English Vocabulary Lecture Notes (1-750)

A collection of vocabulary flashcards derived from pages 1 through 50 of the transcript, including parts of speech, definitions, and proper noun usage as established in the source.

abandon

v. To leave, give up, terminate, or cease; n. abandonment or craze.

ability

n. Power, capability, or talent.

able

adj. Capable or competent; n. (Able) Proper name used in English, Iranian (Abul), and other cultures.

abnormal

adj. Unusual, irregular, or perverted.

aboard

adv. On a plane, train, or ship; prep. on an aircraft or vessel.

abstract

adj. Theoretical or abstract; n. A summary or abstract concept; v. To extract, summarize, or divert.

abundant

adj. Rich, plentiful, or well-supplied.

abuse

n. Misuse, maltreatment, or verbal insult; vt. To misuse or treat cruelly.

academic

adj. Scholarly, theoretical, or relating to an academy; n. A college student or teacher.

accelerate

vt. To speed up or increase growth; vi. To quicken or promote.

acceleration

n. Acceleration or promotion; [Physics] change in velocity per unit time ($a$).

accept

vt. To receive, admit, or undertake; vi. To agree or acknowledge.

accessory

n. A component, attachment, or legal accomplice; adj. Auxiliary or secondary.

accommodation

n. Lodging, adjustment, or reconciliation.

accuracy

n. Precision or exactness; [Math] degree of accuracy ($Accuracy$).

acid

n. A chemical acid; adj. Sour, sarcastic, or sharp.

acquire

vt. To obtain, learn, or capture.

acre

n. A unit of land area; approximately $4047$ square meters.

active

adj. Energetic, proactive, or effective; n. Active voice or an activist.

acute

adj. Serious, sharp, or [Medicine] acute rather than chronic.

ad

abbr. Advantage or advertisement.

address

n. Location or speech; vt. To speak to, write an address for, or attend to.

administration

n. Management, government, or implementation.

advance

n. Progress or prepayment; vt. To propose or move forward; adj. Preliminary.

aero

adj. Relating to aircraft or aviation.

affect

vt. To influence, infect, or move emotionally; n. Emotion or affect.

AI

abbr. Artificial Intelligence.

alarm

n. An alarm clock, warning signal, or panic; vt. To warn or frighten.

alcohol

n. Ethanol or alcoholic spirits ($C_2H_5OH$).

alphabet

n. A system of letters; or Alphabet, the parent company of Google.

alternative

adj. Optional or substitute; n. A choice between two things.

aluminium

n. A light, silver-colored metal; [Chemistry] Aluminum ($Al$).

ambition

n. A strong desire to achieve; aspiration or greed.

ampere

n. The standard unit for measuring electric current ($A$).

amplify

vt. To enlarge, strengthen, or elaborate.

ancestor

n. A forefather, progenitor, or predecessor.

anchor

n. A heavy device for mooring ships, or a news presenter; vt. To fix in place.

Angle

n. A member of the Angles, a Germanic people.

angle

n. The space between two intersecting lines, or a perspective; v. To fish or angle for information.

annual

adj. Yearly or occurring once a year; n. A yearling plant or yearbook.

anticipate

v. To expect, foresee, or look forward to.

apparatus

n. Equipment, devices, or biological organs.

appearance

n. Outward look, manifestation, or arrival.

appliance

n. A tool, device, or instrument for a specific task.

application

n. The act of applying, a request, or a computer software program ($App$).

approximate

adj. Close to the actual, but not completely accurate; v. To estimate.

architecture

n. The art/study of building, or the complex structure of a system.

arithmetic

n. The branch of mathematics dealing with numbers and calculation.

arrest

v. To seize by legal authority, stop, or attract attention; n. Detention or cardiac arrest.

artificial

adj. Man-made, imitation, or insincere.

aspect

n. A particular part or feature of something; or orientation.

assign

vt. To allocate, appoint, or [Computing/Math] assign a value.

atom

n. The smallest unit of a chemical element ($Atom$).

attract

vt. To pull toward, interest, or evoke.

attribute

n. A quality or feature; vt. To ascribe or credit to.

automatic

adj. Operating by itself, or unconscious; n. An automatic machine.

aviation

n. The flying or operating of aircraft.

bacteria

n. Microscopic living organisms ($Bacteria$).

balance

n. Equilibrium, or current account remainder; vt. To make equal.

barrier

n. An obstacle, fence, or boundary.

basis

n. The fundamental principles or the bottom part.

biology

n. The study of living organisms and life processes.

bitterly

adv. In a harsh or painful way; extremely or intensely.

blame

vt. To assign responsibility for a fault; n. Responsibility for a wrong.

board

n. A wooden plank, a committee (board of directors), or meals; vt. To get on a ship or plane.

boundary

n. A line indicating the limit or extent of something.

broad

adj. Wide, extensive, or general.

bullet

n. A projectile fired from a gun; vi. To move very fast.

calculation

n. The process of using mathematics to determine a result.

canal

n. An artificial waterway for navigation or irrigation.

capacity

n. Capability, volume, or role.

carbon

n. A chemical element ($C$), or carbon paper.

catalog

n. A list or register of items; vt. To list systematically.

centigrade

adj. Relating to the Celsius temperature scale ($^{\circ}C$).

centimetre

n. A metric unit of length equal to one-hundredth of a meter ($cm$).

chapter

n. A section of a book, or a distinct period in history.

character

n. Personality, a fictional person, or [Computing] a symbol/digit.

characteristic

adj. Typical or distinctive; n. A distinguishing feature.

charge

n. Cost, electrical load ($q$), or responsibility; v. To charge a battery, accuse, or attack.

chemical

n. A substance obtained by chemistry; adj. Relating to chemistry.

circuit

n. A complete path for an electric current, or a regular journey.

circumference

n. The perimeter of a circle or an enclosed area.

civilization

n. A human society with its own social organization and culture.

classification

n. The action of category-based arrangement.

clue

n. A piece of evidence or information used to solve a mystery.

cock

n. A male bird (rooster), or a valve for controlling fluid flow.

code

n. A system of words, letters, or symbols; v. To write instructions for a computer.