C2 Level English Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary Study Notes - C2 Level English

• Aberration: A departure from what is normal or usual; abnormality, oddity. (e.g., "owing to a strange mental aberration...")
• Acumen: The ability to make good judgments; intelligence, astuteness, discernment. (e.g., "he demonstrated considerable business acumen...")
• Aggrandize: To make something more powerful or important; elevate, glorify, promote. (e.g., "a community shall not aggrandize itself...")
• Ambivalent: Having two opposing feelings at the same time; undecided, uncertain, wavering. (e.g., "...full of dark imagery and ambivalent characters...")
• Arbitrary: Based on random choice or personal whim; inconsistent, aimless, haphazard. (e.g., "...although arbitrary arrests are illegal...")
• Barren: Not producing or unable to produce plants; desolate, infertile, unproductive. (e.g., "...that remote barren land...")
• Beguile: To entertain and convince by flattery; mislead, deceive, hoodwink. (e.g., "...she was cunning in after beguile her boyfriend...")
• Convivial: Pleasant and friendly in manner or attitude; good-humored, amiable, cordial. (e.g., "...if you were more convivial to your employees...")
• Commensurate: Corresponding in size or degree; in proportion; equivalent, matching. (e.g., "...the salary and fringe benefits will be commensurate with age and experience...")
• Concomitant: Existing or occurring at the same time; coincident, coexisting, concurrent. (e.g., "...cultures that were better at trading saw a concomitant increase...")
• Callous: Without sympathy or feeling for other people; unfeeling, inhumane, merciless. (e.g., "...the old lady was a callous woman...")
• Camaraderie: Mutual trust and friendship among people; fellowship, brotherhood, solidarity. (e.g., "...they have developed a real camaraderie...")
• Circumlocution: A complicated way of expressing something; ambiguity, vagueness, obscurity. (e.g., "...the lawyer made use of circumlocution to...")
• Dearth: A scarcity or lack of something; deficiency, paucity, scarcity. (e.g., "...because there was a dearth of evidence...")
• Delicacy: Something especially rare or expensive; elegance, dignity, majesty. (e.g., "...these objects are very old and should be treated with great delicacy...")
• Debunk: To show that an idea or belief is false; disprove, challenge, negate. (e.g., "...the article published in the newspaper...")
• Dogmatic: To follow a set of rules in an arrogant manner; doctrinaire, adamant, emphatic. (e.g., "...he refused to listen to others...")
• Ephemeral: Something fleeting or short-lived; temporary, fleeting, transitory. (e.g., "...the loud thunderstorm was ephemeral...")
• Empirical: Based on observation or practical experience; pragmatic, experimental, factual. (e.g., "...this book attempts to present a large mass of empirical evidence...")
• Endeavor: An effort or attempt to do something; attempt, undertaking, exercise. (e.g., "...there have been great advances in the field of scientific endeavor...")
• Enormity: Something extreme, almost beyond comprehension; hugeness, immensity, dreadfulness. (e.g., "...the enormity of the racial crime...")
• Exacerbate: To make something that is already bad worse; aggravate, worsen, infuriate. (e.g., "...their angry comments have exacerbated tensions...")
• Fathom: Understand something complicated or mysterious; comprehend, understand, discern. (e.g., "...I couldn't fathom their reasons...")
• Homogeneous: Of the same or a similar kind or nature; identical, analogous, congruent. (e.g., "...we prefer working and socializing with...")
• Hubris: Excessive pride or self-confidence; pompousness, arrogance, haughtiness. (e.g., "...it is thought that hubris...")
• Instigate: To cause something to happen or begin; provoke, stimulate, arouse. (e.g., "...the administration will instigate new measures...")
• Iconoclast: Someone who opposes society's beliefs or customs; dissident, non-conformist, bohemian. (e.g., "...the successful entrepreneur is an iconoclast...")
• Idiosyncratic: Having strange or unusual ways of behaving; peculiar, eccentric, outlandish. (e.g., "...it is difficult to evaluate different cultures...")
• Inundate: To cover an area with a large amount of water; submerge, overflow, overwhelm. (e.g., "...our neighborhood is being inundated by the rising Waters...")
• Laconic: Using few words in speech or writing; reticent, reserved, elliptical. (e.g., "...the writer was laconic when drafting...")
• Leverage: Use something to maximum advantage; support, advantage, dominance. (e.g., "...if the United Nations had more troops...")
• Mendacious: One who tells lies habitually and intentionally; fraudulent, dishonest, untruthful. (e.g., "...some of these statements are misleading...")
• Mundane: Very ordinary and therefore not interesting; ordinary, commonplace, humdrum. (e.g., "...the science experiment would be more interesting...")
• Obdurate: Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; obstinate, stubborn, unyielding. (e.g., "...the judge was obdurate and gave him a 20-year sentence...")
• Panacea: A solution for all problems or difficulties; remedy, magic formula, cure. (e.g., "...unfortunately there is no Panacea...")
• Paramount: Very important; of highest rank or importance; predominant, leading, foremost. (e.g., "...personal responsibility and accountability are Paramount...")
• Paradigm: A distinct set of concepts or thought patterns; model, archetype, prototype. (e.g., "...after the terrorist attack...")
• Plethora: A large or excessive amount of something; profusion, plenty, myriad. (e.g., "...since the recent elections there has been a plethora...")
• Phenomenon: An extraordinary occurrence or situation; happening, circumstance, incident. (e.g., "...there's evidence to suggest that child abuse is not just a recent phenomenon")
• Promulgate: To announce new ideas and beliefs publicly; broadcast, proclaim, disseminate. (e.g., "...the actor makes use of social media to...")
• Reminiscent: Awakening memories of something similar; evocative, suggestive, nostalgic. (e.g., "...this tale is perhaps reminiscent of...")
• Sagacity: Good judgment based on practical knowledge; wisdom, intelligence, learning. (e.g., "...because of their professor sagacity in teaching...")
• Serendipity: A seeming gift for finding something good; chance, fortune, coincidence. (e.g., "...it had to be Serendipity...")
• Surreptitious: Done secretly without anyone seeing or knowing; clandestine, stealthy, secret. (e.g., "...surreptitious have now been leaked...")
• Taboo: Prescribed by society as improper or unacceptable; forbidden, prohibited, banned. (e.g., "...questions and problems that were once taboo...")
• Travesty: An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation; mockery, distortion, falsification. (e.g., "...not allowing her to speak...")
• Ubiquitous: Present, appearing, or found everywhere; worldwide, prevalent, widespread. (e.g., "...because of the internet...")
• Unanimous: Having the agreement and consent of all; harmonious, congenial, like-minded. (e.g., "...the unanimous consent...")
• Vigilant: Keeping careful watch for possible danger; watchful, circumspect, observant. (e.g., "...the conservation organization is ever vigilant...")
• Whimsical: Acting or behaving in a playful manner; fanciful, imaginative, humorous. (e.g., "...the author turned out to be as whimsical...")