C2 English Vocabulary

To degrade or humiliate someone

To embarrass or make someone feel ashamed

Embarrassed or ashamed

To become less intense or severe; to diminish

To shorten a word or text by omitting parts

A shortened form of a word or phrase

To formally give up power or a throne

The act of formally giving up a high position or power, especially a throne

To kidnap someone; to take away by force

Deviating from what is normal or expected

A deviation from what is normal; a mental lapse; an optical defect

To encourage or assist someone in wrongdoing

A state of temporary suspension or inactivity

To feel strong hatred or disgust toward something

Causing strong disgust or hatred; deeply offensive

Not living; relating to the absence of life or living organisms

Utterly miserable, degraded, or contemptible

A state of extreme degradation or humiliation

In a manner showing great shame or degradation

On fire or brightly lit; filled with excitement

A ritual or ceremonial washing of the body

To renounce or give up a right or privilege

Self-denial; the renunciation of one's own interests

The state of being abnormal; something that deviates from the norm

A person who advocates abolishing a practice, especially slavery

To feel intense disgust or hatred toward something

To end a pregnancy or stop a process before completion

Failing to achieve the intended result; unsuccessful

To exist in large quantities; to be plentiful

Open and honest, without deception