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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
obvious | adj: easy to see, discover or understand | |
opportune | adj: suitable or happening at a time that is suitable or convenient for a particular purpose | |
motivate | v: to make someone want to do something, especially something that requires tremendous work and effort | |
venture | n: a business project or activity that is risky or daring | |
investor | n: someone who puts money or capital into something to gain financial returns | |
invest | v: to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or achieve a result | |
tremendous | adj: very great in degree or extent or amount or impact; extremely good | |
emission | n: the act of production or sending out gas, heat, light, etc. | |
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 | |
urgency | n: the quality of being very important and needing to be dealt with immediately | |
silicon | n: a chemical element with the symbol Si that is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic luster and used for the transistors and integrated circuit chips in computers | |
valley | n: a long depression on the surface of the land, which typically contains a river | |
shrug | v: to raise your shoulders and then drop them to say you do not know or are not interested | |
massive | adj: enormous amount; very heavy and solid | |
entrepreneur | n: an individual who creates or invests in one or more businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks | |
bunch | n: a grouping of several similar things which are growing or fastened together | |
transport | n: a system for moving people or products from one location to another using automobiles, roads, and so on | |
accelerate | v: to make something faster or earlier; to cause to develop or progress more quickly | |
recession | n: a period of economic decline, typically lasting for six months or more, during which trade and industrial activity decrease, and unemployment increases | |
technological | adj: based on scientific and industrial progress | |
string | n: long, thin material used for tying things together, composed of several twisted threads | |
naive | adj: showing unaffected simplicity and lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment | |
generation | n: all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively; the production of heat or electricity | |
underestimate | v: to think or suppose that a quantity, price, or size is smaller than it is | |
disrupt | v: to prevent or stop something, especially an event, activity, or process, from continuing in the usual way by causing a problem or disturbance | |
entrenched | adj: established firmly and securely | |
industrious | adj: hardworking, diligent, and persistent in effort | |
optimistic | adj: hoping or expecting that good thing will happen or something will be successful | |
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 | |
dominant | adj: more important, influential, or easy to notice than anything else of the same type | |
fossil | n: any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing that has become hard and turned into rock | |
coal | n: a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock that is found below the ground and burnt to produce heat | |
fuel | n: a substance that is typically burned to generate heat or energy | |
prompt | v: to make someone decide to or try to do something, or to make something happen | |
incredible | adj: unbelievable; enormous | |
decline | v: to become gradually smaller, fewer, worse, etc.; to refuse to accept | |
electrify | v: to make a machine or system work by using electricity; to make someone extremely enthusiastic about or interested in something | |
planet | n: any of the nine large celestial bodies that circle in the solar system; any celestial body that revolves around a star | |
alternative | n: one of two or more available possibilities or choice | |
lithium | n: a soft, silvery-white metal that is highly reactive and used in batteries, alloy production, and medications for bipolar disorder | |
ion | n: an atom or molecule that has a positive or negative electrical charge caused by its losing or gained one or more electrons | |
battery | n: a device that is placed inside a car, gadget, equipment, etc. and that provides electrical power to them | |
revolution | n: a large-scale attempt to overthrow the government of a country, often using violence or war; | |
intelligence | n: the ability to learn, comprehend, or make judgments or conclusions based on reasons | |
explore | v: to travel to or penetrate an area or a country to learn about it; to thoroughly examine a subject or a possibility to learn more about it | |
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 | |
unimaginable | adj: beyond what can be imagined or conceived; impossible to comprehend or envision | |
software | n: a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data for doing particular computational jobs | |
optimize | v: to make the best or most effective use of something | |
delivery | n: the act of taking or sending something to a destination; the bringing of a baby during childbirth | |
bioeconomy | n: the part of the economy concerned with the production of goods and services using biological resources and processes | |
gene | n: the fundamental unit of heredity and the sequence of nucleotides in DNA that codes for the creation of RNA or protein. | |
edit | v: to prepare written material for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it | |
wheat | n: a cereal plant that is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc | |
soy | n: a legume plant that is widely cultivated for its edible bean, which has many uses, such as for oil, food, and animal feed | |
fertilizer | n: a natural or chemical substance added to soil to make plants grow more successfully | |
equip | v: to provide a person or a place with the things that are needed for a particular purpose or activity | |
carbon | n: a chemical element that can be found in pure form as diamond or graphite, and it is also an essential part of coal and oil and is found in all plants and animals | |
oxide | n: a chemical compound that contains at least one oxygen atom and one other element | |
reverse | v: to change something’s direction, order, position, decision, etc., to the opposite one; (adjective) directed or moving toward the rear | |
pollution | n: the introduction of harmful substances or waste into the natural environment that causes adverse change | |
atmosphere | n: the mass of air that surrounds the Earth; the pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or creative work | |
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 | |
steel | n: a strong metal alloy made up of iron with typically a few tenths of a percent of carbon used for making things that need a strong structure | |
contribute | v: to give something, especially money or goods, to provide or achieve something together with other people | |
structure | n: the way of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, or a complex thing constructed of many parts | |
laminate | n: a material made by bonding together two or more layers of different materials, often used in furniture or flooring | |
mass | n: a large amount of a substance with no definite shape or form; a large number of people or things grouped or crowded together | |
timber | n: the wood of trees cut and prepared for construction | |
sequester | v: to take temporary possession of someone’s property until a debt is paid. | |
elegant | adj: pleasing and graceful in appearance or manner, or showing good taste and refinement | |
chic | n: a fashionable, stylish, and sophisticated elegance or gracefulness, particularly in dress or behavior; (adjective) sophisticated, elegant, and fashionable | |
invention | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation; the act of inventing | |
clunky | adj: heavy, awkward, and old-fashioned; not graceful and clumsy in style, form, or movement | |
ugly | adj: unattractive in appearance; unpleasant to look at | |
affordable | adj: not expensive and able to pay | |
shock | n: a strong feeling or physical reaction to a sudden and unexpected event or experience, especially something unpleasant | |
gasoline | n: a volatile flammable liquid obtained from petroleum, used mainly as a fuel in car engines, etc. | |
panel | n: a square or rectangular and flat piece of something that forms a distinct section or component of something; a small group of specialists who discuss particular topics or give their advice or opinion about something | |
communal | adj: belonging to or used by a group rather than individuals; for common use | |
ban | v: to officially or legally forbid or refuse to allow something | |
install | v: to fix furniture, a machine, or a piece of equipment into position so that it can be used; put into an office or a position | |
uglify | v: to make something appear less attractive or appealing by altering its appearance or features, often in a deliberate or intentional manner | |
symbol | n: something visible that is used to represent something else | |
mess | n: a state of confusion, dirtiness, or untidiness; (verb) to fail to do something or to make something dirty or untidy | |
risky | adj: involving the possibility of danger, failure, or loss | |
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 | |
utility | n: the state or quality of being useful or convenient; the service, such as electric power or water or transportation, provided by a public | |
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 | |
virtue | n: high moral standards in behavior or attitudes | |
cycle | n: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; a bicycle or motorcycle | |
exhaustive | adj: comprehensive and thorough; totally complete; leaving no stone unturned | |
government | n: the group of people with authority to control a country or state | |
injustice | n: a violation of the rights of others or the laws of a society | |
engineer | n: a person whose job is designing, building, or maintaining something such as machines, structures, or software | |
emerge | v: to move out of or away from something and become visible | |
realistic | adj: having or showing a sensible and practical idea that is possible to achieve | |
pathway | n: a track that constitutes or serves as a path; an approach or a way of doing something | |
characteristic | n: a typical feature or quality that can identify, tell apart, or describe something or somebody | |
combination | n: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | |
propel | v: to move, drive or push something forward or in a particular direction, often with a lot of force | |
instance | n: a particular example or single occurrence of something | |
hydrogen | n: the chemical element that is the lightest gas is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and combines with oxygen to form water | |
storage | n: the act or process of putting in and keeping something in a particular place for use in the future; an electronic memory device that can store information | |
dispatch | v: to send someone or something somewhere for a particular purpose; to send a message or piece of information | |
sensor | n: a device that receives a signal or stimulus such as heat, pressure, light, motion, etc. and responds to it in a specific manner | |
analytics | n: the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics; information resulting from this analysis | |
revolutionize | v: to bring about a complete or radical change in something, often through the introduction of new methods or ideas | |
wicked | adj: morally bad or evil | |
mention | v: to speak or write about something or someone briefly | |
construct | v: to build or create something; to assemble or combine different parts to form something whole | |
recycle | v: to sort and collect things to process them and produce valuable materials that can be used again | |
mineral | n: a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition | |
chemical | adj: relating to or connected with chemistry; | |
drill | n: a tool or machine used for making round holes or driving fasteners; a training or practice | |
absorb | v: to take in a fluid or other substance gradually | |
emit | v: to give off or send out something such as light, heat, sound, gas, etc. | |
multinational | adj: relating to or involving multiple countries or nationalities; having operations or business interests in multiple countries | |
corporation | n: a large company or group of companies that are controlled together by law as a single unit | |
reliable | adj: worthy of being relied on; trustworthy | |
transparent | adj: easy to perceive, detect, or understand; (of a material or article) permitting light to pass through freely | |
statistics | n: the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data | |
refuse | v: to show that one is not willing to do or accept something | |
committed | adj: willing to put in a lot of effort, time, and energy into something; firmly believing in something | |
infrastructure | n: the basic systems, services, or features that are necessary for an organization or country, such as transport and power supplies | |
continent | n: one of the earth’s large landmasses; (adjective) abstaining from your feelings, especially your desire to have sex | |
sustainable | adj: able to continue or be continued for a long time | |
attract | v: to draw or entice someone or something towards them through the qualities they have, especially positive ones | |
catalyst | n: a person or thing that causes an important event to happen or changes the current situation rapidly; (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without being changed itself | |
enterprise | n: a business or company; a purposeful or industrious undertaking, especially one that requires effort | |
innovation | n: the creation of a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation |