C2 English Vocabulary

A hundredth anniversary; relating to or occurring every hundred years

The act of tearing down or destroying a building or structure.

Deeply religious and pious; sincere and earnest

A twisted facial expression of pain or disgust; to make such an expression

The act of telling or recounting a story or events

To make more noticeable; to emphasize; to stress

A false belief firmly held despite evidence to the contrary; the state of being misled

To combine elements into a whole; to produce by chemical synthesis

To attribute something to a particular cause or person

Strangely unsettling; mysteriously unusual

To wake someone from sleep; to stir up excitement or emotion

To suffocate or stifle; to suppress; a stifling cloud of smoke

To force out or expel someone or something

Behind the stage; out of public view; the area where performers prepare

A large crowd or group of people; to move in a mass

Silent or unable to speak; to turn off sound; a device to soften sound

A large fruit with green rind and sweet red flesh

Rolled or ground oats; a porridge made from oats

Deceitful and disloyal; dangerously unpredictable

Trouble or unwanted difficulty; to annoy or pester someone

To specify as a condition of an agreement

Tending to intrude on privacy or affairs; unwelcomely interrupting

Past the deadline or expected time

Producing a large amount of output or results; highly productive

To suppress objectionable content in media; an official who does this

To interpret or understand something in a particular way

So absurd or incongruous as to be amusing or invite ridicule

A large dense crowd; to crowd into a place in large numbers

To mock or jeer at someone or something; an expression of contempt

A vegetable; a vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians

A hidden danger or unexpected difficulty

An extinct Ice Age elephant-like animal; extremely large or huge

Intense passion or enthusiasm

A short stabbing weapon with a double-edged blade; the typographical symbol †.

The stitched edge of cloth; to stitch an edge; to surround

Clever and practically astute

Relating to hunting prey; exploiting others for gain

A large underground cave or chamber

A dense growth of shrubs or small trees

Outstanding skill or ability; exceptional bravery

To flow or leak out slowly; thick viscous matter

The tendon at the back of the knee; to cripple or severely limit

To stare wide-eyed; protective eyeglasses

A stiff coarse hair; to stand on end or react with anger

A temporary agreement to stop fighting

A quicker route or method; a computer file shortcut

Very thin, weak, or insubstantial

An angry frown; to look angry or disapproving