Vocabularies

The unequal distribution of income and opportunity between different groups in society.

To reduce spending or use resources carefully.

The complete breakdown of an ecological system, resulting in the inability to maintain its structure and function.

The benefits people obtain from ecosystems.

An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.

Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or excitement.

a place or state of great happiness; paradise

An official order, proclamation, or decree issued by an authority.

A large, impressive building or structure.

providing education; instructive; informative

a long, snake-like fish that lives in both fresh and salt water

Strange and frightening in a mysterious way.

The ability to produce the intended result; effectiveness.

a sculpture or model of a person, often made to be destroyed in protest or anger

Liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea.

Believing in or promoting the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

thinking only about yourself and not about others

An ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality; also, excessive preoccupation with oneself.

A person who is excessively concerned with themselves; someone who believes in or practices egoism.

The practice of talking and thinking about oneself excessively because of an inflated sense of self-importance.

A person who is excessively self-centered or talks too much about themselves.

Excessively self-absorbed or conceited.

Outstandingly bad; shocking.

to force someone or something out, usually from a place or position

to force someone or something to leave a place; to push or throw something out forcefully

to make a small amount of something last longer by using it sparingly

the process of adding more detail or expanding on something

to pass or go by, usually referring to time

The ability of an object or material to resume its normal shape after being stretched or compressed.

To make someone very happy or proud.

Extremely happy and excited.

A feeling of great happiness and excitement.

to charge with electricity; to excite or thrill intensely

Minerals in body fluids that carry an electric charge and are essential for many bodily functions.

Relating to both electricity and magnetism or their interaction.

The act of raising something to a higher position or level.

To draw out a response, answer, or reaction from someone.

A person who believes that a society should be led by an elite; showing preference for a privileged class.

Relating to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558–1603), especially the style of that period.

The omission of words in a sentence, represented by three dots (...).

Having the shape of an ellipse; also, a style of speech that is concise and sometimes obscure.

to run away secretly in order to get married, especially without parental consent

the art of using fluent, persuasive, and effective speech or writing

fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing

to make something clear; to explain

to escape from or avoid something, especially in a skillful or clever way

Difficult to find, catch, or achieve; hard to understand or define.

Abnormally thin or weak, usually due to illness or lack of food.

To come out or spread from a source.

To free from restraint, control, or the power of another; to liberate.