C2 English Vocabulary

Instruction or guidance; the state of being under someone's protection

An unstoppable, crushing force or power; a massive truck

A short pleasure trip or excursion

Short and sharply detached notes in music; abrupt and disconnected

An underground vault or burial chamber, especially beneath a church

Rushing forward recklessly, head first

Extremely complex and difficult to understand

A decorative addition or ornamental detail

To suppress firmly; to declare a legal ruling invalid

Of enormous size or power; colossal

To mildly rebuke someone; an expression of criticism or shame

Lush and green; covered with green vegetation

Typical of a dictator; domineering and authoritarian

To secretly monitor communications; a device used for this purpose

The distinctive tone quality of a voice or instrument

Oppressively hot and humid

To expand or widen; to speak at length

Copying another's work and presenting it as one's own

A fragrant cultivated flower; a rosy pink colour

Simple, modest, and without affectation

Highly pleasing or delicious; something delightful

To exclude someone from a group by refusing to associate with them

To make resistant to disease, especially by vaccination

To chop or cut with an axe; to shape by cutting

So simple or well-designed that it cannot fail

Land left unplanted for a season; inactive or undeveloped

A word-guessing game with acted clues; a ridiculous pretense

Impossible to understand or interpret; mysterious

To have a negative effect on; to encroach upon

The star-shaped symbol (*); to mark with this symbol

A large insect with a long body and transparent wings

Rudely brief or abrupt in speech

Able to be shaped without breaking; easily influenced

To be a sign or omen that something bad is about to happen

To spend money extravagantly; an act of lavish spending

Scornfully mocking and cynical

To wrinkle or fold; a small wrinkle

Occurring irregularly; consisting of loosely connected episodes

Not genuine or authentic; false or deceptive

Neat, trim, and stylishly dressed

To show or demonstrate clearly

Resembling rubber in texture; flexible and elastic

Able to burn or corrode tissue; sharply sarcastic

A scientist specializing in microbiology

A fatal viral disease transmitted by animal bites

Cheerful, lively, and full of energy

To take apart into separate components

Excessive self-admiration and self-centeredness