avoid
To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
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Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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camera
A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
catch
The act of seizing or capturing.
cell
A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
coast
The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
drug
A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
economy
The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
environment
The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
executive
Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
foot
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
hair-on-fire
extremely urgent or important
mass
Matter, material. — A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
meaning
The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
mission
A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
nine
A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
off-color
Inappropriate or offensive in a subtle way
operations
Any practically minded combination of business administration, management science, operations research, systems engineering, and industrial engineering.
politics
A methodology and activities associated with the interpersonal aspects of running a government, an organization, or a movement.
ran
Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
Saturday
The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.
status
A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
therefore
Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
trial
An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
truly
In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
weather
The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
activity
The state or quality of being active; activeness.
app
An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
application
The act of physically applying or laying on.
coffee
A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
complex
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
condition
A state or quality.
division
The act or process of dividing anything.
evening
The time of day between afternoon and night.
flight
The act of flying.
freedom
The state of being free.
To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”).
interview
Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
library
An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
location
A particular point or place in physical space.
picture-perfect
Completely flawless or ideal
putting
The action or result of the verb put.
queen
The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
seconds
A second helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.
sitting
remaining in a seated position
stars
Outer space.
time-killing
Wasting time doing something unproductive
walking
Incarnate as a human; living.
accept
To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
actual
relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
appear
To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
attempt
To try.
channel
The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
distance
An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
eating
Bred to be eaten.
exchange
An act of exchanging or trading.
fell
To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
finding
A result of research or an investigation.
glass
An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
learned
Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
losing
That loses or has lost.