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Vocabulary / General English
100

The main ingredient in guacamole.

Avocado

100

The country with the largest population in the world.

India

100

The movie series featuring a ring that must be destroyed in Mount Doom.

The Lord of the Rings

100

The force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.

Gravity

100

A word that describes something you can touch or see.

Concrete

200

The cooking technique where food is cooked slowly in liquid at a temperature below boiling.

Simmering

200

The river that flows through Egypt and is often called the longest in the world.

The Nile

200

The animated film where emotions are actual characters inside a child’s mind.

Inside Out

200

What is the process where water turns into vapor called?  

Evaporation

200

A feeling of worry about something uncertain in the future.

Anxiety

300

A spice made from dried red peppers, common in Hungarian cuisine.

Paprika

300

The capital city of the country that has both the Alps and the Mediterranean coast.

Rome (Italy)

300

The detective show set in London featuring a brilliant but socially awkward investigator.

Sherlock

300

Animals that maintain a constant internal body temperature.

Warm-blooded animals

300

A polite way to say “the time when someone dies.”

Passing

400

The protein that gives bread its structure and elasticity.

Gluten

400

The African country known as the “Rainbow Nation.”

South Africa

400

Which 1997 movie became the highest-grossing film for many years and features a ship?

Titanic

400

The process by which plants make food using sunlight.

Photosynthesis

400

A phrase meaning “to make a difficult situation worse.”

Make matters worse

500

What cooking method uses steam to prepare food without oil?  

Steaming

500

What desert is the biggest in the world (excluding Antarctica)?

Sahara

500

The film where a man relives the same day over and over again.

Groundhog Day

500

The branch of science that studies the atmosphere and weather.

Meteorology

500

A word meaning “the ability to understand another person’s feelings.”

Empathy