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YÖKDİL Social Vocabulary List: 241 Words with Definitions
YÖKDİL is Türkiye's higher-education English exam, sat by academics and postgraduate applicants, and it is split into three fields. This is the Sosyal Bilimler (Social Sciences) field: history, society, economics, education, law and culture. Words were taken from recent YÖKDİL social-science papers, so it is a curated practice pool rather than an official ÖSYM list.
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| Academic | Relating to education, schools, colleges, scholarship, or formal study.Theoretical, hypothetical, or speculative, with no practical or immediate relevance. | Play ▶ |
| Access | The ability or right to enter, use, or obtain something. | Play ▶ |
| Adopt | Legally take another person into a family as a child. | Play ▶ |
| Aesthetic | Relating to beauty, art, visual appeal, or the appreciation of artistic taste.Concerned with visual style, harmony, and elegant appearance rather than practical utility. | Play ▶ |
| Affair | A vaguely specified concern.A vaguely specified social event. | Play ▶ |
| Agency | An administrative unit of government.The state of being in action or exerting power. | Play ▶ |
| Agenda | A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting). | Play ▶ |
| Ambiguous | Open to more than one interpretation; having a double, vague, or uncertain meaning.Unclear, of an uncertain nature, or lacking objective boundaries. | Play ▶ |
| Ancestor | A person from whom one is descended; a forefather or progenitor more remote than a grandparent.An early, primitive, or ancestral type from which a later model, species, or system developed. | Play ▶ |
| Ancient | Belonging to the very distant past. | Play ▶ |
| Answer | A thing said, written, or done to deal with a question.To respond to a question. | Play ▶ |
| Arbitrary | Based on random choice, personal whim, or impulse rather than any reason, system, or objective standard.Of power: tyrannical, absolute, and unrestrained by law or constitution. | Play ▶ |
| Archive | A depository, registry, or collection containing historical records, documents, or data.To compress, store, or move computer files to a long-term, low-priority storage medium. | Play ▶ |
| Article | Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication.A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will). | Play ▶ |
| Artist | A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination. | Play ▶ |
| Authentic | Of undisputed origin; genuine, real, and not a counterfeit, copy, or fake.Conforming to facts, reality, and truth, and therefore worthy of belief and trust. | Play ▶ |
| Author | A writer of a book or article.An originator or creator of something. | Play ▶ |
| Ballot | Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote.A document listing the alternatives that is used in voting. | Play ▶ |
| Battle | A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.An energetic attempt to achieve something. | Play ▶ |
| Behave | Act in a particular way. | Play ▶ |
| Belief | A feeling that something is true or real.Something that you believe. | Play ▶ |
| Believe | Accept that something is true.To hold an opinion or thought. | Play ▶ |
| Bias | A partiality, prejudice, or inclination for or against one person or group, especially in an unfair way.A diagonal line or cut across a woven fabric, running at an angle to the warp and weft. | Play ▶ |
| Budget | An estimate of income and expenditure.Provided at a low price. | Play ▶ |
| Bureau | An office or department that provides a service. | Play ▶ |
| Burial | The act of placing a dead body in the ground. | Play ▶ |
| Capital | Assets available for use in the production of further assets.A seat of government. | Play ▶ |
| Category | A class or division of people or things regarded as having shared characteristics.A general, fundamental concept that marks major divisions in a conceptual or philosophical scheme. | Play ▶ |
| Century | A period of 100 years. | Play ▶ |
| Chance | A possibility of something happening.An opportunity to do something. | Play ▶ |
| Change | Make or become different.Coins as opposed to paper currency. | Play ▶ |
| Charity | A foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals).A kindly and lenient attitude toward people. | Play ▶ |
| Child | A young person of either sex.A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age. | Play ▶ |
| Church | A building where Christians go to pray.A group of people with the same religious beliefs. | Play ▶ |
| Cinema | A medium that disseminates moving pictures.A theater where films are shown. | Play ▶ |
| Circle | A round plane figure.To move all the way around something. | Play ▶ |
| Citizen | A person who legally belongs to a country. | Play ▶ |
| Civil | Relating to ordinary people, not the army.Polite and friendly to other people. | Play ▶ |
| Clarify | To make a statement, situation, or concept clear and more easily comprehensible.To make a liquid clear, pure, or free from impurities, especially by heating or filtering. | Play ▶ |
| Class | A group of things that are similar.A group of students taught together. | Play ▶ |
| Coherent | Logical, orderly, consistent, and aesthetically well-structured in all its parts.Capable of thinking, speaking, and expressing oneself in a completely clear, rational manner. | Play ▶ |
| Colony | A country or area controlled by another country.A group of animals or insects living together. | Play ▶ |
| Comedy | Light and humorous drama with a happy ending.A comic incident or series of incidents. | Play ▶ |
| Common | Occurring, found, or done often.Shared by, coming from, or done by more than one. | Play ▶ |
| Company | An institution created to conduct business.The state of being with someone. | Play ▶ |
| Conflict | A serious disagreement, dispute, or argument, typically a protracted or intense one.An active, violent, or armed struggle between nations, groups, or factions; a war. | Play ▶ |
| Conform | To behave, act, or think in accordance with socially accepted standards, rules, or laws.To fit, correspond, or be in agreement with a standard. | Play ▶ |
| Context | The circumstances, environment, or background that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea.The parts of a written or spoken statement that immediately precede and follow a word, clarifying its meaning. | Play ▶ |
| County | An area of a country or state that has its own local government.The largest administrative district in many places. | Play ▶ |
| Couple | Two individuals of the same sort considered together.Two people who are married or in a relationship. | Play ▶ |
| Crime | An action that is against the law.Something very bad or wrong. | Play ▶ |
| Crisis | An unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty.A crucial stage or turning point in the course of something. | Play ▶ |
| Crowd | A large group of people together in one place.To stand very close together. | Play ▶ |
| Culture | The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement.The cultivation of bacteria or biological cells. | Play ▶ |
| Custom | A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving.Made or done to order for a particular customer. | Play ▶ |
| Debate | A formal discussion where people argue different opinions.To think carefully about different choices. | Play ▶ |
| Decade | A period of ten years.A group, set, or series of ten. | Play ▶ |
| Deficit | The amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required or expected amount.An insufficiency, loss, or handicap in physical, neurological, or mental functioning. | Play ▶ |
| Delegate | A person designated, appointed, or elected to represent others, especially at a conference.To entrust, assign, or transfer a task, responsibility, or power to another person. | Play ▶ |
| Depict | To show, represent, or portray someone or something in a drawing, painting, or other art form.To describe, narrate, or characterize someone or something in written or spoken words. | Play ▶ |
| Dilemma | A difficult situation or problem in which a choice has to be made between two or more equally undesirable options.A predicament, quandary, or double bind where any path chosen leads to complications. | Play ▶ |
| Diverse | Showing a great deal of variety; very different and containing many distinct elements.Distinctly dissimilar, unlike, or varied in character or quality. | Play ▶ |
| Dollar | Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. | Play ▶ |
| Dominant | Most important, powerful, or influential; ruling or commanding.In genetics: an allele that produces the same phenotype regardless of its paired gene. | Play ▶ |
| Drama | A play for the theater, radio, or television. | Play ▶ |
| Elders | People who are older than you.Older people in a family or town. | Play ▶ |
| Elect | An exclusive group of people.Selected by a vote for an office or membership. | Play ▶ |
| Eligible | Qualified for, allowed, or worthy of being chosen or selected under established rules.Desirable or suitable as a marriage partner, typically due to wealth, status, or charm. | Play ▶ |
| Emblem | A picture or object used to represent an idea or group. | Play ▶ |
| Embody | Represent a quality or idea in a clear physical form. | Play ▶ |
| Emphasis | Special importance, value, or prominence given to a particular subject or thing.Vigor, intensity, or weight of expression given to an action or statement. | Play ▶ |
| Empire | A large group of countries ruled by one person or country.A kingdom with an emperor. | Play ▶ |
| Employ | To pay someone to work for you.To use something. | Play ▶ |
| Essay | A short piece of writing on a particular subject.An attempt to do something. | Play ▶ |
| Estate | All the money and property owned by a person.A large area of land in the country. | Play ▶ |
| Ethical | Relating to moral principles, standards of conduct, or the philosophical study of ethics.Avoiding harm, deceit, or unfairness, and adhering to strict moral principles of justice. | Play ▶ |
| Ethics | Ideas about what is right and wrong behavior.The study of right and wrong. | Play ▶ |
| Ethnic | Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; - J.F.Kennedy.Of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors. | Play ▶ |
| Event | Something important that happens.A planned public or social occasion. | Play ▶ |
| Exile | When someone is forced to leave their country.To send someone away from their home country. | Play ▶ |
| Explicit | Stated clearly, precisely, and in detail, leaving no room for confusion, doubt, or implication.Graphic, highly realistic, and containing explicit details of violence or adult themes. | Play ▶ |
| Faction | A small, organized, and often dissenting group or clique within a larger political party, government, or organization.A state of political discord, conflict, or dissension within a group. | Play ▶ |
| Faith | Strong belief in a religion or God.Complete trust in someone or something. | Play ▶ |
| Fallacy | A mistaken belief or misconception, especially one based on unsound, deceptive, or incorrect argument.The quality of being false, misleading, or deceptive in argument. | Play ▶ |
| Family | A group of parents and their children living together.All the descendants of a common ancestor. | Play ▶ |
| Farmer | A person who owns or works on a farm.A person who works in agriculture. | Play ▶ |
| Father | A man in relation to his natural child or children.To bring a basic idea into being. | Play ▶ |
| Federal | Relating to the central government of a group of states. | Play ▶ |
| Female | Belonging to the sex that can have babies.A woman or girl. | Play ▶ |
| Fiction | Literature describing imagined people and events. | Play ▶ |
| Freedom | The state of being able to act or choose without unfair control. | Play ▶ |
| Friend | A person whom one knows and has a bond of mutual affection.A contact on a social media website. | Play ▶ |
| Gender | Being male or female. | Play ▶ |
| Govern | To rule or control a country. | Play ▶ |
| Grades | Scores or marks given in school. | Play ▶ |
| Grievance | A real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment.A feeling of resentment, anger, or deep grudge strong enough to justify retaliation or protest. | Play ▶ |
| Harmony | The state of being in agreement, concord, or compatibility in opinion, feeling, or action.The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and progressions. | Play ▶ |
| Heritage | Valued objects, culture, and qualities, such as historic buildings and cultural traditions, that have been passed down from previous generations.Any attribute, property, or immaterial possession that is inherited or passed down through birthright. | Play ▶ |
| Hierarchy | A system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.The organization of personnel at different levels of power or rank in an administrative body. | Play ▶ |
| History | The aggregate of past events.The discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings. | Play ▶ |
| Honor | Respect given to someone who is admired. | Play ▶ |
| Humans | People; men, women, and children. | Play ▶ |
| Ideology | A system of ideas, beliefs, and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.A set of cultural values, dogmas, and theories that shapes how a group views reality. | Play ▶ |
| Implicit | Implied though not plainly or directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something.Essentially connected with, or always found in, a particular situation or trait. | Play ▶ |
| Imply | To strongly suggest the truth, existence, or presence of something without stating it directly.To involve or entail something as a necessary, logical, or unavoidable consequence. | Play ▶ |
| Incentive | Something that motivates, encourages, or spurs someone to action or harder work.A catalyst or stimulus that incites, rouses, or drives a person's behavior. | Play ▶ |
| Income | Money that you earn from your job. | Play ▶ |
| Inherent | Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.Deeply ingrained, constitutional, or intrinsic to a system or concept. | Play ▶ |
| Inquiry | An act of asking for information or searching for truth or knowledge.A question, query, or systematic questioning to gather information. | Play ▶ |
| Insight | The capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person, thing, or complex situation.A clear, deep, and sometimes sudden revelation or intuitive understanding of a complicated issue. | Play ▶ |
| Integrate | To combine, merge, or coordinate two or more things into a single, unified whole.To open a school, neighborhood, or institution to members of all racial and ethnic groups, ending segregation. | Play ▶ |
| Interpret | To explain, make sense of, or assign a specific meaning or significance to something.To construe, understand, or view a set of facts, actions, or data in a particular way. | Play ▶ |
| Invest | To put money into something to make a profit. | Play ▶ |
| Jargon | Specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular group or profession.A colorless, pale yellow, or smoky variety of gemstone zircon. | Play ▶ |
| Judicial | Of, by, or relating to a court, the administration of justice, or the system of law.Belonging, fitting, or appropriate to the office, authority, or duty of a judge. | Play ▶ |
| Junior | Younger or having a lower position. | Play ▶ |
| Justice | The quality of being just or fair.Judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments. | Play ▶ |
| Labor | Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913. | Play ▶ |
| Lawyer | A person who practices or studies law.To act as an attorney. | Play ▶ |
| Leader | The person who leads or commands a group.The principal player in a music group. | Play ▶ |
| Learn | Gain knowledge or skills.Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. | Play ▶ |
| Legend | A traditional story passed down through generations. | Play ▶ |
| Legislate | To write, debate, and pass laws or bills in an official governing assembly.To exercise the power to make laws, or regulate a society through formal rules. | Play ▶ |
| Legitimate | Conforming to the law, rules, or established standards; legal and valid.Born of parents who are officially married; having full legal rights of inheritance. | Play ▶ |
| Lesson | An amount of teaching given at one time.An experience that serves as a warning. | Play ▶ |
| Letter | A character representing sounds in speech.A written or printed communication. | Play ▶ |
| Liberal | Open to new behavior, progressive ideas, reform, and the protection of individual civil liberties.Given, used, or occurring in generous, bountiful, or abundant amounts. | Play ▶ |
| Liberty | Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence.Personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression. | Play ▶ |
| Literal | Taking words in their most basic, primary, or exact sense without metaphor, exaggeration, or irony.A typographical error or misprint in printed matter, usually caused by a mechanical failure. | Play ▶ |
| Local | Public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops.Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area. | Play ▶ |
| Market | A regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions.An area or arena in which commercial dealings are conducted. | Play ▶ |
| Medieval | Relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to the Middle Ages in European history.Extremely old-fashioned, primitive, unenlightened, or rigid, as if belonging to a bygone era. | Play ▶ |
| Member | An individual belonging to a group.A part of the body, especially a limb. | Play ▶ |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.A symbol, emblem, or figurative representation of something else. | Play ▶ |
| Militant | Combative, aggressive, and highly active in support of a political or social cause, typically favoring extreme or confrontational methods.Disposed to warfare, hard-line policies, or combat. | Play ▶ |
| Money | Any item or verifiable record accepted as payment.Wealth or riches. | Play ▶ |
| Monopoly | The exclusive possession, control, or dominance of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.The exclusive control, privilege, or possession of anything, such as power or attention. | Play ▶ |
| Moral | The significance of a story or event.Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles. | Play ▶ |
| Mother | A woman in relation to her child or children.Give birth to. | Play ▶ |
| Museum | A building where you can look at old, interesting, or beautiful things. | Play ▶ |
| Music | Pleasant sounds made by singing or playing instruments.The written signs representing musical sounds. | Play ▶ |
| Mutual | Shared by two or more people. | Play ▶ |
| Narrative | A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.The practice, style, or art of telling stories or relating historical events. | Play ▶ |
| Nation | A large group of people living in the same country.The people who live in a country. | Play ▶ |
| Native | An indigenous person who was born in a particular place.Indigenous plants and animals. | Play ▶ |
| Nostalgia | A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period with happy personal associations.A bittersweet desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life. | Play ▶ |
| Notion | A vague idea in which some confidence is placed.An odd or fanciful or capricious idea. | Play ▶ |
| Novel | Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.An extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story. | Play ▶ |
| Occupation | A person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living.The action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by a military force. | Play ▶ |
| Office | A room or building where people work at desks.An important job in a government. | Play ▶ |
| Origin | The point or time at which something begins. | Play ▶ |
| Owner | A person who has the legal right of possession of something.The individual to whom a particular object or entity belongs. | Play ▶ |
| Paradox | A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.A situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities. | Play ▶ |
| Parent | A mother or a father.To take care of a child as they grow up. | Play ▶ |
| Party | An organization to gain political power.A group of people gathered together for pleasure. | Play ▶ |
| Patron | A regular customer of a shop, restaurant, or service. | Play ▶ |
| Payment | A sum of money paid or a claim discharged.An act of requiting; returning in kind. | Play ▶ |
| Peace | The state prevailing during the absence of war.Harmonious relations; freedom from disputes. | Play ▶ |
| Perceive | To become aware or conscious of something, especially through the physical senses of sight, hearing, or touch.To interpret, understand, or look on someone or something in a particular way. | Play ▶ |
| Person | A human being.A human body (usually including the clothing). | Play ▶ |
| Pervasive | Spreading widely throughout an area, group, or system.Having the quality to spread or flow through all parts of a space, society, or mind. | Play ▶ |
| Phenomenon | A fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question.A remarkable, outstanding, or highly unusual person, thing, or event. | Play ▶ |
| Poetry | Literature written in verse with careful use of language and rhythm. | Play ▶ |
| Police | The organized civil force responsible for maintaining public order.Maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol. | Play ▶ |
| Policy | A plan of action adopted by an individual or social group.Written contract or certificate of insurance. | Play ▶ |
| Politic | Wise and practical in dealing with a situation. | Play ▶ |
| Pragmatic | Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.Guided by practical results and usefulness rather than dogma or abstract ideals. | Play ▶ |
| Prejudice | An preconceived opinion, bias, or partiality that is not based on reason or actual experience.To cause harm, injury, or disadvantage to someone or something's rights or prospects. | Play ▶ |
| Prevalent | Widespread, common, or predominant in a particular area, group, or time.Having superior force, influence, or general acceptance. | Play ▶ |
| Primitive | Relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.Lacking sophisticated techniques, comfort, or modern refinement; simple or crude. | Play ▶ |
| Priority | The state or condition of being regarded as more important, urgent, or worthy of attention than others.The right to take precedence, go first, or be dealt with before other items. | Play ▶ |
| Prison | A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment.A confining situation; a place of seeming captivity. | Play ▶ |
| Profit | Total income or cash flow minus expenditures.To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody). | Play ▶ |
| Prove | Be shown or be found to be.Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to. | Play ▶ |
| Psychology | The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.The mental factors, characteristics, or behavioral patterns of an individual or specific group. | Play ▶ |
| Public | All the ordinary people in a country or town.Open to everyone. | Play ▶ |
| Punish | To inflict a penalty or sanction on someone as retribution for an offense. | Play ▶ |
| Pupil | A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor.The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina. | Play ▶ |
| Racial | Relating to or characteristic of distinct human groups based on shared physical or genetic ancestry.Of or pertaining to a lineage, lineage-based identity, or heritage. | Play ▶ |
| Radical | Relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.Inherent, fundamental, or forming the essential basis or root of something. | Play ▶ |
| Ratify | To sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.To confirm, sanction, or make officially binding by a formal vote or signature. | Play ▶ |
| Rebellion | An act of violent or open resistance to an established government, ruler, or authority.The action or process of defying or refusing to accept authority, codes, conventions, or standard rules. | Play ▶ |
| Recession | A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters.The action of receding, withdrawing, or moving back from a previous position or limit. | Play ▶ |
| Reconcile | To restore friendly relations, agreement, or harmony between people, groups, or factions.To make one thing compatible, consistent, or harmonious with another. | Play ▶ |
| Record | An official document, file, or account kept for evidence or future reference.The best performance or score ever achieved in a particular sport or activity. | Play ▶ |
| Reform | The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it.To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better. | Play ▶ |
| Relevant | Closely connected or appropriate to the matter in hand; pertinent.Appropriate, fitting, or significant to the current discussion or problem. | Play ▶ |
| Restraint | The act of controlling by restraining someone or something.Discipline in personal and social activities. | Play ▶ |
| Retail | The sale of goods to the public in relatively small quantities for use or consumption.Commercial business involving stores, shops, and direct consumer interaction. | Play ▶ |
| Reveal | Make visible.Disclose directly or through prophets. | Play ▶ |
| Review | A new appraisal or evaluation.A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment. | Play ▶ |
| Rigorous | Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard.Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures. | Play ▶ |
| Ritual | Any customary observance or practice.The prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies. | Play ▶ |
| Royal | Stag with antlers of 12 or more branches.Being of the rank of a monarch. | Play ▶ |
| Ruling | The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself).Exercise authority over; as of nations. | Play ▶ |
| Rural | Living in or characteristic of farming, agriculture, or country life.Sparsely populated geographic areas characterized by open fields and rustic charm. | Play ▶ |
| Sacred | Concerned with religion or religious purposes.Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use. | Play ▶ |
| Salary | Something that remunerates. | Play ▶ |
| Sample | A small part chosen to represent a larger whole. | Play ▶ |
| Sanction | Formal and explicit approval.A mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards. | Play ▶ |
| Scarcity | The condition of something being scarce or deficient. | Play ▶ |
| School | An institution for educating children.A large group of fish. | Play ▶ |
| Scrutiny | Intense study of someone or something.To scrutinize. | Play ▶ |
| Sector | A plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.A particular aspect of life or activity. | Play ▶ |
| Semantic | Relating to the meaning of words, phrases, signs, or symbols.Of or relating to the study of linguistic development and meaning. | Play ▶ |
| Settlement | A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland.A community of people smaller than a town. | Play ▶ |
| Shift | An event in which something is displaced without rotation.A qualitative change. | Play ▶ |
| Social | A party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity.Living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups. | Play ▶ |
| Solitude | The state or situation of being alone or completely isolated from others.A state of seclusion or voluntary social isolation. | Play ▶ |
| Speech | The ability or act of communicating with spoken words. | Play ▶ |
| Statistics | A branch of science and mathematics concerned with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of quantitative data.A collection of quantitative data or numerical facts representing a particular theme or study. | Play ▶ |
| Status | The relative social, professional, or other standing of someone or something.The situation at a particular time during a process. | Play ▶ |
| Study | (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning. | Play ▶ |
| Subsidy | A sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low.Financial aid or assistance given by one party or institution to support another's operations. | Play ▶ |
| Subtle | Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze.Able to make fine distinctions. | Play ▶ |
| Surplus | An amount or quantity of something left over when requirements have been met.More than what is needed, desired, required, or expected. | Play ▶ |
| Survey | Look carefully and thoroughly at someone or something, especially so as to appraise them.Investigate the opinions or experience of people by asking them questions. | Play ▶ |
| Symbol | An arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance.An arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance. | Play ▶ |
| Symbolic | Serving as a visible representation or token of something abstract, such as an idea or quality.Relating to, using, or expressed by means of characters, signs, or representational marks. | Play ▶ |
| Tariff | A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.To levy a duty on (something). | Play ▶ |
| Theory | A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something.An idea used to account for a situation. | Play ▶ |
| Thesis | An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument.An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument. | Play ▶ |
| Tolerance | The power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions.A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior. | Play ▶ |
| Tradition | The transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation.An artistic or literary method or style established by an artist. | Play ▶ |
| Transition | The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.Undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of changing. | Play ▶ |
| Treaty | A written agreement between two states or sovereigns. | Play ▶ |
| Tribal | Relating to or characteristic of a tribe. | Play ▶ |
| Tyrant | A cruel and oppressive dictator.Any person who exercises power in a cruel way. | Play ▶ |
| Underlie | To be the cause, base, support, or foundation of something.To exist, rest, or be situated physically beneath something else. | Play ▶ |
| Verbal | Communicated in the form of words.Of or relating to or formed from a verb. | Play ▶ |
| Victim | A person harmed by a crime, accident, or event. | Play ▶ |
| Village | A small group of houses in the country.The people who live in a small community. | Play ▶ |
| Virtue | The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.Morality with respect to sexual relations. | Play ▶ |
| Voluntary | Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.Working on behalf of others without being paid for it. | Play ▶ |
| Wealth | An abundance of valuable possessions or money.A plentiful supply of a particular desirable thing. | Play ▶ |
| Welfare | Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need.A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous. | Play ▶ |
| Wisdom | Accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment.Ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight. | Play ▶ |
| Worker | A person who does a job to earn money.Someone who works hard. | Play ▶ |
| Writer | A person who writes books, stories, or articles.Someone who creates written works as a job. | Play ▶ |
| Young | Having lived for only a short time.Children or babies of an animal. | Play ▶ |
| Youth | The period of life between childhood and adulthood. | Play ▶ |