B2 English Vocabulary

To violate a law or right; to encroach on something

Composed of or resembling crystals; very clear and transparent

A fragrant purple flower; a bluish-purple colour

To form crystals; to make an idea or plan clear and definite

Extremely tiring; draining all energy

Hard, strong, or coldly determined like steel

Violent, frenzied, destructive behaviour; to act wildly and violently

A title or form of address used before a man's name or when addressing a man

A fourteen-line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme

Excessively showy or garish; a grand celebratory feast

Holding one's attention completely; very exciting

A crossed-strip framework forming a regular open pattern

A person who hosts a broadcast programme or presents something to an audience

To hang downward; to become limp or lose energy

To make or become slightly wet

A place where beer is produced

To preoccupy the mind completely; to think about constantly

Relating to or caused by motion

The incorporation of territory into another state

Burning fiercely; of extreme intensity or heat

Mass destruction or killing of people; the Nazi genocide of Jews

To reshape or present in a new form; to reassign roles

To free someone from false beliefs or illusions; the state of disenchantment

A believer in humanism; a scholar of the humanities

Extremely light, delicate, and otherworldly; heavenly

The process by which a liquid converts into vapour

A device or person that converts something

Causing great disgrace or public outrage

The business of providing food and services, especially for special events

To suffer great pain or worry intensely over something

Able to be noticed or discovered

Established as a norm; placed in or dependent on an institution

The process of removing impurities; a cleansing rite

A long spear used by soldiers; to pierce or cut open with a sharp instrument

The process of rotting or breaking down into component parts

To refuse or fail to follow orders or rules

A grouped set of lines forming a unit within a poem

A sudden uproar or outburst of public excitement or anger

A device that increases the strength of an electrical signal

A chemical element (symbol I) used as an antiseptic

A disease or persistent illness; a social or moral disorder

A senior Catholic official; of greatest importance; deep red

A complete stop; a state where all progress has ceased

A hard rock that produces sparks when struck

A system of electrical circuits in a device

The process of becoming fully developed or mature

Causing great confusion or perplexity

Stopping and starting at irregular intervals