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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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honor | n: high regard or great respect for someone; the quality of having and doing based on a keen sense of morality; (verb) to show respect towards someone | |
mayor | n: an elected official who presides over a city or town government | |
vibrant | adj: full of energy, life, and enthusiasm | |
announcer | n: a person who introduces and speaks on television or radio programs or provides commentary or information at a live event | |
gentle | adj: having or showing a kindly or tender nature; soft and mild | |
envelop | v: to surround and cover completely; to encase | |
announce | v: to make something known or officially inform people about something | |
olympiad | n: a period of four years, originally the time between the ancient Olympic Games and now commonly used to refer to the modern Olympic Games, which are held every four years | |
award | n: a prize or other mark of recognition given in honor of an achievement | |
touching | adj: evoking an emotional response; causing feelings of sympathy, tenderness, or compassion; having a poignant or emotional impact | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
monarchy | n: a form of government in which a country is ruled by a king or a queen who typically inherits the authority | |
defend | v: to protect someone or something from attack, criticism, danger, etc. | |
phrase | n: a group of words that mean something specific when used together | |
commandment | n: a divine rule, especially one of the Ten Commandments; an order or law given by authority | |
probable | adj: likely to happen or likely to be true | |
incredible | adj: unbelievable; enormous | |
pollution | n: the introduction of harmful substances or waste into the natural environment that causes adverse change | |
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 | |
suburb | n: an outlying district or residential area of a city or town, typically comprising middle-class and affluent neighborhoods | |
jungle | n: an area of tropical forest where in which trees and plants grow very thickly | |
temperature | n: the degree of hotness or coldness of a thing or place | |
degree | n: a unit of measurement for angles, temperature, or level of proficiency or achievement; a rank or level of academic or professional attainment | |
centigrade | n: a system of temperature measurement in which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees; also known as the Celsius scale | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
moving | adj: causing strong emotions or feelings, especially sadness or sympathy | |
packed | adj: extremely full of people; very crowded | |
transport | n: a system for moving people or products from one location to another using automobiles, roads, and so on | |
transit | n: the act or process of passing through or across a place or state; transportation | |
transform | v: to change in outward structure or looks; | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
lane | n: a narrow road in the countryside; a well-defined track or path for someone such as a swimmer or driver | |
dedicate | v: to give all of your energy, time, etc., entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; to set apart for a particular purpose or use | |
contractor | n: a person or company that enters into a contract to provide materials or labor to perform a specific task or service | |
underground | adj: under the surface of the ground; a secret group organized to achieve a specific purpose, such as overthrowing the government or occupying a force | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
comfort | n: a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint | |
feat | n: a notable or impressive achievement, especially one that requires great skill or bravery | |
subway | n: an underground railway system, typically in a city | |
population | n: the total number of people in a country, region, or location | |
mobility | n: the ability to move or be moved freely or easily from one place, job, or social class to another | |
integrate | v: to combine one thing with another so that they form a whole or work together; to accept equal participation for members of all races and ethnic groups | |
controversial | adj: causing a lot of hot public discussion and dispute | |
favela | n: a Brazilian shantytown or slum, typically located on the outskirts of a major city, characterized by poverty, overcrowding, and lack of basic services such as sanitation and security | |
slum | n: a heavily populated urban area characterized by poor, run-down housing and infrastructure, often associated with poverty and social neglect | |
policy | n: a set of rules, guidelines, principles, or procedures that govern decision-making or action, often used in the context of business or government; a course of action or plan of action adopted or followed by an organization or individual to achieve a goal or objective | |
inhabitant | n: a person or an animal that lives in a particular place | |
typical | adj: having the usual characteristics or traits of a specific group of things | |
contrast | v: to put in opposition to show or emphasize differences | |
vicious | adj: having or showing a desire to cause harm to others; having the nature of vice | |
virtual | adj: being actually such in almost every respect; existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact | |
unclear | adj: poorly stated or described and therefore not easy to understand; not easy to perceive | |
primary | adj: first or highest in rank, order, or importance; most fundamental or essential; pertaining to the initial or introductory stage of something, such as a school year or election cycle | |
assist | v: to help someone in doing anything | |
clinic | n: a building or hospital department where people can go for medical care or advice, especially of a particular condition | |
infrastructure | n: the basic systems, services, or features that are necessary for an organization or country, such as transport and power supplies | |
aim | v: to try or plan to get or achieve something | |
urbanize | v: to make an area more urban in character or nature, often through the development and expansion of cities or towns | |
eve | n: (also as “Eve”) the day or period of time immediately preceding a particular event; the biblical figure who was the first woman and wife of Adam, according to the Jewish and Christian faiths | |
flood | n: a large amount of water flowing beyond its normal limits; an overwhelming number or amount | |
tropical | adj: originating in, located in, or characteristic of the tropics | |
landslide | n: a large, sudden movement of a mass of rock, earth, or other material down a slope | |
govern | v: to legally control and direct a country, city, group of people, etc. and be responsible for introducing new laws, organizing and maintaining public services | |
secretary | n: a person whose job is to deal with correspondence, keep records, and do administrative work for a company or organization | |
urban | adj: relating to or located in a town or city | |
affair | n: event, situation, or subject that is significant from a political or public perspective; a secretive or illicit sexual relationship | |
satellite | n: an electronic device that is sent up into space and moves around the Earth or another planet, used for gathering information or communicating by radio, television, etc. | |
radar | n: a technology that employs radio waves to locate items that cannot be seen | |
moisture | n: small amounts of liquid, especially water, that are present in or absorbed by a substance | |
absolutely | adv: without restriction or limitation; completely or utterly | |
traffic | n: the movement of vehicles, people, or goods along a route or through a transport system; the amount of such movement in a particular place or at a particular time | |
jam | n: a situation in which something becomes stuck because of a dense crowd of people, vehicles, etc.; a preserve of crushed fruit | |
mad | adj: insane, especially due to a mental illness; very angry | |
transmission | n: the act or process of sending something from one person or place to another; the process of broadcasting over the airwaves, as in radio or television | |
downtown | adv: in or towards the central area of a town or city | |
incident | n: an event or occurrence, often unexpected or unplanned; something that happens | |
fleet | n: a group of military ships, aircraft, etc., operating together under the same ownership; (adjective) moving very fast | |
conclude | v: to come to an end or close; to reach a judgment or opinion by reasoning | |
paperwork | n: administrative tasks that involve writing or typing documents | |
distance | n: the amount of space between two points, measured in units such as miles, meters, or kilometers; the extent, scope, or range between two things, such as distance or emotional distance | |
administrator | n: a person or organization responsible for managing and directing the affairs of a business, institution, government agency, or other organization; someone who administers, regulates, or supervises | |
invest | v: to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or achieve a result | |
fantastic | adj: extremely good; excellent | |
talent | n: a natural ability to be good at something; someone who has a natural ability to be good at something |