C2 Proficiency: Wordlist
GENERAL VOCABULARY
(un)assailable: (un)able to be abhorrent: repugnant;
(hard) graft: hard work attacked or challenged disgusting
(il)legible: (not) able to be read (un)assuming: (im)modest absent-minded(ly): forgetful(ly);
(im)plausibility: (un)believability (un)attainable: (not) able to be distracted(ly)
(in)competent: (not) having the reached or achieved abyss: deep chasm; void
necessary ability (un)avoidable: impossible to accelerate: speed up
(in)conceivable: (un)imaginable avoid accentuate: emphasize or
(in)congruous: (in)appropriate; (un)bearable: intolerable highlight
(un)fitting (un)controllable: (not) able to be acclaim: public praise or
(in)decipherable: (un)readable restrained approval.
(in)distinguishable: (not) able to (un)fathomable: (im)possible to accordingly: therefore; in that
be told apart understand manner
(in)edible: (not) fit to eat. (un)foreseen: (un)anticipated aching: longing, craving
(in)equitable: (un)fair (un)imaginable: (not) possible to acquiesce: to meet the
(in)escapable: unable to escape conceive demands
from (un)mitigated: (not) made less acquire: to obtain
(in)exhaustible: (in)capable of severe acrimonious: bitterly hostile
being used up (un)obtrusive: (not) noticeable acumen: keen insight/judgment
(in)surmountable: (im)possible or intrusive addled: confused
to overcome (un)palatable: (not) pleasant to adeptly: skillfully
(in)tangible: (not) physically taste adrift: without direction; floating
touchable (un)predictability: (un)certainty free
(ir)redeemable: (un)able to be of outcome advent: arrival; beginning
saved (un)predictable: (un)easily adventurous: brave, bold
(ir)repressible: (un)stoppable; predicted behaviour aforementioned: mentioned
(un)containable (un)questioning: with(out) earlier
(re)mortgage: to (re)borrow doubt/criticism agape: (of a person's mouth)
using property as security (un)scrupulous: (un)principled; wide open in surprise or
(to) advocate (for): to support or (un)ethical wonder
supporter (un)solvable: (im)possible to aggravating: making a problem
(un)abashed: remorseful, sorry solve more serious; annoying
(un)answerable: (im)possible to (un)witting(ly): (without)
respond to knowing or planning
(un)appreciative: (not) thankful abhor: to hate deeply or detest
or grateful
agonising: extremely painful or appalling: shocking or very bad assert: to state firmly or insist
distressing appreciatively: with assertion: confident statement
airy-fairy: unrealistic; gratitude/approval or claim
impractical. asset: valuable person or thing
apprehensive: worried, nervous
akin: similar assortment: mixed collection.
ardent: avid, fervent
albeit: although atrocious: brutal; of very poor
arduous: hard
alienate: estrange; turn away quality
arguably: possibly; it can be
align: to give support to sth attest: to confirm or verify truth
claimed.
alleviate: ease; relieve au fait: familiar; well-informed
array: wide variety;
alluring: attractive; enticing audacious: brave, bold
arrangement; large or varied
alter: to change or modify audible: able to be heard
group
amicable: friendly; peaceable avant-garde: new and
ascertain: find out; determine
apologetic: showing regret or experimental ideas
aspersion: damaging remark
sorry averse: strongly opposed to
,avert: prevent; avoid blueprint: detailed plan ceasefire: temporary stop to
avid: fervent, zealous blunt: bold fighting
awe-inspiring: astonishing; boast: to brag certitude: absolute certainty
impressive boastful: vain champion sth: vigorously
axe: cut; eliminate bode: to signal or predict support
backfire: have opposite effect (usually bad) charitable: kind
backwater: a place quite boon: a helpful benefit or charlatan: a fraud; someone
isolated from the world blessing pretending to have skills.
bait: lure; temptation bouffant: voluminous (hair) chary: shy
balmy: pleasantly warm boundless: limitless chunk: a thick, solid piece
bar: except; prevent bountiful: plentiful; abundant. circuitous: longer than the
barbed: sharply critical; cutting brainteaser: challenging puzzle direct route
barraged: bombarded or problem. circumvent: to avoid
barren: arid, unfruitful braise: cook slowly in liquid. cite: to make reference to sth
(ineffective) brazen(ness): bold(ness) cityscape: view of a city
bashful: shy (negative) classed: categorized or grouped
baste: pour liquid over food break-in: burglary; forced entry classify: arrange into categories
while cooking. brethren: brothers; fellow clean up (award context): win
be reminiscent of: makes you members many awards
remember sth brew: drink made by steeping clean-cut: respectable
bedrock: solid base; foundation (tea, beer). cliffhanger: suspenseful ending
befall: to happen (usually bad) briskness: quickness; energy clingy: overly dependent on
befriend: become friends with brusque: impulsive others.
befuddled: confused bucketful: large quantity clogged: blocked or obstructed
belittle: disparage; minimize budding: beginning to develop clueless: totally unaware or
bellow: shout loudly buff: fan ignorant
bemused: confused build-up of: gradual clutch: to hold
bequeath: pass on; leave in accumulation clutter: messy accumulation
one’s will bullish: optimistic coincide: to happen at the same
besmirched: sullied, tarnished bumpy: uneven or rough time
besotted: in love surface colossal: extremely large
bespoke: custom-made buoyant: optimistic combat: fight against
bewildered: confused burden: heavy commemorate: to honor the
bewildering: confusing responsibility/load memory of
bildungsroman: coming-of-age burnish: polish or improve commoditised: made common
novel (reputation) or commercial
blasé: unworried, relaxed bustling: busy, crowded commonplace: ordinary or
blatant(ly): done openly and butcher: slaughter; ruin (also unremarkable
unashamedly noun) compartmentalise: to divide
blazing: heated, flaming cadaverous: very pale, thin or into sections
bleak: unpromising bony compound: worsen; intensify
calamitous(ly): causing great conceal: hide
blemish: flaw; imperfection
conceited: vain
blend: mixture damage
concerted: joint, coordinated
blinkered: narrow-minded calibre: quality or ability level.
callous: insensitive effort
blissful: very happy
camaraderie: friendly solidarity concurrently: at the same time
blithe(ly): unworried, relaxed
canny: claver (especially in condemn: denounce strongly
bloat: to be swollen (often with
business) conducive: favourable
pride)
canvas: painter’s fabric; conflicted: uncertain or torn
bloodshed: killing; violence
background emotionally
bloomy: negative
castigate: to disapprove of confound: confuse; baffle
blotto: drunk
casualty: victim; loss congregate: gather together
blue-blooded: majestic
caveat: warning, condition
, connoisseur: expert judge in conscience-stricken: remorseful, constraint: limitation, restraint
taste or art. sorry construe as: interpret as
conspicuous(ly): noticeable(ly)
contented: expressing dawdle: waste time; move deter: to discourage
happiness slowly deterrent: disincentive
contentious: polemic dazed: confused detriment(al): harm(ful)
conterminous(ly): sharing a deafening: extremely loud devoid of: lacking
boundary; contiguous dearth: shortage; lack devour: eat greedily.
contingent: common in a group debacle: disastrous failure differ: be unlike.
of people; unexpected debilitate: severely weaken diffident: shy
contrite: remorseful, sorry debunked: proven false dilapidated: in poor condition
convergence: the point at which deceit: dishonesty or trickery diminish: reduce; lessen
things unify deem: to judge or consider din: loud, unpleasant noise
cornerstone: essential element deepening: becoming more discern(ible): perceive(-able);
corroborate: confirm; support intense distinguish(able)
(evidence) deep-seated: firmly established discerning: showing good
counteract: neutralize; offset or ingrained judgement
counterpart: equivalent defeatist: negative disconcerting: unsettling;
person/thing deferential: polite causing unease or confusion
counterpoint: contrasting defiant: showing defiance, discordance: disagreement
complement resistant discrepancy: difference or
courageous: brave, bold defuse: to make a situation less inconsistency
courteous: polite tense disdain: contempt; scorn
degenerate: morally corrupt disentangle: to free from knots
covert: hidden or secret
person. or confusion
cowed: frightened
delectable: very tasty; delightful. disfigure: spoil appearance
cram: to study intensively in
delegate: to assign tasks to disgruntled: dissatisfied;
short time
craving: longing, yearning others annoyed
cringeworthy: extremely disheartening: dispiriting
deluded: misled or mentally
embarrassing or awkward dishonesty: lack of truthfulness.
deceived
crippling(ly): causing an dismal: very bad
deluge: flood; overwhelming
unsurmountable problem dismay: sudden disappointment
amount
or fear
crisp: brisk, firm, fresh, or clear.
demise: death or end dismemberment: cutting off
cross-pollination: beneficial
demystify: make easier to limbs; division
exchange of ideas
understand disobedient: refusing to follow
crouch: to squat; bend low
denizen: inhabitant or resident. rules.
crystallise (metaphorically):
denote: to signify or indicate. dispensation: special
become clear/defined
denunciation: public permission or exemption
culpably: blameworthily
condemnation dispirited: unhappy
culprit: guilty party; cause
dependable: reliable disprove: show to be false
curb: to limit or control
depicting: portraying; showing dispute: challenge; contest
curdled: separated into lumps
depletion: reduction; disregard: to ignore; discount
(food).
exhaustion disrupt: to interrupt; disturb
cursory: hasty; superficial.
deploy: to use sth in an effective dissent: disagreement
curtailing: reducing; limiting
way distrustful: suspicious; wary
cut-throat: ruthlessly
derelict: abandoned or ditch: to discard; abandon
competitive
neglected diversion: distraction; detour.
dainty: delicate (often related to
derogatory: disrespectful or divulge: reveal (information)
food)
insulting dodgy: suspicious or unreliable
damnation: eternal
punishment. desirous: lustful don: to put on (clothing)
daring: bold despair: complete hopelessness doom: bad situations
daunting: intimidating despondent: sad, down double-cross: to betray
GENERAL VOCABULARY
(un)assailable: (un)able to be abhorrent: repugnant;
(hard) graft: hard work attacked or challenged disgusting
(il)legible: (not) able to be read (un)assuming: (im)modest absent-minded(ly): forgetful(ly);
(im)plausibility: (un)believability (un)attainable: (not) able to be distracted(ly)
(in)competent: (not) having the reached or achieved abyss: deep chasm; void
necessary ability (un)avoidable: impossible to accelerate: speed up
(in)conceivable: (un)imaginable avoid accentuate: emphasize or
(in)congruous: (in)appropriate; (un)bearable: intolerable highlight
(un)fitting (un)controllable: (not) able to be acclaim: public praise or
(in)decipherable: (un)readable restrained approval.
(in)distinguishable: (not) able to (un)fathomable: (im)possible to accordingly: therefore; in that
be told apart understand manner
(in)edible: (not) fit to eat. (un)foreseen: (un)anticipated aching: longing, craving
(in)equitable: (un)fair (un)imaginable: (not) possible to acquiesce: to meet the
(in)escapable: unable to escape conceive demands
from (un)mitigated: (not) made less acquire: to obtain
(in)exhaustible: (in)capable of severe acrimonious: bitterly hostile
being used up (un)obtrusive: (not) noticeable acumen: keen insight/judgment
(in)surmountable: (im)possible or intrusive addled: confused
to overcome (un)palatable: (not) pleasant to adeptly: skillfully
(in)tangible: (not) physically taste adrift: without direction; floating
touchable (un)predictability: (un)certainty free
(ir)redeemable: (un)able to be of outcome advent: arrival; beginning
saved (un)predictable: (un)easily adventurous: brave, bold
(ir)repressible: (un)stoppable; predicted behaviour aforementioned: mentioned
(un)containable (un)questioning: with(out) earlier
(re)mortgage: to (re)borrow doubt/criticism agape: (of a person's mouth)
using property as security (un)scrupulous: (un)principled; wide open in surprise or
(to) advocate (for): to support or (un)ethical wonder
supporter (un)solvable: (im)possible to aggravating: making a problem
(un)abashed: remorseful, sorry solve more serious; annoying
(un)answerable: (im)possible to (un)witting(ly): (without)
respond to knowing or planning
(un)appreciative: (not) thankful abhor: to hate deeply or detest
or grateful
agonising: extremely painful or appalling: shocking or very bad assert: to state firmly or insist
distressing appreciatively: with assertion: confident statement
airy-fairy: unrealistic; gratitude/approval or claim
impractical. asset: valuable person or thing
apprehensive: worried, nervous
akin: similar assortment: mixed collection.
ardent: avid, fervent
albeit: although atrocious: brutal; of very poor
arduous: hard
alienate: estrange; turn away quality
arguably: possibly; it can be
align: to give support to sth attest: to confirm or verify truth
claimed.
alleviate: ease; relieve au fait: familiar; well-informed
array: wide variety;
alluring: attractive; enticing audacious: brave, bold
arrangement; large or varied
alter: to change or modify audible: able to be heard
group
amicable: friendly; peaceable avant-garde: new and
ascertain: find out; determine
apologetic: showing regret or experimental ideas
aspersion: damaging remark
sorry averse: strongly opposed to
,avert: prevent; avoid blueprint: detailed plan ceasefire: temporary stop to
avid: fervent, zealous blunt: bold fighting
awe-inspiring: astonishing; boast: to brag certitude: absolute certainty
impressive boastful: vain champion sth: vigorously
axe: cut; eliminate bode: to signal or predict support
backfire: have opposite effect (usually bad) charitable: kind
backwater: a place quite boon: a helpful benefit or charlatan: a fraud; someone
isolated from the world blessing pretending to have skills.
bait: lure; temptation bouffant: voluminous (hair) chary: shy
balmy: pleasantly warm boundless: limitless chunk: a thick, solid piece
bar: except; prevent bountiful: plentiful; abundant. circuitous: longer than the
barbed: sharply critical; cutting brainteaser: challenging puzzle direct route
barraged: bombarded or problem. circumvent: to avoid
barren: arid, unfruitful braise: cook slowly in liquid. cite: to make reference to sth
(ineffective) brazen(ness): bold(ness) cityscape: view of a city
bashful: shy (negative) classed: categorized or grouped
baste: pour liquid over food break-in: burglary; forced entry classify: arrange into categories
while cooking. brethren: brothers; fellow clean up (award context): win
be reminiscent of: makes you members many awards
remember sth brew: drink made by steeping clean-cut: respectable
bedrock: solid base; foundation (tea, beer). cliffhanger: suspenseful ending
befall: to happen (usually bad) briskness: quickness; energy clingy: overly dependent on
befriend: become friends with brusque: impulsive others.
befuddled: confused bucketful: large quantity clogged: blocked or obstructed
belittle: disparage; minimize budding: beginning to develop clueless: totally unaware or
bellow: shout loudly buff: fan ignorant
bemused: confused build-up of: gradual clutch: to hold
bequeath: pass on; leave in accumulation clutter: messy accumulation
one’s will bullish: optimistic coincide: to happen at the same
besmirched: sullied, tarnished bumpy: uneven or rough time
besotted: in love surface colossal: extremely large
bespoke: custom-made buoyant: optimistic combat: fight against
bewildered: confused burden: heavy commemorate: to honor the
bewildering: confusing responsibility/load memory of
bildungsroman: coming-of-age burnish: polish or improve commoditised: made common
novel (reputation) or commercial
blasé: unworried, relaxed bustling: busy, crowded commonplace: ordinary or
blatant(ly): done openly and butcher: slaughter; ruin (also unremarkable
unashamedly noun) compartmentalise: to divide
blazing: heated, flaming cadaverous: very pale, thin or into sections
bleak: unpromising bony compound: worsen; intensify
calamitous(ly): causing great conceal: hide
blemish: flaw; imperfection
conceited: vain
blend: mixture damage
concerted: joint, coordinated
blinkered: narrow-minded calibre: quality or ability level.
callous: insensitive effort
blissful: very happy
camaraderie: friendly solidarity concurrently: at the same time
blithe(ly): unworried, relaxed
canny: claver (especially in condemn: denounce strongly
bloat: to be swollen (often with
business) conducive: favourable
pride)
canvas: painter’s fabric; conflicted: uncertain or torn
bloodshed: killing; violence
background emotionally
bloomy: negative
castigate: to disapprove of confound: confuse; baffle
blotto: drunk
casualty: victim; loss congregate: gather together
blue-blooded: majestic
caveat: warning, condition
, connoisseur: expert judge in conscience-stricken: remorseful, constraint: limitation, restraint
taste or art. sorry construe as: interpret as
conspicuous(ly): noticeable(ly)
contented: expressing dawdle: waste time; move deter: to discourage
happiness slowly deterrent: disincentive
contentious: polemic dazed: confused detriment(al): harm(ful)
conterminous(ly): sharing a deafening: extremely loud devoid of: lacking
boundary; contiguous dearth: shortage; lack devour: eat greedily.
contingent: common in a group debacle: disastrous failure differ: be unlike.
of people; unexpected debilitate: severely weaken diffident: shy
contrite: remorseful, sorry debunked: proven false dilapidated: in poor condition
convergence: the point at which deceit: dishonesty or trickery diminish: reduce; lessen
things unify deem: to judge or consider din: loud, unpleasant noise
cornerstone: essential element deepening: becoming more discern(ible): perceive(-able);
corroborate: confirm; support intense distinguish(able)
(evidence) deep-seated: firmly established discerning: showing good
counteract: neutralize; offset or ingrained judgement
counterpart: equivalent defeatist: negative disconcerting: unsettling;
person/thing deferential: polite causing unease or confusion
counterpoint: contrasting defiant: showing defiance, discordance: disagreement
complement resistant discrepancy: difference or
courageous: brave, bold defuse: to make a situation less inconsistency
courteous: polite tense disdain: contempt; scorn
degenerate: morally corrupt disentangle: to free from knots
covert: hidden or secret
person. or confusion
cowed: frightened
delectable: very tasty; delightful. disfigure: spoil appearance
cram: to study intensively in
delegate: to assign tasks to disgruntled: dissatisfied;
short time
craving: longing, yearning others annoyed
cringeworthy: extremely disheartening: dispiriting
deluded: misled or mentally
embarrassing or awkward dishonesty: lack of truthfulness.
deceived
crippling(ly): causing an dismal: very bad
deluge: flood; overwhelming
unsurmountable problem dismay: sudden disappointment
amount
or fear
crisp: brisk, firm, fresh, or clear.
demise: death or end dismemberment: cutting off
cross-pollination: beneficial
demystify: make easier to limbs; division
exchange of ideas
understand disobedient: refusing to follow
crouch: to squat; bend low
denizen: inhabitant or resident. rules.
crystallise (metaphorically):
denote: to signify or indicate. dispensation: special
become clear/defined
denunciation: public permission or exemption
culpably: blameworthily
condemnation dispirited: unhappy
culprit: guilty party; cause
dependable: reliable disprove: show to be false
curb: to limit or control
depicting: portraying; showing dispute: challenge; contest
curdled: separated into lumps
depletion: reduction; disregard: to ignore; discount
(food).
exhaustion disrupt: to interrupt; disturb
cursory: hasty; superficial.
deploy: to use sth in an effective dissent: disagreement
curtailing: reducing; limiting
way distrustful: suspicious; wary
cut-throat: ruthlessly
derelict: abandoned or ditch: to discard; abandon
competitive
neglected diversion: distraction; detour.
dainty: delicate (often related to
derogatory: disrespectful or divulge: reveal (information)
food)
insulting dodgy: suspicious or unreliable
damnation: eternal
punishment. desirous: lustful don: to put on (clothing)
daring: bold despair: complete hopelessness doom: bad situations
daunting: intimidating despondent: sad, down double-cross: to betray
