C2 English Vocabulary

A stinging wild plant; to irritate or annoy

In a sarcastic, mocking manner

In an obsessive, compulsive manner

The ability to make quick, accurate judgments; keen insight

Feeling sad and longing for home while away

To deliberately ignore or slight someone; a deliberate slight

Able to operate or live both on land and in water

Deserving strong criticism or moral condemnation

A flat area beside a river prone to flooding

The principle of rejecting violence and using peaceful means

To secure a boat in place; a broad open boggy landscape

A structure where bees live; any very busy place; a tall dome-shaped women's hairstyle

To feel smug pleasure, especially at another's misfortune

A loud confused commotion or uproar; violent disorder

To do something badly; a clumsy or ruined piece of work

A quality that evokes feelings of pity or sorrow in an audience

A statement of personal beliefs or guiding principles

The quality of being mild and kind

Property or money left to someone in a will

Done secretly to avoid being noticed; stealthy

To damage someone's reputation or purity; to soil or stain

A complete standstill due to equally matched opposition; to cause such a situation

Surgical removal of tissue; deletion of text

The act of examining one's own thoughts and feelings

Brief and concise in speech or writing; sometimes abruptly short

To assign too low a value to; to underestimate

To make someone or something famous or remembered forever

A violent rotating windstorm; a tropical storm.

Truthfulness; the quality of being accurate and honest

A tall pointed tower on a church

Slim, flexible, and graceful in movement

A serious split within a group or church

To agree or consent; to assume an office; to join a treaty

Sly and cunning

Extremely offensive or disgusting; conflicting with

A heavy iron block for shaping metal by hammering

The state of being criminal; criminal behaviour

Full of foam or bubbles; lacking depth or substance

Stubbornly resistant to authority; an uncooperative person

Sexual desire or drive

To vaccinate or introduce a substance to produce immunity

To confirm or guarantee the truth or reliability of something or someone

A small, roughly built shack; a sailors' work song

A grotesque misrepresentation or poor imitation; to parody something

An animal without a backbone; lacking a backbone

To develop or exploit something primarily for financial profit

Exposed to and shaped by strong winds

The circumference around something, especially the waist