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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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pacific | adj: peaceful in character or intent; tending to lessen or avoid conflict; calm or soothing in manner or tone; (noun, as “Pacific”) the largest and deepest of Earth’s oceanic divisions | |
sailor | n: a person who works on a ship or other seafaring vessel, often responsible for operating the ship and performing various duties onboard | |
flood | n: a large amount of water flowing beyond its normal limits; an overwhelming number or amount | |
seawater | n: water from the sea or ocean, typically containing salt and various other dissolved minerals | |
strike | v: to wallop somebody or something with the hand, fist, or weapon; to have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | |
sperm | n: the reproductive cell produced by a man or male animal | |
whale | n: a very large sea mammal that has a streamlined body and breathes through a blowhole on the head; a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | |
rip | v: to tear something or be torn violently or suddenly | |
catastrophic | adj: extremely harmful; causing physical or financial destruction | |
hull | n: the main body or frame of a ship, airplane, or other vehicles, or the outer covering or shell of a seed, fruit, or other objects | |
sink | v: to submerge or go down below the surface of a liquid or substance; to decline or deteriorate; to cause something to go down into a liquid substance or sink into something else | |
beneath | adv: in or to a lower place than someone or something | |
swell | v: to become larger or more inflated; to become more intense or important | |
huddle | v: to crowd or press closely together; cuddle | |
scrap | n: a small piece or amount of something, especially leftover from a larger whole | |
rudimentary | adj: relating to basic facts or principles; fundamental | |
navigation | n: the act of directing a ship or airplane from place to place; advice or information intended to resolve a problem or challenge, especially as given by someone in authority | |
equip | v: to provide a person or a place with the things that are needed for a particular purpose or activity | |
inspire | v: to make somebody fill with the desire, confidence, or enthusiasm, especially to do something creative | |
dire | adj: extremely serious or urgent; critical, grave, or disastrous | |
frightening | adj: causing fear or alarm, or very surprising and alarming | |
encourage | v: to give someone support, confidence, or hope; to persuade someone to do or continue to do something by making it easier for them and making them believe it is a good thing to do | |
discard | v: to throw something away or get rid of something that you no longer wanted or need | |
roll | v: to move in a particular direction by turning over and over or from side to side | |
skate | n: a type of footwear that has a blade attached to its sole for skating on ice or other hard surfaces; an activity or sport that involves gliding on skates on ice or other hard surfaces | |
accident | n: an unfortunate event, especially one causing damage or injury | |
neuroscience | n: the scientific study of the function, structure, and disorder of the brain and the nervous system | |
optimist | n: a person who tends to expect the best in all things and to be hopeful and confident about the future | |
panic | n: a sudden strong feeling of fear that cannot be controlled and prevents reasonable thought and action | |
conquer | v: to bring under control by force or authority | |
overcome | v: to succeed in controlling or dealing with something, such as a problem or difficulty; to defeat or overwhelm someone | |
amazing | adj: extremely surprising, especially in a way that you like or admire | |
imaginary | adj: existing only in someone’s mind | |
profound | adj: extremely great; sensed or experienced very strongly; displaying a high level of knowledge or comprehension | |
insightful | adj: having or showing a deep understanding and perception of a situation or subject | |
storytelling | n: the act or art of narrating or writing stories | |
extraordinary | adj: exceptional, unexpected, very unusual; surpassing the ordinary or usual | |
vivid | adj: producing very clear, powerful, and detailed images in the mind | |
scare | v: to frighten a person or animal, or to become frightened | |
chandelier | n: a branched decorative light fixture designed to be mounted on ceilings or walls | |
din | n: a loud, confused noise; a loud, persistent racket | |
forth | adv: forward, outward, or onward in location, direction, or progress; into view or consideration; with confidence, boldness, or in the open | |
earthquake | n: a sudden and violent shaking of the ground caused by the movement of rock beneath the earth’s surface | |
terrify | v: to frighten someone very much | |
vision | n: the ability to think about or see the future with imagination and intelligence; the faculty of being able to see | |
monster | n: an imaginary creature that is large and has various human and animal parts; someone or something large and powerful | |
coincidence | n: an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time by chance, in a surprising way | |
creative | adj: relating to or involving the use of skill and original and unusual ideas to create something | |
incredible | adj: unbelievable; enormous | |
origin | n: the first existence or beginning of something | |
remembrance | n: the act of remembering or honoring a person, event, or thing from the past; a memory or memento | |
generate | v: to produce or create something; to make offspring by reproduction | |
intense | adj: (especially of a feeling) very strong; extremely sharp or severe | |
haunted | adj: inhabited, visited, or frequented by ghosts or spirits; disturbed or troubled by persistent or disturbing memories or emotions | |
visionary | adj: having or showing exceptional foresight and imagination; not practical or realizable; speculative | |
crew | n: a group of people who work together, especially on a ship or airplane | |
drift | v: to move smoothly and slowly in water or air, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over the direction | |
passe | adj: no longer fashionable or current; outdated; considered to be old-fashioned or out of date | |
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 | |
opt | v: to make a choice from a range of possibilities | |
fascinating | adj: extremely interesting | |
disaster | n: an unexpected event or series of events that cause widespread damage, destruction, or loss of life | |
rumor | n: a piece of unverified information of uncertain origin that is spread by word of mouth | |
populate | v: to inhabit or occupy a particular area, region, or environment with a certain number or type of people, animals, or plants; to fill out or complete a form, document, or database with relevant information | |
cannibal | n: a person who eats the flesh or internal organs of other human beings, especially as a cultural or ritual practice | |
ashore | adv: on or towards the land, as opposed to the sea or water | |
murder | n: the crime of killing somebody intentionally | |
destination | n: the place to which someone or something is going or being sent; the ultimate purpose or goal of a journey or action | |
captain | n: the leader of a group of people, especially who is in charge of a ship or aircraft | |
severe | adj: extremely serious or bad in feeling, manner, or strict and harsh; extremely strong or vigorous | |
hop | v: to jump lightly and quickly on one foot or both feet; to move rapidly from one place to another; to travel using an aircraft, bus, etc. | |
eventually | adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on | |
sheer | adj: complete or total, often used to emphasize the extreme or uncompromising nature of something; not mixed with anything else; transparent or nearly transparent | |
stretch | v: to make or be capable of making anything longer or broader without hurting or breaking | |
batter | v: to hit something or someone repeatedly with much force; (noun, baseball) a ballplayer who is batting | |
starve | v: to suffer or die from lack of food; to cause someone or something to suffer or die from lack of food; to deprive something of necessary nourishment or sustenance | |
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 | |
unintentional | adj: not done or made on purpose; accidental | |
component | n: one of several parts that combines with others to form something bigger | |
architecture | n: the art and science of designing and constructing buildings | |
plot | n: a secret plan or scheme to achieve a specific goal; the plan or main story of a literary work; (verb) to plan secretly, usually something illegal | |
engine | n: a machine that converts thermal energy to mechanical work; something that has an important role used to achieve a purpose | |
imagery | n: the use of words or pictures in books, photographs, paintings, etc., that produces pictures in the minds of people; the ability to form mental images of things or events | |
novel | n: an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story; (adjective) original and of a kind not seen before | |
flesh | n: the soft substance composing the body of a person or animal, as opposed to bones and other structures | |
roast | v: to cook food by surrounding it with hot, dry air, especially in an oven | |
suspense | n: a state of uncertain or anxious anticipation or waiting; a feeling of excitement or apprehension that arises from the uncertainty of an outcome | |
provoke | v: to stimulate or give rise to a particular reaction or have a particular effect | |
literature | n: written works, such as novels, plays, poems, or short stories that are considered to have artistic or intellectual value | |
humming | adj: producing a continuous, low, vibrating sound like that of the bee | |
creature | n: a living being, especially an animal | |
capable | adj: having the ability, skill, or potential to do something; competent or proficient in a particular task or area of expertise | |
writ | n: a written legal order or command | |
fiction | n: the type of book or story, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people; anything made up or imagined that is not true | |
predict | v: to state beforehand that something will happen in the future, mainly based on knowledge or experience | |
rotation | n: the action or process of moving in a circle around an axis or center | |
suddenly | adv: quickly and unexpectedly | |
crop | n: a plant that is cultivated in large amounts, particularly for food | |
quest | n: a long or challenging search for something | |
naturally | adv: as might be expected; by natural manners | |
entrepreneur | n: an individual who creates or invests in one or more businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks | |
productive | adj: resulting in or making a lot or a significant amount of something, especially something of value | |
paranoia | n: a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically compounded by feelings of anxiety or irritability | |
dismiss | v: to regard something or someone as not important and not worth considering; to terminate someone’s employment | |
studied | adj: deliberately considered or scrutinized; carefully thought out or planned | |
translate | v: to convert or change words into another language | |
preparation | n: the activity of getting ready for something or making something ready | |
concoct | v: to make something, especially food, by mixing or adding different things; to invent a story or plan, especially for a dishonest purpose | |
illuminating | adj: making something clear or easy to understand; providing light | |
tragic | adj: causing great sadness or suffering; very unfortunate | |
aft | adj: (the opposite of “forward”) located at or towards the rear or back of a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle | |
deliberate | adj: done with full consciousness of nature and effects rather than by accident | |
decision | n: the act or process of making up someone’s mind about something; a choice or judgment reached after considering options | |
decide | v: to make up someone’s mind about something; to come to a conclusion or judgment after considering options | |
forgo | v: to give up or abstain from something; to do without something that one might be entitled to | |
embark | v: to go on board a ship or plane; to set out on an enterprise or subject of study; to start something | |
survivor | n: a person who remains alive after an event in which others have died | |
resort | n: a place where many people go for rest, sport, or another stated purpose; (verb) to turn to or take a course of action, especially an extreme or undesirable one, to resolve a difficult circumstance | |
cannibalism | n: the practice of eating the flesh of other people or one’s species; a behavior seen in certain animals, especially insects and arachnids, in which one individual consumes another of the same species | |
quotation | n: a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker | |
suffer | v: to experience pain, distress, or hardship; to undergo or endure something painful or unpleasant | |
miserable | adj: very unhappy, uncomfortable, or unpleasant; causing great distress or suffering | |
probabilistic | adj: characterized by the influence of chance or probability; involving the use of statistical models or methods to estimate likelihoods or risks | |
immediately | adv: now or without delay | |
wreck | n: a ship that has sunk or has been destroyed; a vehicle that has been badly damaged in an accident | |
steer | v: to control the direction or movement of a vehicle; to direct a course of action; to guide or motivate someone | |
straight | adj: extending or moving in one direction without bending or curving; having no deviations | |
dread | v: to be very afraid of or worried about something that is going to happen or that might happen | |
extreme | adj: very great in amount or degree | |
likelihood | n: the probability or chance that something will happen or be the case | |
starvation | n: a severe lack of food that leads to malnutrition and, ultimately, death | |
sway | v: to move back and forth or side to side gently, often in response to external factors such as wind or water; to influence or persuade someone to do something; to control or dominate something | |
combination | n: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | |
temperament | n: a person’s nature or disposition, especially as it permanently affects their behavior | |
artistic | adj: of or relating to art or artist; satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities | |
passion | n: intense, driving, or overpowering feeling or conviction | |
willingness | n: the state of being ready or inclined to do something | |
judgment | n: the ability to form valuable opinions and make reasonable decisions | |
temper | n: a person’s state of mind, emotions, or attitude; a tendency to become angry or excited easily; the elasticity and hardness of a metal object | |
complicate | v: to make something more complex or difficult to understand, often by introducing new elements or factors | |
intuitive | adj: obtained through feelings rather than facts or proof | |
reaction | n: a response that reveals a person’s feelings or attitude; (in chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | |
horrify | v: to shock or disgust greatly | |
scenario | n: a description of possible actions or events in the future; a written outline of a play, film, or literary work | |
narrative | n: a story or a description of a series of events or process of telling a story | |
lurid | adj: vivid or colorful to an unpleasant or sensational degree; causing shock or disgust; sensational and exaggerated | |
violent | adj: involving or caused by physical force or aggression against someone or something | |
tale | n: a story made up in someone’s imagination, especially one full of action and adventure | |
commentary | n: an expression or explanation of opinions or observations on a particular subject, event, or situation; detailed analysis or explanation provided in writing or orally | |
salacious | adj: characterized by or describing inappropriate, often sexually suggestive content or behavior; excessively erotic or lustful in nature | |
serial | adj: consisting of or occurring in a series or sequence; relating to or involving a series or sequence of events, stories, or incidents | |
concerned | adj: feeling worry or interest about something; showing interest or attention | |
subtle | adj: not readily apparent or visible | |
silent | adj: without any or little sound | |
buildup | n: the accumulation or increase of something over time | |
plaque | n: a flat, often rectangular, piece of metal, wood, or other material, inscribed or carved with commemorative text or designs and used as a decoration or award; a soft, sticky film of bacteria that coats teeth and can cause tooth decay | |
artery | n: one of the thick tubes in humans and most other animals that takes blood away from the heart to one or more parts of the body such as tissues, lungs, brain, etc. | |
gradual | adj: happening slowly over a long period of time or distance; not steep or abrupt | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
nuanced | adj: characterized by subtle differences in appearance, meaning, sound, etc. | |
clairvoyance | n: the supposed ability to see or perceive things beyond the normal human senses, typically referring to the ability to perceive events or gain information about distant or future events; psychic insight or foresight | |
glimpse | n: a brief or partial view; the act of seeing something or someone for a very short time or only partly | |
influence | n: the ability to affect someone’s or something’s character, growth, or behavior, or the effect itself | |
precious | adj: uncommon and extremely valuable | |
wisdom | n: the quality of being wise, or the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make sensible decisions | |
insight | n: the ability to gain an accurate and deep understanding of people or situations; an accurate and deep understanding of what something is like | |
elusive | adj: difficult to find, define, achieve, or remember |