in one’s possession | |
toll | n: money that you have to pay to use a particular road, bridge, etc.; (verb) to ring slowly | |
unstable | adj: lacking solidity, persistence, or firmness and therefore not strong, safe, or likely to continue; lacking control of one’s emotions | |
ballast | n: heavy material, usually stones or sand, used to stabilize a ship or other structure; anything that provides stability or support | |
invention | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation; the act of inventing | |
emergency | n: a sudden unforeseen crisis usually involving danger that requires immediate action | |
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 | |
technological | adj: based on scientific and industrial progress | |
miracle | n: an act or occurrence that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore believed to be caused by God | |
penicillin | n: an antibiotic drug derived from mold and used to treat bacterial infections | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
commerce | n: the activity of buying and selling things, especially on a large scale | |
medically | adv: in a way that relates to the practice of medicine and the treatment of illness and injury | |
quantity | n: the amount or number of something; magnitude | |
pharmaceutical | adj: relating to the production and selling of the medical drugs | |
independence | n: freedom from another’s or others’ control or influence | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
bureau | n: an office or agency that specializes in a particular type of work, often related to collecting or compiling data or information | |
representative | n: someone who speaks or acts officially on behalf of another person or group of people | |
preparation | n: the activity of getting ready for something or making something ready | |
flask | n: a container with a narrow neck and wide, flat body used for holding and carrying liquids | |
vat | n: a large container, especially one used for storing or holding liquids | |
medical | adj: relating to the treatment of illness or injuries; relating to the practice of medicine | |
radiation | n: the energy that comes from a nuclear reaction in the form of rays, waves, or particles and that can be hazardous to health | |
interference | n: the act or process of getting involved in and trying to influence a specific situation; the state of being affected and influenced with | |
detect | v: to find or recognize something, especially something difficult to see, hear, etc. | |
calamity | n: a serious event that causes damage, injury, or loss | |
bacteria | n: single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms that exist in large numbers in the air, water, and soil, and also in living and dead creatures and plants, and are often a cause of disease | |
disease | n: a disorder or illness that affects the body or mind, often characterized by specific symptoms or abnormal functioning of organs or systems | |
precise | adj: sharply exact or accurate or delimited | |
temperature | n: the degree of hotness or coldness of a thing or place | |
ventilate | v: to supply fresh air to a room, building, etc.; to remove stale air from it | |
maximum | adj: the largest or greatest amount or value attainable or attained | |
reproduction | n: the process by which organisms create offspring; the production of something similar to an original work | |
Legionella | n: a bacterium found in water sources responsible for causing Legionnaires’ disease, a serious form of pneumonia | |
bacillus | n: a rod-shaped bacterium typically found in soil or water, some of which are responsible for causing disease in humans and animals | |
rescue | v: to save someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation | |
chemistry | n: the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | |
germicide | n: a substance or agent that is used to kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms, particularly bacteria, and other pathogens | |
epidemic | n: the widespread outbreak of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time | |
tap | v: to hit someone or something quickly, gently, and often repeatedly; to use existing resources, such as energy, knowledge, etc. | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
commit | v: to do something illegal or wrong | |
investigate | v: to conduct a systematic or formal inquiry to identify and evaluate the facts of a crime, problem, statement, etc. to establish the truth | |
locate | v: to specify or determine the exact position of someone or something | |
ventilation | n: the provision of fresh air, especially to a room or building | |
duct | n: a tube, pipe, or channel for conveying air, water, or other substances | |
trace | v: to find or discover someone or something that was lost | |
tin | n: a silvery-white metal that is typically soft and malleable, often used to make containers or packaging materials; a thin sheet of metal or metal alloy used for a variety of purposes | |
particle | n: a small piece of something; a word or piece of a term with grammatical function but little or no significance | |
deposit | n: a sum of money or materials placed or kept in a bank, safety deposit box, or other secure places for safekeeping; a layer of rock, sand, or other material left behind by a flowing liquid or eroding force | |
reform | n: the act of improving or correcting something that is wrong or bad; a change made to correct a flaw or problem | |
mechanical | adj: operated by a machine, relating to or concerned with machinery or tools | |
device | n: a piece of equipment, tool, or technology that serves a particular purpose or function, often mechanical or electronic | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
indirectly | adv: not going straight to the point; implying or suggesting something | |
expand | v: to increase or to make something greater in size, number, or importance | |
geometric | adj: relating to or having the characteristics of geometry (= the shape, properties, and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids) | |
arithmetic | n: the branch of mathematics that deals with numbers and numerical calculations, particularly the four basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division | |
characteristic | n: a typical feature or quality that can identify, tell apart, or describe something or somebody | |
gap | n: a conspicuous disparity or difference separates something such as a figure, people, their opinions, situation, etc. | |
foresight | n: the ability to anticipate or predict future events or outcomes; the act of planning for the future with wisdom and prudence; an intuitive sense of what is to come | |
innovation | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
fundamental | adj: forming an essential base or core from which everything else develops or is affected | |
merge | v: to combine or integrate things, or to cause this to happen | |
depression | n: a mental condition in which a person feels very unhappy and without hope for the future; a severe recession in an economy or market | |
celebrated | adj: renowned for possessing admirable attributes | |
anniversary | n: the annual recurrence of a date marking a notable event; a date on which an event occurred in a previous year | |
intent | n: a strong determination or attention to do or achieve something; (adjective) having a strong determination to do or achieve something | |
alternative | n: one of two or more available possibilities or choice | |
upset | adj: causing or marked by anxiety, uneasiness, trouble, or grief; (verb) to make someone anxious, unhappy, or angry | |
photocopy | n: a duplicate of a document or image made by a process involving the use of light and photosensitive material; a copy made by a photocopier | |
practical | adj: of or connected with actual use or real situation rather than with theory and ideas | |
dislocate | v: to move out of a position of the bone in a joint; to put out of its usual place, position, or relationship | |
creative | adj: relating to or involving the use of skill and original and unusual ideas to create something | |
unfortunate | adj: having bad luck or fortune; unlucky | |
paradoxical | adj: seemingly contradictory or absurd because of having two opposite features or facts, though it is probably true | |
stimming | n: a behavior often exhibited by individuals on the autism spectrum characterized by repetitive bodily movements or sounds, such as hand flapping or rocking, often used as a form of self-regulation or sensory stimulation | |
unexpected | adj: not anticipated or regarded as likely to happen | |
possibility | n: a chance that something may happen or be true | |
mentor | n: a person who helps and advises a younger or less experienced person over time, usually at work or school | |
graham | n: a type of flour made from whole wheat that has had the bran and germ removed and is often used to make crackers or cookies; a cracker made with this type of flour | |
invest | v: to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or achieve a result | |
edition | n: a particular form or version in which a text, especially a printed book, magazine, or newspaper, is published; | |
disaster | n: an unexpected event or series of events that cause widespread damage, destruction, or loss of life | |
plague | n: any epidemic disease with a high death rate; (also called pest) a serious, sometimes fatal, infection spread by rats that causes fever and swellings on the body | |
spam | n: unwanted email, usually of advertising material sent out in bulk | |
extend | v: to broaden in scope, range, or area | |
silk | n: a fine, strong, soft, lustrous fiber produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric | |
worm | n: a long, thin creature with a soft and long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and a lack of eyes | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
germ | n: a very tiny living that causes the disease; a piece of something such as an organism, concept, etc., capable of growing into a new one or part of one | |
cultivation | n: the process of preparing and using land for growing crops or plants, often involving tilling, fertilizing, and irrigating the soil; the act of fostering or developing something, such as a skill, talent, or idea | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
patient | n: a person who is receiving medical treatment, care, or attention from a healthcare professional, such as a doctor, nurse, or therapist; a personal quality or characteristic | |
meticulously | adv: with great attention to detail; thoroughly and carefully | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
tribute | n: a payment, gift, or other forms of recognition made in honor of or submission to another person or entity | |
discotheque | n: a nightclub or restaurant where recorded music is played, and people dance | |
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 | |
chaos | n: a state of complete confusion or disorder, often characterized by a lack of predictability or control |