C2 English Vocabulary

A fragrant mixture of dried flowers; a miscellaneous collection

A supporter of absolute government; relating to absolutism

A joyful muffled laugh; to laugh in such a way

Openly and frankly declared or acknowledged

To manage incompetently or badly

Fear or hatred of foreigners or people from other cultures

Speaking words for transcription; a school listening-and-writing exercise

Relating to the study or use of images and symbols in art

Wild and uncontrolled; not domesticated

Lying flat on one's back; passively indifferent

Magic or sorcery; exceptional skill in a field

To draw aimlessly; a casual sketch

To formally repeal or abolish a law or agreement

Lively and unpredictable in character; volatile

To spend too little or provide an inadequate amount; scanty

A bird with a distinctive call; crazy or not sane

A person who plays a musical instrument

Rudely abrupt or curt in speech or manner

To officially forbid or prohibit; to banish

Great wealth; lavish abundance and luxury

Simple fabric made at home; plain and unsophisticated

A severe tropical cyclone in the western Pacific

Hostility or ill will; underlying motivation

Longer in one direction than the other; a rectangular shape

A person who falsely claims special skills or knowledge to deceive others

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

A closing section or speech at the end of a literary work or play

Astonishingly great or impressive

The act of making a process easier

A person who samples food or drink for quality; a small sample

A tall tower supporting electricity cables; an Egyptian temple gateway

To deliberately avoid a duty or responsibility

Unpredictable changes in life or fortune; alternating ups and downs

Slightly salty, as in estuarine water

In a meaningful or significant way

Suitable for growing crops; farmland fit for cultivation

Farthest from the centre; most external

Calm self-confidence and composure under pressure

Idealistic and impractical, like Don Quixote

Able to be tracked or traced back to an origin

To make someone anxious or unsettled; to disturb

To combine with oxygen; to cause oxidation or rusting

To waste time or resources; a deep-fried battered food

To separate or disconnect; to break into simpler parts

A simple brass instrument used for military calls; to sound a bugle

Foolishly or intensely in love with or attracted to someone

To spend winter in a dormant, inactive state

Humorously indecent or sexually explicit; ribald