NGSL 2000 — Intermediate Vocabulary

The act of keeping someone or something safe from harm

To resolve a matter; to become calm; to establish a home in a place

To give food to; food for animals; a continuous supply

To gather things together; to accumulate items as a hobby

Extra or supplementary; added to what already exists

To a great degree; with great approval

Who a person is; the characteristics that define someone

The name of a work; an honorific rank; a championship

Mainly or chiefly; for the most part

A period of teaching; something learned from experience

Strong trust or confidence; belief without proof; a religious belief system

A large natural stream of water flowing through land

A photograph or digital picture; to take a photograph

To raise to a higher rank; to support or advertise something

To determine a total number; the result of counting

Except on the condition that; if not

A method or skill used to accomplish something

A trail or route for walking; a course of action; to navigate a file path

The organ of hearing; the ability to appreciate sounds

People in general; one's family; relating to traditional culture

A fundamental belief or rule that guides behavior or reasoning

To continue to live or exist after hardship or danger

To raise to a higher position; a ride in a vehicle; an elevator

A boundary between regions; the outer edge of something; to be adjacent to

To propel oneself into the air; an act of leaping

To come together or collect; to infer from evidence

To shed tears; to shout loudly; a shout or act of weeping

Tools or machines needed for a particular purpose

A person who reviews art or literature; someone who finds fault

Having a moderately high temperature; friendly; to make or become warm

To demand firmly that something be done; to assert emphatically

The state of not achieving a desired goal; an unsuccessful person, attempt, or thing; a breakdown or malfunction.

Happening once every year; a yearly publication

A matter or event; a secret romantic relationship

Having a duty to take care of something; accountable for one's actions

An established series of steps for carrying out a task

Consistent and occurring at fixed intervals; a habitual visitor

To extend or distribute over an area; the extent of spreading; a food spread

The person presiding over a meeting or board; to serve as chairman

Easily giving way under pressure; smooth and gentle; quiet

To deliberately pay no attention to someone or something

An oval object laid by birds or reptiles; to urge or incite someone

A firmly held conviction or faith in something

To show how something works; to prove; to protest publicly

Any person; a person of importance

The crime of deliberately killing someone; to kill unlawfully and intentionally

Something given freely; a natural talent

A system of belief in a god or gods, with associated practices