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ELELex CEFR B1

2655 words, in teaching order

Words 901–1000
devolución
return; refund; devolution
Noun
protestante
Protestant
Adjective
rígido
rigid, stiff; rigorous, strict, hidebound
Adjective
sustituto
substitute
Noun
nominación
nomination
Noun
hada
fairy; one of the Fates
Noun
ceja
eyebrow; rim, edge; fret; capotasto; clearing (in the woods, in clouds, etc.)
Noun
mortalidad
mortality
Noun
podcast
podcast
Noun
cosechar
to harvest
Verb
light
light (low in fat, calories, salt, alcohol, etc.); light (low in tar, nicotine and other noxious chemicals); Lacking substance or seriousness; lite
Adjective
mensajero
messenger
Noun
debajo
underneath; below
Adverb
platicar
to chat, to talk
Verb
estereotipo
stereotype
Noun
sustancial
substantial; basic, fundamental
Adjective
mercurio
mercury
Noun
incitar
to incite, to provoke, to egg on
Verb
fidelidad
fidelity; loyalty
Noun
cuidadoso
careful; cautious
Adjective
faro
lighthouse; beacon; headlight, headlamp (of a vehicle); light (bicycle accessory)
Noun
selectivo
selective, choosy
Adjective
maldecir
to damn, to curse
Verb
lamer
to lick (stroke with the tongue); to lick (lap; take in with the tongue)
Verb
veterinario
veterinarian, vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon
Noun
feroz
fierce, ferocious, wild
Adjective
proporcional
proportional
Adjective
sudor
sweat
Noun
bíblico
biblical
Adjective
espantoso
ghastly, gruesome, dreadful, awful, godawful, horrific, horrendous, horrible, terrible; frightful, frightening, scary, fearful, terrifying, shocking; hideous, appalling, atrocious, horrid
Adjective
azteca
Aztec; Mexican, related to Mexico
Adjective
verso
verse, poem; verse, line (of a poem); verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page); verso, left-hand page; small culverin (kind of cannon); lie, story, porky
Noun
trascender
to transcend, to go beyond
Verb
escupir
to spit, to spit out (evacuate saliva or another substance from the mouth); to cough up
Verb
rigor
rigour
Noun
puñado
handful, fistful; a lot
Noun
resultante
resultant
Adjective
insignificante
insignificant; paltry, negligible, trivial, trifling, petty
Adjective
arteria
artery
Noun
sequía
drought
Noun
galardonar
to award
Verb
conmover
to affect, move, touch
Verb
evadir
to evade; to flee
Verb
constatar
to verify, confirm
Verb
remontar
to frighten away; to overcome; to elevate; to repair; to go up (a river); (+ a) to date back (to), to go back to, to be traced back (to a point in the past); to come back, to fight back, to pull back (e.g. a goal)
Verb
perjudicial
detrimental
Adjective
leña
firewood, wood (pieces of wood gathered to burn as fuel); kindling
Noun
incomodar
to bother; to annoy; to vex; to cause discomfort to someone, make uncomfortable; to inconvenience; to feel uncomfortable
Verb
psiquiatra
psychiatrist
Noun
contrabando
contraband, smuggled goods (goods); smuggling (activity); bootleg, bootlegging
Noun
colocación
placement, positioning; collocation
Noun
resurrección
resurrection
Noun
consuelo
solace; consolation
Noun
perverso
bad, mean, wicked; perverse (of desires etc); perverted
Adjective
anterioridad
anteriority
Noun
cuidado
care (close attention; concern); care (maintenance, upkeep); care (the treatment of those in need)
Noun
atributo
attribute
Noun
despido
layoff, dismissal
Noun
enfriar
to cool, chill; to get cold; to kill
Verb
banquero
banker (conducting the business of a bank); banker (dealer in a gambling house)
Noun
indefinido
indefinite (without limits); undefined (lacking a definition); undefined (that does not have a meaning); undecided, uncertain; indefinite (which specifies an undetermined object)
Adjective
vagón
train car; railroad car; railway carriage
Noun
cocer
to boil; to cook (only used in situations where the food being prepared is submitted to fire; such as through the processes of boiling, simmering or steaming anything; or baking bread slowly in an oven); to brew; to chafe (get sore)
Verb
franquista
Franquist (pertaining to Francisco Franco)
Adjective
graduación
graduation
Noun
medioambiental
environmental
Adjective
porquería
crap, trash, filth, junk, rubbish; nonsense
Noun
sirviente
servant
Noun
calentamiento
warming; warm-up
Noun
botín
booty, loot, haul; swag; boot
Noun
adorno
decoration, adornment, ornament
Noun
punk
punk (a member of the punk movement or fan of punk rock)
Noun
ajuste
adjustment, fine-tuning; fit; setting (e.g. in a mobile phone)
Noun
vara
rod, pole (a long thin stick); rod (a thin cane or branch); rod (a staff of office); lance; vara, a Spanish rod or yard (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 83.7 cm); vara, a square vara (a traditional unit of area equivalent to about 0.7 m²); yardstick (a straight-edge tool for measuring length); yardstick (a standard used to establish a baseline for measurements or comparisons)
Noun
clausurar
to close; to condemn
Verb
anciano
an elderly person
Noun
ficticio
fictitious; fictional
Adjective
pinchar
to puncture, prick, pierce; to poke; to sting; to click; to flirt; to get flirted; to deejay, DJ; to tap someone's phone (call up by telephone and suspend before a conversation is initiated in order to make the receiver call back); putting some tool for hearing in secret private conversation by phone; eavesdropping; to slip up (fail); …
Verb
concienciar
to learn, to become aware of; to make someone aware; to raise awareness
Verb
superioridad
superiority (betterness)
Noun
suscriptor
executor; subscriber (person who subscribes to a publication)
Noun
fray
friar
Noun
balanza
balance, scale (device used to measure weight); comparative estimate, judgment; Libra
Noun
asesoría
consultancy; consultant's office
Noun
aclaración
clarification, explanation; correction made to the text of a judgment (due to clerical error, mistake of law, etc.)
Noun
erupción
eruption; rash
Noun
conferir
bestow (to present a thing as a gift or honour); confer
Verb
aterrizaje
landing (of an airplane)
Noun
comunión
communion; Communion
Noun
recital
recital; gig, concert
Noun
infeliz
unhappy; unfortunate
Adjective
optimismo
optimism
Noun
abad
abbot
Noun
caricatura
caricature (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect); animated cartoon (especially in plural)
Noun
burocracia
bureaucracy
Noun
encaminar
to direct, to guide; to put on the right track; to be on the right track; to head towards
Verb
forense
forensic (relating to the scientific investigation of evidence for a court of law)
Adjective
ingenio
genius, wit, ingeniousness (faculty to reason and invent quickly); intuition, creative faculty; skill, cleverness; sense of humor; machine, device; war machine; mill, esp. a sugar mill; instrument used by bookbinders to cut the edge of books
Noun
chorro
flow; jet; tap; faucet; ton, tons; bunch; pile; diarrhea; a poor person, ghetto, a criminal; coin purse; thief
Noun
mozo
boy, lad, young man, youth; servant, helper, steward, manservant; waiter, server; cat, tomcat
Noun