NGSL 3000 — Advanced Vocabulary

To oppose or fight against; to withstand the force or effect of something

Covered with liquid; rainy; to make something wet

To hold someone in one's arms; to eagerly accept an idea

To help someone; a helpful action or sports assist

A professional who gives expert advice in a particular field

Sometimes; from time to time

The head of a city or town government

A pale red colour; having a pale red colour

Famous or significant in history

A piece of writing in verse form

The mother of one's father or mother

Continuously and without interruption

A business or company; a bold undertaking; initiative and drive

Clearly obvious; seeming true but not necessarily so

The digestive organ in the body; the belly; to tolerate something unpleasant

To measure or have a certain weight; to carefully consider

Easily affected by stimuli or emotions; responsive to others' feelings

Made of wood; stiff and expressionless in manner

The act of getting ready; the state of readiness

Prone to attacking or arguing; forceful and determined

Not true or correct; artificial or not genuine

A hollow cylindrical pipe or container; the London Underground

A place of confinement for people in custody; to put someone in prison

Truthful and not likely to lie or deceive; fair and sincere

The quality of including many different types or people; variety

The speed of movement or progress; to walk back and forth

A short written composition on a subject; to attempt something

A mythical being or person of great size; extremely large

A sweet baked food; a solid block of material; to form a hard crust

A person who studies or writes about history

To bring back to a former condition; to return something to its owner

An expert in a specific field or branch of medicine

Official permission or agreement; a positive opinion of someone or something

To point out faults; to evaluate merits and faults

Following accepted customs or traditional methods; ordinary

The distance downward from a surface; intensity or complexity

A large amount of money or valuable possessions; an abundance

A hard outer covering; an artillery projectile; to remove the shell or bombard

Relating to biology or living things; related by birth

To tell someone confidently that something is true; to guarantee

Mentally ill or crazy; very angry; wildly excited

A person or company that buys and sells goods; a drug seller

In an exact and accurate manner; exactly right

Relating to direct medical treatment of patients; coldly detached and analytical

A regular sequence of habitual actions; ordinary and done as standard procedure

A pointed post driven into the ground; money risked on an outcome; to put at risk

To break with a sharp sound; a sudden cracking sound or action

A person who flees to safety from war, persecution, or disaster