C2 English Vocabulary

A word formed from the initial letters of other words

Alert and careful watchfulness, especially to avoid danger

Minor, unimportant facts or details

To pretend or simulate in order to deceive

The point where rivers meet; a coming together of forces or ideas

A lucky, improbable occurrence; to succeed by pure chance

Tending to digress or ramble across many topics

Informal and chatty in style; relating to conversation

Involvement as an accomplice in a crime or wrongdoing

The quality of being useless or producing no result

To hit with a sweeping motion; to steal; a sweeping blow or touchscreen gesture

Charitable giving and efforts to promote human well-being

Morally wicked and despicable; extremely unpleasant or disgusting

Overly bold, impudent, or showy in a tasteless way

Intended to warn against danger or mistakes

A loose towelling robe worn after bathing

An excessive or very large amount

An expression of sympathy offered to someone who has suffered a loss

A smug or contemptuous smile; to smile in such a way

Relating to or having a pleasant melody

To stop feeding on mother's milk; to give up a habit or dependency

A clever witty remark; to make such a remark

A stone marker placed at a grave

A deep feeling of sadness; feeling or expressing sadness

A person who creates and arranges dance movements

A tall pointed tower on a building, especially a church

To reject or deny the validity of something; to disown

A narrow crack or gap in a rock or wall

Showy and ostentatious in style or behaviour

A series of loud rattling sounds; to make such sounds

To lose shine through oxidation; to damage a reputation; discoloration on metal

A narrow channel worn by water flow; to erode into such a channel

Implied or understood without being directly stated

A mischievous or badly behaved child

A person who gives help or money to support others

A strong chest for valuables; a decorative sunken ceiling panel

Turned upside down or reversed in direction

A story using symbolic characters to convey a deeper moral or political message

Based on or derived from personal experience

To make more compact or concise; to change from gas to liquid

Not yet solved or explained

A state of great pain or suffering; something that causes distress

To repeatedly complain or pester someone; an old or worn-out horse

The main force or worst impact of something difficult or unpleasant

Impossible to pass through; impossible to understand

In a persuasive, believable manner

To praise highly; high praise or glorification

To go back over a route or path; to reconstruct past steps mentally