B2 English Vocabulary

A person who writes plays

The highest academic degree awarded for advanced research

To anticipate or predict a future event

Not able to cause harm; safe and inoffensive

Head of government; foremost in rank or quality; to perform for the first time

A wall support for a shelf; a punctuation mark; a category or range

A dark mark on skin caused by a blow; to cause such a mark

Showing love and devotion to one's country

Victory through combat; gaining control by force or effort

An underground storage room; a wine collection

The ending of a relationship; disintegration or division

To move back or withdraw gradually; to become less intense

Suppression by force; unconscious blocking of painful feelings

A work of outstanding quality; the greatest work of an artist

A dividing ridge between drainage areas; a critical turning point

The act or experience of being made to feel ashamed and undignified

To show involvement in wrongdoing; to imply as a consequence

Purified; having polished manners and good taste

To love or respect deeply; to be very fond of

Exactly as stated, not figurative or metaphorical

A net-like structure with regular openings; to interlock or fit together

Dirty or offensive; to make dirty; a rule violation in sport

A small pigeon; a person favouring peace over conflict

Relating to the nose; a sound produced through the nose

A short pleasure trip; revealing someone's sexual identity publicly

To walk unsteadily; to arrange at staggered intervals; an unsteady movement

Having failed to achieve a goal

Morally evil or mischievous; (informal) extremely good

Communication or dealings between people; sexual intercourse

A decorative object; to decorate or embellish

The ability to withstand prolonged hardship; stamina

A formal assessment of value or quality

To think again about a decision, possibly changing it

A person who travels to discover new places or things

Located away from the shore or in another country; to move operations abroad

The hard covering at the tip of a human finger

Protection given to refugees; a place of safety

A foot-operated lever; to ride a bicycle

The full range of works or skills a person or group is prepared to perform or use

Of or relating to Scotland; the dialect of English spoken in Scotland

A person who makes or alters clothes; to adapt something for a specific need

A hard material made by firing clay at high temperatures; made of such material

Showing deep sympathy and concern for others

In the middle of or within a group

To calculate or process data mathematically

The ability to fully understand something

To strongly desire or aim to achieve something

An edible nut; the tree or dark brown wood it comes from