115th Academic Year GSAT English Examination Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms and definitions extracted from the 115th Academic Year GSAT English entrance exam, covering topics such as Antarctic exploration, rhino linguistics, napping health benefits, and history.

Tight

A word used to describe a schedule that is so busy and full it takes weeks to arrange an appointment or interview.

Amateur

A person who engages in a pursuit, such as art or design, on an unpaid or non-professional basis; a beginner before becoming a professional.

Vacancy

An unoccupied position or job available in an organization, such as a teaching post at a high school.

Initially

In the beginning or at the first stage of an event, even if the final outcome (such as profit) exceeds expectations.

Consumption

The act of eating, drinking, or using a resource; specifically, a balanced intake of fruit and vegetables.

Dread

To anticipate with great apprehension or fear, such as the fear a shy person feels about public speaking.

Passion

An intense enthusiasm or a strong and barely controllable emotion toward a life's work, such as music.

Assault

To make a physical attack on someone; in the text, it refers to a driver throwing glass bottles at passers-by.

Elbow

To push one's way through a crowd by using one's elbows in order to move forward.

Grave

Used to describe something that is very serious, solemn, or worrying, such as concerns regarding campus safety.

Communicate

To share or exchange information; the text describes how white rhinoceroses do this through chemicals in their poop.

Clues

Information or evidence that serves as a guide to determine specifics like age, sex, and health of an animal.

Accommodate

To provide lodging or sufficient space for people, such as teahouses serving weary travelers.

Unproductive

Not achieving much or not yielding results; the text argues that taking a mid-afternoon nap is by no means this.

Cognition

The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and experience.

Dementia

A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury, which napping may help lower the risk of.

Retain

To continue to have or keep possession of something, such as keeping acquired knowledge and skills.

Precedence

The condition of being considered more important than someone or something else; having priority in importance.

Perseverance

Steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success; a quality attributed to Ernest Shackleton.

Exacerbated

Made a problem or a bad situation worse, such as when freezing water made the condition of a sinking ship more severe.

Heritage

Valued objects and qualities such as cultural traditions passed down from previous generations, like the long history of spiral staircases.

Cost-effective

Producing good results without costing a lot of money; specifically how steel frames became affordable for the staircase market.

Oriented

Aligned or positioned in a particular direction, such as ancient maps pointing toward the east.

Imperialism

A policy of extending a country's power and influence; European expansion established the 'north up' map standard.

Indigenous

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native to a region like Wonder Village.

Artisan

A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand like neighborhood makers in Wonder Village.