NGSL 2000 — Intermediate Vocabulary

Relating to a president or presidency; having a dignified, presidential manner

A promise or pledge; dedication to a cause or obligation

Relating to emotions; easily moved by strong feelings

A small bag in clothing; one's finances; to take and keep dishonestly

Having little thickness; slim; to make thinner or less dense

A measure of heat or cold; an elevated body temperature indicating illness

A survey of public opinion; a formal vote; to conduct a survey

A result or effect of an action; importance

The act of breathing; a single inhalation or exhalation

The ability to see; something seen; to catch a glimpse of

To legally take a child into one's family; to accept or follow a plan or idea

A group smaller in number than the main group; a racial or ethnic subgroup

Not bent or curved; honest; directly without pausing

To join or link things together

To be owned by or be part of something

Help or support; to assist someone

A recommendation or opinion offered to guide someone's actions

Containing nothing; to remove all contents from a container

Relating to a particular region or area

A long fictional prose work; new and original in nature

A system of symbols for communication; a set of rules; to write computer programs

In some unspecified or unknown way

The mammary gland on a woman's chest; the chest area

To recognize or admit something as true; to confirm receipt or express gratitude

The main subject or recurring idea of a work; to apply a theme

Severe weather with strong winds and rain; a violent disturbance; to attack forcefully

The joining of things together; a workers' organization; a political alliance

A flat-topped piece of furniture used for writing or working

Edible part of a plant; the result of effort

Costing a lot of money; high in price

The colour of sunflowers; having a yellow colour; to become yellow

Of the highest quality; the best period of life; to prepare for use

To make great efforts against difficulty; a hard fight

To bring to an end; to reach a conclusion

An official rule or law; the act of controlling something

Mostly; to a great extent

To move or change position; a period of work; a slight change

Total income earned by a business or government

To find where something is; to place something in a particular spot

The way someone or something looks; the act of coming into sight

A wrapped parcel or bundle of related items; to wrap or bundle

A structure spanning a divide; a connection between two things; to span or connect

To suggest or endorse as suitable; to advise

Easily seen or understood; self-evident

In the most important or fundamental way; used to summarize a statement

To bring into existence; to produce

Perhaps; maybe; indicating something may be true or happen

A general direction of change; a current fashion or popular topic