Level C2 Word List

1 WORD LIST FOR LEVELC2 This publication has made use of the English Vocabulary Profile. This resource isbased on extensive research using the Cambridge Learner Corpus and is part of theEnglish Profile programme, which aims to provide evidence about language use thathelps to produce better language teaching for more electronically by Efthimios !Culturally Sensitive Word+ two objectsA verb that has two noun: a noun that has both singular and plural usually no plural or UCountable noun which usually has no plural or uncountable verb: a verb that has no verb: a verb that has an noun: noun with no plural form. Cannot be used with 'a', 'an', or 'one'.UKBritish EnglishUSAmerican EnglishabbreviationA short form of a word or word that describes a noun or word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective or other in a positive way, to show that you have a good opinion of someone or verbThe verbs 'be', 'have' and 'do' when combined with other verbs to make different nounAn adjective that always comes before a word used to join parts of a phrase or used before noun or adj to show which person or thing is being referred in a negative way, to show that you have a bad opinion of someone or word or phrase that you say loudly or suddenly to express strong in serious writing, or for communicating with people in a serious or polite in relaxed situations, for example with friends and family.

2 Used more in in books and poems, and not in ordinary verbVerb such as can, might, must. With another verb, shows an idea such as word that refers to a person, place, idea, event or passiveIn a passive verb/sentence, the subject does not do the action but is affected by pluralRefers to more than one person or verbVerb with an adverb or preposition, with meaning different from meaning of its to more than one person or used before noun, pronoun or -ing form of verb to show place, direction, word used instead of a noun, which has usually already been talked in connection with a particular area of work or sign, shape or object used to represent something word that describes an action, condition or abbreviationA short form of a word or phrase only used in writing56 Aable / e .bl /Word family:Nouns: ability, disability, inabilityVerbs: enableAdjectives: able, disabled, unableADJECTIVECLEVER clever or good at doing somethingDictionary example:She's a very able example:They contend that this will lead to better grades, better results in key stage test[s], and a more able work / b v/ADVERB.

3 PREPOSITIONTOO IMPORTANTtoo good or important for somethingDictionary example:No one is above suspicion in this / br pt/Word family:Adjectives: abruptAdverbs: abruptlyADJECTIVESUDDEN sudden and not expected7 Dictionary example:Our conversation came to an abrupt example:Their income came from the revenues obtained by selling milk, fruit, jelly and other perishable goods, but they had to pay John, or their happy lifestyle would come to an abrupt with people in a quick way that is unfriendly or rudeDictionary example:She has a rather abrupt example:I was poorly received and the general tone of the person assisting me was rude and / br family:Adjectives: abruptAdverbs: abruptlyADVERB suddenly and quicklyDictionary examples:They abruptly left the speech ended abruptly and he left the example:When she became an adolescent, her perspective changed /.

4 Lu family:Adjectives: absoluteAdverbs: absolutelyADVERBA bsolutely to strongly disagree with someone or to agree with something negativeDictionary example:"Are you suggesting that we should just ignore the problem?" "No, absolutely not."Learner example:Does it mean the parents will allow them to eat anything they please? Absolutely not. You have to give the children some options, instead of imposing things on / bju s/Word family:Nouns: abuseAdjectives: abusiveNOUNLANGUAGE! [U] rude and offensive words said to another personDictionary example:Rival fans shouted abuse at each example:I went all the way back cycling on the wrong side of the road, and anyone who said something about it could expect a stream of / bju s v/Word family:Nouns: abuseAdjectives: abusiveADJECTIVE saying rude and offensive words to someoneDictionary example:an abusive phone callLearner example:This is partly true, because even [a] slightly abusive expression might result in discord or [rupture]between seemingly close / k.

5 Dem. k/ADJECTIVECLEVER clever and good at studyingDictionary example:He's not very / k sel..re t/VERBVEHICLE[I] to move or cause yourself or a vehicle to move fasterDictionary example:The car in front accelerated and left us example:When I ride my bike and start accelerating, I feel that I move with the speed of the / k ses..bl /Word family:Nouns: accessVerbs: accessAdjectives: accessibleADJECTIVEUNDERSTAND easy to understandDictionary example:They are attempting to make opera accessible to a wider example:Jacques Prevert, the French poet, changed our way [of seeing] the world by making poetry accessible to / k .ni/VERB [T]MUSICto play music to support someone else who is playing or singingDictionary example:He accompanied me on the example:Last year, for instance, the concert became a recital: two singers performed Lieder by Schubert accompanied by the piano and by the sweet sound of Arimany's golden / k d/Word family:Nouns: accord, accordanceNOUNof your own accordIf you do something of your own accord, you choose to do it and no one else forces example:She left of her own example:She would go alone, but it was something that was chosen of her own / ka nt/Word family:Nouns: account, accountantNOUNon no account.

6 Not on any accountnot for any reason or in any situationDictionary example:On no account must these records be example:Mary did not want Martin to leave on any account, let alone move to a foreign for sth PHRASAL VERBto be the reason for something, or to explain the reason for somethingDictionary examples:Can you account for your absence last Friday?He'd had an argument with Caroline, which accounts for his bad mood this was asked to account for the missing example:I was at a loss for words when I tried to account for her behaviour, but I never ceased to consider her a very valuable / ka .bl /Word family:Verbs: accountAdjectives: accountableADJECTIVE [NEVER BEFORE NOUN]responsible for what you do and having to be able to explain your actionsDictionary examples:Hospitals must be held accountable for their should be accountable to the public that elects example:Finally, there should be a person who should be held accountable and [is] accessible to our / kju.

7 Mj le . n/Word family:Nouns: accumulationVerbs: accumulateNOUN [C or U]an amount of something that has been collectedDictionary example:Despite this accumulation of evidence, the government did example:What is success? For some it is the accumulation of pos[s]es[s]ions, for others it's fame, health, / e .k r/NOUN [C]a unit for measuring area, equal to 4047 square metresDictionary example:He's got 400 acres of land in example:We have to admit that, not only because of the financial weakness but also because of the badly organized plans, we failed to achieve the planting of 10,000 trees per / kr s/ADVERB; PREPOSITION across the boardhappening or having an effect on people at every Level and in every areaDictionary example:The improvement has been across the board, with all divisions reporting increased example:Children in separate schools get on with things regardless of it being work for boys or girls, whichcan be quite positive especially in today's lifestyles where chores are done across the / kt/Word family:Nouns: act, action, actorVerbs: actNOUNFALSE BEHAVIOUR[NO PLURAL] behaviour which hides your real feelings or intentionsDictionary example:Was she really upset or was that just an act?

8 Learner example:Sometimes what is put on display for the tourists is all an act and gives you a different impressionand opinion of the country and people, so it would be advisable to meet some local people like the butcher or baker and have a talk with your act together INFORMALto organize your activities so that you can make progressDictionary example:She's so disorganized - I wish she'd get her act example:He was determined to get his act together and try to find a solution to his / k. n/Word family:Nouns: act, action, actorVerbs: act13 NOUNFIGHTING[U] fighting in a warDictionary example:He was killed in example:It was a shock when she got to know that her husband had been killed in [NO PLURAL] a movement or natural processDictionary example:The rocks are smoothed by the action of example:The area of Sayago - in the Spanish province of Zamora - and Tras-os-Montes, in Portugal, are joined by a natural border: the river Duero and the rocky canyon that has been eroded for millionsof years by the action of the / d/Word family:Nouns: additionVerbs: addAdjectives: additionalAdverbs: additionallyVERBadd insult to injuryto make someone's bad situation worse by doing something else to upset themDictionary example:To add insult to injury, we had to pay for the damage!

9 Learner example:To add insult to injury, such an approach often turns out to be / dres/VERB [T]SPEAKFORMAL to speak to someone, or to give a speech to an audience14 Dictionary example:Today she will be addressing a major conference in example:He inhaled deeply before addressing the group DETAILSto write a name and address on an envelope or parcelDictionary example:A parcel arrived addressed to example:The envelope was addressed to / d e .s nt/ADJECTIVE FORMALIf two things are adjacent, they are next to each examples:The fire started in an adjacent live in a house adjacent to the example:Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you with regard to the recent proposal of the City Council to build a supermarket on land that is currently a local park, namely Cranleigh Gardens, adjacent to the Cranleigh housing estate, where I / d. l nt/NOUN [C]a young person who is between being a child and an adultDictionary example:Many adolescents are example:Children become adolescents with more freedom and yet more / s/ADJECTIVE FORMAL adverse conditions/effect(s)/impactthings that cause problems or dangerDictionary examples:adverse weather conditionsPollution levels like these will certainly have an adverse effect on price rise had an adverse impact on example:However, we should bear in mind that tourism could have an adverse effect on the local [T] /.

10 Ke t/to express support for a particular idea or way of doing thingsDictionary example:I certainly wouldn't advocate the use of example:Just like Mahatma Gandhi, who advocated non-violent methods of struggle, Picasso struggled against fascism [by] peaceful means, namely with his [C] / .k t/someone who supports a particular idea or way of doing thingsDictionary example:He has always been an advocate of space example:Advocates of international tourism subscribe to the view that mass tourism offer[s] benefits to thewhole / fek. n. t/Word family:Nouns: affectionAdjectives: affectionateADJECTIVE showing that you like or love someone16 Dictionary examples:an affectionate childHe's very example:She is attentive and affectionate, but most of all she is a sweet / f d/Word family:Verbs: affordAdjectives: unaffordableVERB cannot affordIf you cannot afford to do something, it is impossible for you to do it without causing example:We can't afford to take that example:We cannot afford to lose our national and global / r/PREPOSITIONNAMED FORused when giving someone or something the same name as another person or thingDictionary example:It was called the Biko building, after the famous South example:I called her Lena after my / ge n/ADVERB then/there againused when adding a fact to something you have just said17 Dictionary example.