C2 English Vocabulary

To mock someone; mocking or humiliating behavior

Enthusiastic enjoyment; the outer peel of a citrus fruit

Allowing light through but not transparent; semi-transparent

Arousing physical or sexual pleasure; strongly appealing to the senses

The hard covering on an animal's foot; to walk or kick with hooves

A large decorative hanging light fixture

To divide into two equal parts or reduce by half

Covered with or resembling grass

A mass of snow sliding down a mountain; an overwhelming flood of things

Moving slowly; lacking energy or activity

To feel around blindly; to touch someone sexually without consent

Deserving great respect due to age, wisdom, or dignity

A sudden strong rush of wind; to blow in gusts

Soft, light, and covered with fluff

A set of steps allowing movement between levels

To dig out or hollow something; to uncover by digging

A drink made from apples, either alcoholic (fermented) or non-alcoholic

A slow-moving mollusk with a coiled shell; to move very slowly

To decode a cipher or secret message; to make out something difficult to read or understand

Serving as an ideal model worthy of imitation

To use up or significantly reduce a resource

Deliberately unreasonable or contrary; morally wrong

Relating to a patriarch or a male-dominated social system

A manner or style of walking or moving

Not yet settled, solved, or decided

Highly skilled; an expert

A sudden raid or attack; a brief venture into a new area

No longer current or fashionable; obsolete

To make something necessary or unavoidable

A shell-less mollusk; a bullet; to gulp down a drink

Excessive, uncontrollable emotion or excitement

Relating to an academic curriculum

A toxic, addictive substance found in tobacco

Attractively old-fashioned or charmingly unusual

A young plant grown from a seed

Based on personal stories rather than systematic evidence

A heavy decorative woven cloth hung on walls; something richly complex

A fertile area with water in a desert; a pleasant refuge

Exceptional brightness; outstanding intelligence or talent

A tank or public place for displaying aquatic animals

A woman who hosts guests or serves as a female attendant

To refuse to proceed; an obstacle or hindrance

Extremely overweight in a way that is harmful to health

A temporary suspension of an activity or obligation

A small shoot or twig of a plant

A long speech by one person in a play or conversation

A long-lasting bitter conflict between groups; to engage in such a conflict

Loud enough to be heard; a last-minute play change in football