B2 English Vocabulary

A person or thing that sustains; a regular donor

A person who holds or operates a concession

Awkwardly tall and thin

Swelling or bulging outward

Exposure to sunlight; reversal of tones in photography due to overexposure

The state of being invalid or without legal force

Able to be exported; a product suitable for export

A bringing back to life or strength; revival

Shanghai, China's largest city; to trick or force someone into something

The state of not being important or significant

The theory that species develop through evolution

Judged as less capable or valuable than actually is

The weight of a container deducted from gross weight; a weed among grain

In a mature and sensible manner

Put to practical use

Connecting or relating to two or more urban areas

Conforming to established conventions; not natural or spontaneous

To soften something by soaking it in liquid

Producing no profit or benefit

Causing harm or destruction; poisonous

Beyond reproach; completely acceptable

In a roundabout or indirect manner

Using resources carefully and economically; the act of sparing something

The doctrine that life is driven by an immaterial vital force

The state of being expanded or swollen by internal pressure

Inclined to speak irritably or curtly; likely to snap or bite

Capable of being changed or modified

To perform a ceremony formally; to make solemn

Enforcing rigid conformity regardless of individual differences

Completely and fundamentally transformed

Easily irritated and sharply bad-tempered

Toward the north

Briefly; for only a short time

Misled into believing something false

Fully developed; due for repayment

Transmitting something again over a different medium or time

The act of sustaining or maintaining something

The act of conferring or bestowing something

To give life or energy to something

Not appropriate or suitable; awkward

The condition of being unable to be maintained over time

Strict adherence to social conventions; the view that truths are based on conventions

Below normal level; a person of below-normal intelligence

The state of being whole and undamaged

A natural combination of words that frequently occur together

Able to be evaluated or taxed

Beyond what is normal or average; paranormal

To transmit again or through another medium