C2 English Vocabulary

An adult male domestic chicken

To speak wildly or with great enthusiasm; an all-night dance party; an enthusiastic review

Obscured by haze; vague or unclear

A marine cephalopod with eight arms and two tentacles

A strong, very unpleasant smell

Deliberate destruction or disruption; to deliberately damage or obstruct

A support used under the arm to aid walking; something relied on as a prop

To count or record a score; to match or correspond; a running count

A natural ability to attract and inspire others

To make something as efficient or effective as possible

Punishment given as revenge or just desert for a wrongdoing

Relating to a parish; narrow-minded or limited in outlook

Full of stones; cold and unfeeling in manner

To arrest someone; to understand; to anticipate with anxiety

A large cloth worn over the shoulders or head

To sell goods from place to place; to spread ideas

Surpassing ordinary limits; exceptionally excellent

A natural talent or special skill for doing something well

To lose strength; to suffer in difficult conditions; to pine with longing

A noisy disturbance or state of confused excitement

A man who is a native or citizen of France

To relax in warmth or sunshine; to enjoy something with great pleasure

Strong hatred or hostility

Impossible or very difficult to understand

An upright frame for supporting a canvas or display

To make more efficient; to shape for reduced resistance

To waste money or resources carelessly

To permanently stop producing or doing something

A person who begs for money; to reduce to poverty

The conventional rules of polite behaviour in social or professional situations

A three-legged stand for supporting equipment

Before the expected or proper time; too early

A public toilet room in a building

To walk with a limp; to restrict movement; a strap tying an animal's legs

Filled with something unpleasant; causing anxiety

To drool or let saliva drip; to move a ball by tapping or kicking

Most important or fundamental; relating to the earliest origins

All human beings; the human race

The soft light from a candle

An authoritative belief or doctrine considered absolutely true and beyond question

To hypnotize or completely captivate someone's attention

The general public or common people of a country

To drag or carry something heavy; a projecting part for lifting or turning

To completely confuse or perplex; a plate that controls flow of sound or fluid

An armed robber or outlaw

To stick out or extend beyond a surface

Extremely bad or shocking; terrible

To breathe out; to give off vapour or odour