Words List

Cinema refers to movies as a collective art form. Especially during challenging times, like the Great Depression, cinema serves as a source of psychological comfort, offering an escape from the harsh realities of daily life.

To navigate around or avoid; to go past or bypass, especially to avoid facing or addressing a specific issue or obstacle.

A large public entertainment event, usually held in a massive tent or indoor/outdoor arena. It showcases pageantry, displays feats of skill and daring, and features performing animals. Clowns often add humor through slapstick antics. Compare with big top.

Characterized by being of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.

Pertaining to or associated with the climate.

The act of coercing; the use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.

The process of knowing or understanding; it involves perception and the act of gaining knowledge.

The act or state of cohering; cohesion.

To forcefully strike against each other or one against the other; experience a violent impact or crash.

A writer or editor who contributes regularly to a newspaper or magazine column.

A group of sovereign states and their dependencies that choose to associate with each other, linked by common objectives and interests. In specific contexts, such as the British Commonwealth, this term refers to such a group.

A marked or partitioned-off part or space.

A deep feeling of sympathy and sorrow for someone facing misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to ease their suffering.

To force or drive someone to take a particular action.

A person, team, company, or entity that engages in competition or rivalry.

A person, group, or company that makes a complaint, especially in a legal action.

The act or process of understanding or grasping the meaning of something.

The act of compelling; a force or pressure that makes someone do something, often against their will.

Expressing much in a few words; brief but comprehensive; succinct and clear.

The act of conferring or bestowing, specifically the formal granting or awarding of something, such as an honorary degree.

Causing or tending to cause confusion; describing something that makes understanding difficult or unclear.

To force, compel, or oblige someone to do something.

Dependence on chance or the fulfillment of a condition, leading to uncertainty or fortuitousness.

The state or quality of being continuous.

The act or instance of contracting or the quality or state of being contracted.

To go against or conflict with; to deny or oppose a statement.

To tend to meet at a point or line; to incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.

Having a surface that curves or bulges outward.

A police officer.

Polite and friendly; showing warmth and courtesy in a pleasant manner.