C2 English Vocabulary

The wool of a sheep; a warm fabric; to swindle someone

Extremely interesting and compelling; the process of joining with rivets

A grooved wheel and rope machine for lifting; to lift with a pulley

A flexible diving board; a starting point for action or growth

The process of returning someone or something to their country of origin

To enclose in a capsule; to summarize concisely

To lean or lie back in a relaxed position

A large wild cat of the Americas; informally, an older woman who pursues younger men

Small, weak, and insignificant

An object fired or thrown through the air; propelled forward with force

To put parts back together or gather a group again

Bred to live with humans; accustomed to home life

The highest point in the sky or of achievement

Modest and unpretentious

Anonymous; lacking individual identity or character

A supposed cure-all remedy or solution to all problems

To pretend to be something one is not; a costume party with masks

A state of great disorder or ruin

Too great or difficult to be overcome

A dirty smear or mark; to smear or blur a surface

Full of visible stars; resembling a star

The quality of being easily broken or weak

Of little or no importance; trivial

To prove something is false or incorrect; to refute

A return to illness or bad behavior after improvement; to fall back into a worse state

Polite and well-mannered; affectedly refined or respectable

To irritate or make sore by rubbing; to feel annoyed or impatient

To form anew; to restore food by adding liquid

To attack violently or with harsh words

Lively and combative; ready to stand up for oneself

A large monkey with a dog-like muzzle, native to Africa and Asia

Inspiring affection or warmth; charming and lovable

The central hall of a church

Relating to the ear or the sense of hearing

An optical illusion of water in the distance; something illusory or unattainable

To tease by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach

An ancestor or forefather

To burn until blackened; a charred substance

To be ill or troubled; an illness

Lukewarm; showing little enthusiasm

To make narrower by squeezing; to limit or restrict

To remove a leader from power; to give sworn testimony

To make someone or something seem unimportant; to disparage

Odd or unconventional behaviour; eccentricity ratio in geometry

Noisy, lively, and full of energy; rough and exuberant

A shelter or facility for dogs; to house a dog in such a place

In a misleading or false-impression-giving way

Wild and untamed; a domesticated animal living in the wild