C2 English Vocabulary

A person holding beliefs contrary to established religious or accepted doctrine

To shout or cry out loudly; to weep noisily

To overrun a place in large, harmful numbers

A standard used to judge or evaluate quality

Stern, gloomy, and unfriendly in manner

To expose the falseness of an idea or claim

Mentally ill or wildly irrational; suffering from dementia

To completely destroy or kill an entire group

A person or animal that eats its own kind

A small natural or artificial cave

Rebirth of a soul in a new body; a fresh embodiment

A domed theater projecting images of stars and planets

To annoy or irritate someone; to cause distress or worry

To fish with a dragnet; to search thoroughly; a large fishing net

Impossible to stop or prevent; relentlessly severe

The main point or essential meaning of something

A substance used as food or food ingredient

To undergo fermentation; a state of agitation or unrest

A religious sermon or moralizing lecture

A mythological half-woman, half-fish sea creature

A chemical that transmits nerve signals between neurons across a synapse

A strong feeling that something bad is about to happen

To cause hostility or opposition in someone

A force or weight that offsets another; to balance an opposing force

Unmarried or abstaining from sex, especially for religious reasons

Characterized by sensual pleasure; curvaceous and sexually attractive

A precursor or harbinger of something to come

A formal speech of praise, especially delivered at a funeral

A small, cheap ornament or piece of jewellery

To irritate or annoy someone

In a final way that cannot be cancelled or undone

The process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy

A strong feeling of dislike or aversion

In a cautious or restrained manner

To give pleasure or satisfaction; to fulfill a desire

To walk with short steps, swaying from side to side

A fungal growth on damp surfaces; to become mouldy

Involving or characterized by deep, quiet thought

The educated intellectual elite of a society

A small short-handled axe used with one hand

Narrow-minded or isolated; relating to an island

Arriving or happening later than expected

Unable to produce offspring or crops; not fertile

The ceremony of crowning a new monarch

A crazy or idle person; a large diving bird

To isolate or set apart; to seize property by legal authority

To express internal feelings outwardly; to attribute emotions to external causes

Flashy and attention-grabbing in appearance