C2 English Vocabulary

A substance that makes dough rise; to cause fermentation or gradual change

The practice of travelling or working at sea

To use resources carefully and avoid waste

Unfair favoritism shown to close friends, especially in political appointments

To deflect an attack or avoid a difficult question; a defensive move

To force something unwanted onto someone; to pass off as genuine

The tendency to escape from reality through fantasy

Remaining as a trace; having lost original function through evolution

To behave in a listless or depressed manner; a spiritless person

Relating to non-woody, soft-stemmed plants

A group of attendants accompanying an important person

A musician who plays percussion instruments

Playful flirtation; a brief casual romantic involvement; idle time-wasting.

A large continuous area of land, such as a continent

A wine merchant or wine maker

Dull, monotonous, and lacking variety

Lacking professional skill or polish

To push outward; to shape by forcing through an opening

To take away private property for public use

A passageway or temporary walkway; make way!

To live together as a couple without being married

Treating serious matters too lightly; frivolity

Generous giving of gifts or money, often ostentatiously

To suffer from intense heat; oppressive heat

To flick through pages or shuffle cards; a shallow fast-flowing stream

Fortunate, as if arranged by divine providence

Very thin and nearly transparent

To triple in amount; the highest musical voice or part; three times as much

Characterized by strong, sudden bursts of wind

The state of no longer being used; to stop using something

A formal assembly or the act of calling one together

A dissatisfied, rebellious person; feeling discontented

A keyboard instrument that plucks strings, common in Baroque music

In a carefully planned, strategic manner

To make someone appear guilty of a crime

Easily bent; readily yielding to influence

A decorative wooden floor; the ground-floor seating in a theatre

A scene of noisy chaos and confusion

A person or animal lacking normal pigmentation; having albinism

A noisy, disorderly quarrel or brawl

Lacking purpose, responsibility, or effectiveness

Not recognized or valued for one's worth

Again from the beginning in a new way

Capable of being split; able to sustain nuclear fission

The leader or conductor of a musical band

The husks of grain; worthless material; to tease or banter

Relating to statistical calculation of insurance risks

Lacking caution or good judgment; rash