abnormal
US /æbˈnɔ:rml/
UK /æbˈnɔ:ml/
- Adjective
- Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
- Relating to behavior that deviates from the norm.
B1Morearound the world
US /əˈraʊnd ði wɜrld/
UK /əˈraund ðə wɜː(r)ld/
- Phrase
- In or to many countries.
- In various places throughout the world.
A2Moreashamed
US /əˈʃemd/
UK /ə'ʃeɪmd/
- Adjective
- Feeling of shame or guilt
- Causing someone to feel shame.
A2Moreaverage
US /ˈævərɪdʒ, ˈævrɪdʒ/
UK /'ævərɪdʒ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- Transitive Verb
- To add numbers then divide by the number of items
A2TOEICMorebizarre
US /bɪˈzɑr/
UK /bɪˈzɑ:(r)/
- Adjective
- Odd or strange
B2Morechemically
US /'kemɪklɪ/
UK /'kemɪklɪ/
- Adverb
- By means of a chemical process
B1Morecommunity
US /kəˈmjunɪti/
UK /kə'mju:nətɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Group of people who share a common idea or area
- A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
- Adjective
- Relating to or shared by the people in a particular area.
- Shared or participated in by all members of a group
A2Moreconnection
US /kəˈnɛkʃən/
UK /kəˈnekʃn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something that joins things together; being joined
- Person you know who can help you in some way
A2Moreculture
US /ˈkʌltʃɚ/
UK /'kʌltʃə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- The customs, beliefs, art, and all the other things that a group of people share and consider important.
- Transitive Verb
- To grow cells, tissues, bacteria, etc. in a controlled environment.
A2Moredelicate
US /ˈdɛlɪkɪt/
UK /'delɪkət/
- Adjective
- Easily broken or damaged
- Finely made, with great care
B1Moredepress
US /dɪˈprɛs/
UK /dɪ'pres/
- Transitive Verb
- To make someone feel sad or miserable
- To push something down
B2Moredisclaimer
US /dɪsˈklemɚ/
UK /dɪsˈkleɪmə(r)/
- Noun
- Written denial of any legal responsibility
C1TOEICMoredisorder
US /dɪsˈɔrdɚ/
UK /dɪs'ɔ:də(r)/
- Uncountable Noun
- State of confusion or a lack of organization
- Illness when the body is not functioning well
- Transitive Verb
- To disrupt the order or arrangement of something.
B2Moreexplore
US /ɪkˈsplɔr/
UK /ɪk'splɔ:(r)/
- Transitive Verb
- To examine something in detail to learn about it
- To travel to a place to discover more about it
A2TOEICMorehealer
US /ˈhilɚ/
UK /ˈhi:lə(r)/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- One supposed to help others get well
B1Moreidentify
US /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ/
UK /aɪ'dentɪfaɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To indicate who or what someone or something is
- To say exactly what something is
B1TOEICMoreillness
US /ˈɪlnɪs/
UK /ˈɪlnəs/
- Uncountable Noun
- Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
- A particular instance or type of disease.
A2Morein the world
US /ɪn ði wɜrld/
UK /in ðə wɜː(r)ld/
- Phrase
- Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- Used to indicate the extent or degree of something, often in a superlative sense.
A1Moreincarcerate
US
UK
- Transitive Verb
- To put in prison; to jail someone
C2Moreindigenous
US /ɪnˈdɪdʒənəs/
UK /ɪnˈdɪdʒənəs/
- Adjective
- Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
- Relating to the people who are native to a particular region.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The traditional knowledge and practices of indigenous peoples.
- The original inhabitants of a particular region or country.
B1TOEICMoreinsane
US /ɪnˈsen/
UK /ɪnˈseɪn/
- Adjective
- Mentally ill; crazy
- Being crazy or stupid
B2Morejail
US /dʒel/
UK /dʒeɪl/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
- Transitive Verb
- To hold people who are being punished for a crime
B1Moremanic
US /ˈmænɪk/
UK /'mænɪk/
- Adjective
- Very excited in an almost uncontrollable way
C1Moremental
US /ˈmɛntl/
UK /ˈmentl/
- Adjective
- Concerning the mind
A2TOEICMoremythology
US /mɪˈθɑ:lədʒi/
UK /mɪˈθɒlədʒi/
- Uncountable Noun
- Myths of a particular culture or group of people
- The study of myths.
B2Moreprison
US /ˈprɪzən/
UK /'prɪzn/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- A state of confinement or captivity.
A2Moreprocess
US /ˈprɑsˌɛs, ˈproˌsɛs/
UK /prə'ses/
- Transitive Verb
- To organize and use data in a computer
- To deal with official forms in the way required
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Dealing with official forms in the way required
- Set of changes that occur slowly and naturally
A2TOEICMorepsychiatric
US
UK
- Adjective
- Concerning the treatment of the mind
B2Morepsychotic
US /saɪˈkɑ:tɪk/
UK /saɪˈkɒtɪk/
- Adjective
- Concerning or affected by psychosis; unbalanced
- Noun
- Person afflicted with psychosis
B2Morereality
US /riˈælɪti/
UK /rɪ'ælətɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.
A2Moreserve
US /sɚv/
UK /sɜ:v/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To act in a particular position or office
- To hit the first ball to an opponent in tennis etc.
A2TOEICMoreshaman
US /ˈʃɑmən, ˈʃe-/
UK /ˈʃeɪmən/
- Noun
- Priest who uses magic/spirits to heal or predict
C1Moresociety
US /səˈsaɪɪti/
UK /sə'saɪətɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A group who meet to share values or interests
- Group of people living together
A2TOEICMoresophisticated
US /səˈfɪstɪˌketɪd/
UK /səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd/
- Adjective
- Making a good sounding but misleading argument
- Wise in the way of the world; having refined taste
- Transitive Verb
- To make someone more worldly and experienced
B1TOEICMorestrike
US /straɪk/
UK /straɪk/
- Transitive Verb
- To hit something
- To remove or erase.
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A punch or hit
- Fact of not hitting the ball when playing baseball
A2TOEICMoresuicidal
US /ˌsuɪˈsaɪdl/
UK /ˌsu:ɪˈsaɪdl/
- Adjective
- Feeling you may kill yourself; depressed
- Dangerous to yourself or your interests
B2Moreterrify
US /ˈtɛrəˌfaɪ/
UK /ˈterɪfaɪ/
- Transitive Verb
- To scare or greatly frighten
B1Moretheory
US /ˈθiəri, ˈθɪri/
UK /ˈθiəri/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
- An idea or belief about something
A2TOEICMoretouch in
US /tʌtʃ ɪn/
UK /tʌtʃ ɪn/
- other
- Use a card or device to register entry in public transport.
B2Moretrance
US /træns/
UK /trɑ:ns/
- Noun
- Daydreaming state; unaware state
B2Moretribal
US /ˈtraɪbəl/
UK /ˈtraɪbl/
- Adjective
- Concerning or about a tribe
B1Moretypically
US /ˈtɪpɪklɪ/
UK /ˈtɪpɪkli/
- Adverb
- In a normal or usual way
B1Morevisionary
US /ˈvɪʒəneri/
UK /ˈvɪʒənri/
- Adjective
- Thinking about the future in an imaginative way
- Countable Noun
- A person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like.
B1Moreward
US /wɔ:rd/
UK /wɔ:d/
- Proper Noun
- Person's name
- Noun
- Child legally protected and cared for by a court
- Section or part of a town or city
B1More
Vocabulary
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- touch in: Use a card or device to register entry in public transport.
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
- mental: Concerning the mind
- insane: Mentally ill; crazy
- delicate: Easily broken or damaged
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
- typically: In a normal or usual way
- bizarre: Odd or strange
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- strike: To hit something
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
- theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- effect: An advantage, benefit
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
- ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
- serve: To act in a particular position or office
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
- mythology: Myths of a particular culture or group of people
- manic: Very excited in an almost uncontrollable way
- visionary: Thinking about the future in an imaginative way
- ward: Person's name
- abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
- psychotic: Concerning or affected by psychosis; unbalanced
- disclaimer: Written denial of any legal responsibility
- jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
- trance: Daydreaming state; unaware state
- depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- suicidal: Feeling you may kill yourself; depressed
- terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
- tribal: Concerning or about a tribe
- incarcerate: To put in prison; to jail someone
- chemically: By means of a chemical process
- healer: One supposed to help others get well
- shaman: Priest who uses magic/spirits to heal or predict
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She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.
Vocabulary
- brave
adj. Having courage
- comfort zone
phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe
Explanation
a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step".
forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead".
The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.
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brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
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Z posted on 2026/02/28Dive into a powerful first-person account of navigating psychosis and the mental health system, exploring Indigenous healing practices along the way! You'll pick up advanced vocabulary related to mental health and gain deep cultural insights, making this a truly eye-opening experience.
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