NGSL 2000 — Intermediate Vocabulary

A visual representation of an area; to draw or create such a representation

Beyond what is usual or necessary; something additional; to an extraordinary degree

A period devoted to an activity; an official meeting or term; a user login period

The possibility of harm or injury; a cause of harm

Relating to the home or family; relating to internal national affairs

The planet we live on; soil or ground

Creative written works of artistic value; academic publications on a subject

Water falling from clouds; a large quantity of things falling; to fall as rain

A strong feeling of wanting something; to want earnestly

The process of evaluating something; an official judgment of value

Physical or psychological harm done to a person or animal

Situated in or relating to the north; a person from the north

A substance that produces energy when burned; to supply with fuel or intensify

Free from moisture; to remove moisture; dull or uninteresting

Teaching or guidance; an order or command

A small body of water; a swimming pool; a shared supply of resources

To go up or ascend; an act of climbing

Having a sugary taste; kind and pleasant; a candy or dessert

A machine that converts energy into motion; a locomotive

To make or become larger; to develop or elaborate

The quality of being significant or worthy of attention

A hard shiny chemical element or alloy; relating to heavy metal music

Having excess body flesh; overweight; a greasy substance in animal tissue used for energy

A document granting entry or travel; a traffic fine; to issue a ticket

Programs and instructions used to operate a computer

To vanish from sight; to cease to exist

Relating to a corporation or large business (adj.)

Odd or unusual; unfamiliar

Of or relating to a city or town

Relating to the mind or intellect; relating to psychiatric conditions

To a greater and greater degree; more and more

A midday meal; to eat lunch

Relating to education; instructive and informative

In or to an unspecified or unknown place

A person who works on a farm, growing crops or raising livestock

To travel to discover; to examine or investigate thoroughly

A person or force that is hostile or opposed to another

Made up of many parts; difficult to understand; a group of related buildings

To encircle or enclose on all sides

To ask someone to attend or participate; to encourage something to happen

To do or say something again; something that happens again

The spiritual essence of a person; inner character; African American cultural style

Relating to or based on science

Not able to happen or be done; something that cannot be achieved

A flat section of a surface; a group gathered to discuss or judge

A musical instrument, tool, or measuring device

To say in advance that something will happen; to forecast

Atmospheric conditions at a given time and place; to survive a difficult situation