misunderstood
Not comprehended correctly.
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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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mosquito
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.
motel
A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.
motherfucker
Expressing dismay, discontent, or surprise.
nobody's
Possessive case of nobody. (This entry is a translation hub.)
noun
A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
novelist
An author of novels.
oaks
A stakes race in which entry is restricted to 3-year-old fillies.
Omaha
A member of a tribe of Native Americans currently residing in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
onwards
Onward.
overthrow
To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp.
paradigm
A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
pavement
A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
payday
The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an employee's wages or salary is paid.
perpetual
Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time.
physiology
A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
pigeon
a person who is easily deceived or manipulated
plateau
A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
playlist
A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
precinct
An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.
premiership
The office of a premier or prime minister.
proliferation
The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
pseudo
An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
pudding
Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter.
reformed
Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.
refrigerator
A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
regeneration
Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.
remembrance
The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
reminiscent
Of, or relating to reminiscence.
resentment
Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one or one's group has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.
resin
A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
rotary
Capable of rotation.
sibling
A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
simulator
One who simulates or feigns.
skull-splitting
extremely difficult or confusing
SL
sine loco (without place [of publication])
slippery
Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
sorting
verbal noun of sort: — Ordering.
spectacle
An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
stint
To be sparing or mean.
storey
A floor or level of a building or ship.
suicidal
Pertaining to suicide.
symposium
A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
tailor
A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
thrilling
Causing a feeling of sudden excitement.
trajectory
The path an object takes as it moves.
Tt
a book size range corresponding to one thirty-second of the size of an uncut sheet of paper, 10-12.5 cm in height.
underrated
Not given enough recognition for its quality.
unidentified
Not identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity.
unrest
A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
unseen
Not seen or discovered; invisible.
utmost
The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.
waiter
A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
weary
Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
wiki
A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.
accusation
The act of accusing.
adapter
One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
adjustable
Capable of being adjusted.
adulthood
The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult.
advocated
Having been argued in favor of.
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