B2 English Vocabulary

A mixed alcoholic drink; any mixture of different substances or elements

A representative of others; to assign tasks or authority to someone

Priced low enough for most people to buy; reasonably priced

An official document certifying a fact or qualification; to issue such a document

Compassion and forgiveness shown toward others

A group with extreme devotion to a leader or belief; a cult following

Very serious or severe; sharp and perceptive; (of illness) sudden and intense

A person or thing that came before another in a role or sequence

Refusing to give up; continuing over a long period

A person devoted to improving human welfare; relating to humanitarianism

To inflict severe pain on someone; the act of doing so

Banishment from one's home country; to banish someone

A group of singers; the repeated part of a song; to say or sing together

A loud deep sound; to make such a sound

To return to life or activity; to restore something

Retaliation for a perceived wrong; to take retaliatory action

To begin from a source; to create or initiate something

To gather information from various sources; to translate source code into machine code

To burst out suddenly and violently, as a volcano; to break out suddenly

A walking stick or plant stem; to beat with a cane

To throw into disorder; to interrupt or disturb something

Worth having or choosing; pleasing and attractive

What is left over; a dead body; ancient ruins

To warn of danger; a warning signal; watchful and attentive

A flag or decorative strip of cloth; exceptionally good

To restrict within limits; a boundary or border

Conforming to established or traditional beliefs and practices

Below the ground; a subway system; a secret resistance movement

A sudden occurrence or spread of something harmful

To leave someone stranded; a thread or fiber; a beach

Stern, forbidding, and gloomy; sinister or ghastly

Generating profit or benefit

A prolonged period of very little rain; an extended dry or unsuccessful period

Involving or posing danger or risk

Operating without wires; radio communication; a wireless network

To combine into a whole; to blend into something else

A place to stay; an adaptation or adjustment

To order medicine for a patient; to lay down rules or directions

Polite behavior; a polite gesture or remark

Likely to explode; a substance that can explode

The place where an event or meeting is held

A male member of congress, especially the US House of Representatives

To pass through something; to understand deeply

Of or relating to biological evolution; developing gradually

The state of not being guilty; purity and lack of harmful knowledge

A defect or imperfection; to make defective

A tendency to expect positive outcomes

To restore someone's confidence and remove their fears