Kaoyan Vocabulary

To increase in extent or intensity

Based on personal whim or impulse rather than reason or principle; not following clear rules

Refusing to change; obstinate

To wash oneself or swim in water; an act of bathing or swimming

Similarity in appearance or nature

To turn away; to prevent something unpleasant

A word joining clauses or phrases; a joining together

To hold someone in custody; to delay or hold back

A remark expressing praise; to express admiration to someone

A detailed technical drawing; a thorough plan for achieving something

A person who walks; dull or unimaginative

Extreme physical or mental pain

Relevant or suitable to a particular situation

To make someone familiar with something through repeated experience

To become progressively worse in quality or condition

To crash into something with force; to come into conflict

To harvest crops; to obtain a reward or result

Possible and practical to do or achieve

Having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance

Reflexive form of 'one', referring to a person in general

Questionable, suspicious, or uncertain

A road around an obstacle; a surgical rerouting; to go around or avoid

To lie beneath; to form the basis of something

An astronomical event blocking a celestial body's light; to overshadow or surpass

To anticipate or predict a future event

Head of government; foremost in rank or quality; to perform for the first time

A wall support for a shelf; a punctuation mark; a category or range

A soft thick mixture; an adhesive; to stick or insert copied content

A dark mark on skin caused by a blow; to cause such a mark

Domestic birds raised for food

The period of a monarch's rule; to rule as a monarch or be dominant

Showing love and devotion to one's country

An orderly, formal line of people or vehicles moving together

A low sound of pain or sorrow; to make such a sound or to complain

Following current popular trends or styles

Victory through combat; gaining control by force or effort

A flat case with a handle for carrying documents

Based on measurements and quantities rather than qualities

A long, complex orchestral composition

An underground storage room; a wine collection

To move back or withdraw gradually; to become less intense

To exist in large quantities; to be plentiful

A fixed sum of money given regularly; a permitted amount or share

To cook in an oven or over fire; roasted meat; cooked by roasting

The quality of being warm and caring; a kind act

Suppression by force; unconscious blocking of painful feelings

A work of outstanding quality; the greatest work of an artist

To love or respect deeply; to be very fond of