C2 English Vocabulary

Something that hinders progress; a speech disability

Resembling or full of water; overly diluted

Elaborately and excessively decorated; highly embellished in style

A vegetable with glossy dark-purple skin; aubergine

To use up or consume a resource

Able to recover quickly from difficulties; elastic

Unpredictable and inconsistent; deviating from normal behavior

To drive away or eliminate doubts, fears, or misconceptions

A device used to inject or withdraw fluids; to inject or clean with a syringe

To completely surround or enclose something

To formally give up a right or claim; to disown or reject

To leave one's country to settle in another

Money given to corrupt someone's judgment; to offer such payment

To move with quick side-to-side motions; such a movement

To exaggerate or describe something as more than it really is

To flinch or recoil in fear or embarrassment; to feel very embarrassed

To retch or suppress speech; a device or order preventing speech

Misleadingly oversimplified; treating complex issues as simple

Having mixed or contradictory feelings about something

The diameter of a gun barrel; the quality or level of ability

To block or hinder progress or movement

To walk slowly and heavily; a long tiring walk

To gather information or grain bit by bit

A small, single-storey house

A tap controlling the flow of water from a pipe

To hide or store something secretly; a hidden supply

A sharp fragment of broken glass or pottery

To gradually decrease in size or amount

The male head of a family or tribe; a revered founder or senior leader

To steal goods by force; goods seized illegally

A plant that keeps its leaves all year; remaining fresh or popular

Clothing, especially formal dress; to dress or clothe someone

To capture again after a loss; the act of doing so

Magnificent beauty, grandeur, or brilliance

Completely obvious and shameless; offensively noticeable

A cone-shaped utensil for pouring liquids; to channel or direct through a narrow passage

The practice of refraining from food, alcohol, or other desires

An indirect or unintended consequence of an action

Not serious or sensible; silly and trivial

A lure used to attract someone into danger; to entice into a trap

Showy and attention-getting, sometimes tastelessly so

Written works based on real facts and events

A large wild bovine animal with a shaggy mane

A sudden, humiliating failure or disaster

A biological classification ranking below family and above species

A loud harsh noise; to make such a noise

To eat hastily and greedily; to swallow up

A sudden sharp shake or shock; to shake abruptly