Masterclass – 900+ Academic & Professional Words
with Clear Meanings & Examples (Ultimate 2025
Edition)
Quintet - N/ a group of five people playing music or singing together
Revolutionize - V/ change fundamentally
Counterintuitive - ADJ/ Contrary to common-sense expectation (but often nevertheless
true)
Seize - V/ take hold of suddenly and forcibly
invariably - ADV/ always
Gamble - V/ take risky action in the hope of a desired result.
stun - V/ knock unconscious or into a dazed
Commitment - N/ the state being dedicated to cause
Captivating - ADJ / charming
Pigment - N / the natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue Chlorophyll - N / a
green pigment.
resonponsible for the absorption of light to provide for photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis - N / the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight
to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
molecule - N / representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can
take part in a chemical reaction.
Conifer - N / a tree that bears cones and evergreen needlelike or scalelike leaves.
redundant - ADJ / not or no longer needed or useful.
= unnecessary.
discard - V / get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.
, dismantle - V / take (a machine or structure) to pieces.
nitrogen - N / 질소
twig - N / a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub.
deplete - V / exhaust
use up the supply or resources of
unmask - V / reveal
brilliant - ADJ / (of light or color) very bright
convince - V / cause (someone) to believe firmly in the truth of something.
persuade (someone) to do something.
robust - ADJ / strong and healthy; vigorous.
ascertain - V / make sure of.
plausible - ADJ / (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.
paradoxical - ADJ / seemingly self-contradictory.
intact - ADJ / not damaged or impaired in any way; complete.
Vulnerable - ADJ / susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.
destructive - adj / causing great and irreparable harm or damage.
suspect - V / doubt the genuineness or truth of.
resort - V / turn to and adopt
hue - N / color
archaeology - N / the study of human history and prehistory
seafaring - ADJ / (of a person) traveling by sea, especially regularly.
daring - V/ have the courage to do something.
pioneer - N / a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or
area.