B2 English Vocabulary

Not wanted or welcome; an unwanted person

To cross or meet at a point

A building or large room with beds for students or other groups

A person or company that helps people move their belongings; someone who initiates change

Worn and in poor condition; mean or unfair

To thoroughly repair or renovate; a complete overhaul or revision

Gentle warmth and affection; physical soreness or sensitivity

The most favorable condition; best under given circumstances

To completely and fundamentally change something

A revival or rebirth; the European cultural Renaissance

A judicial officer who handles minor legal cases

Partly covering or coinciding with something else

The state of understanding; the 18th-century movement of reason; spiritual clarity

Greatly surprised or amazed

A nobleman of the lowest rank; a powerful business magnate

The hard projecting mouth of a bird or similar animal

To prove a statement or argument to be false

Famous, respected, and distinguished in one's field

To feel or express sympathy for another's suffering

Not given proper care or attention

Involving dishonest deception; false

To make something an established practice; to place someone in an institution

Lighting up a place; clarification; decorative lighting

Old-fashioned and no longer current

A long thin sharp fragment; to cut into thin strips

A small smooth rounded stone shaped by water

Resisting or defying authority and control

An angry argument; to argue or dispute angrily

Of the same kind; uniform in composition

To swallow quickly in large amounts; a large mouthful

Relating to earthquakes; having a major widespread impact

The state of having no limits or end; an infinitely large quantity

Fineness or fragility; a choice food; sensitivity in handling matters

Using money or resources carefully; not wasteful

Respect and admiration; to regard with great respect

A scientist who studies ecology

To subtract an amount from a total

A mass of rock sliding down a slope; an overwhelming electoral victory

A feeling of great surprise or amazement

To crush by walking heavily on; to treat with contempt

To impose a penalty for breaking a rule

A heavy-bladed tool for chopping; to cut or cancel abruptly

All the plants of a particular region or period

Showing unfair bias or prejudice against a particular group

Head of government in some countries; a senior official; head of a university

A condition of hardship or misfortune; a difficult situation

By human effort rather than natural means; unnaturally

Living forever; a being that never dies