ELELex CEFR B2

vertiginous (pertaining or related to vertigo); dizzying, vertiginous, giddy (inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, or dizzyness); suffering from vertigo

Adjective

devenir

coming, future

Noun

enredo

confusion, chaos; machination; wrap, skirt

Noun

melena

mane (longer hair growth around head of male lions); melena

Noun

marcador

scoreboard; bookmark; marker (a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome); marker, sharpie (a felt-tipped pen)

Noun

maleducado

bad-mannered, ill-mannered, rude

Adjective

liberador

liberator

Noun

alberca

water tank; swimming pool

Noun

heroísmo

heroism; a heroic action or deed

Noun

cuenco

bowl

Noun

apaciguar

to pacify, to appease, to defuse, to placate, to mollify, to ease, to allay, to assuage; to calm down

Verb

oratoria

oratory

Noun

vacuno

bovine

Adjective

predisposición

predisposition

Noun

papelera

paper mill (a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients); wastepaper basket, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin; trash, (in Microsoft Windows) recycle bin

Noun

amasar

to knead; to amass (accumulate)

Verb

depuración

purification, depuration, treatment; cleansing; purge; debugging

Noun

campiña

countryside

Noun

suplementario

supplementary

Adjective

depurar

to purify; to debug

Verb

armonioso

harmonious; balanced, proportionate

Adjective

pijo

snobby, posh, exhibiting stereotypical upper class behaviour

Adjective

retroactivo

retroactive

Adjective

floreciente

blooming

Adjective

desahuciar

to evict; to give up (a lost cause, a terminal patient etc.)

Verb

erguir

to elevate, lift up, erect; to tower over, stand

Verb

desnudez

nudity, nakedness

Noun

artritis

arthritis

Noun

profesionalidad

professionalism

Noun

ovación

ovation

Noun

silbido

whistling, whistle

Noun

gallinero

henhouse, chicken coop; kip (very untidy house or room); nosebleed section; madhouse, bedlam, noisy gathering (a chaotic, uproarious, noisy place); one who treats in hens

Noun

ineludible

unavoidable; unmissable

Adjective

impostor

impostor (someone who uses a false identity)

Noun

ultimátum

ultimatum

Noun

directivo

director, executive

Noun

listón

lath; strip; batten, slat; bar, crossbar; bar, standard (level to overcome); ribbon

Noun

dinamita

dynamite

Noun

competer

to correspond (to), fall (to)

Verb

cónico

conic

Adjective

provocativo

provocative

Adjective

hélice

helix; propeller

Noun

arquetipo

archetype

Noun

concienciación

act of raising awareness

Noun

oval

oval (shaped like an oval)

Adjective

nítido

pure, clear, clean; clear, distinct

Adjective

bombear

to pump; to bomb; to cheat; to steal (something)

Verb

fiasco

fiasco

Noun

versátil

versatile

Adjective

hacendado

owner of an hacienda

Adjective

achacar

to attribute (something to someone); to blame

Verb

degenerado

degenerate; perverted

Adjective

soplo

a sigh, a puff, a blow; an exhalation; news; word; murmur (sound made by turbulent blood flow); tip-off

Noun

nitrato

nitrate

Noun

pellejo

skin, hide; skin; wineskin

Noun

caparazón

carapace (a hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal); caparison; shell; nosebag

Noun

amoniaco

ammonia

Noun

veraniego

pertaining to the summer; summery, summerly; trivial

Adjective

embellecer

to embellish, beautify, gussy up, dress up, make beautiful; to become beautiful

Verb

insatisfacción

dissatisfaction

Noun

interconexión

interconnection

Noun

arraigo

rooting; tradition; property; real-estate

Noun

labrar

to work; to carve, to craft; to plough

Verb

contrapunto

counterpoint; flipside; artistic face-off

Noun

autosuficiente

self-sufficient

Adjective

convencimiento

persuasion, convincing

Noun

caradura

cheeky, shameless

Adjective

manosear

to fondle, paw, feel up; to fuss with, to meddle with (to handle something ignorantly)

Verb

criadero

a nursery or a place for breeding plants or animals, especially livestock and seedlings

Noun

ingente

great, considerable, enormous

Adjective

perseverar

to persevere

Verb

talle

size (dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is); waist, waistline (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach; its circumference); figure, shape (shape of a human body)

Noun

prepotente

overbearing; arrogant

Adjective

plagiar

to plagiarize, to rip off; to capture, abduct, kidnap

Verb

llavero

keyring, keychain, keyfob; key holder (a holder for keys for wall); keyholder, claviger (person in charge of keys for a given location)

Noun

lumbar

lumbar

Adjective

abocar

to pour from one container to another; to seize or grab with the mouth; to focus, to concentrate; to end up

Verb

causal

causal

Adjective

idiosincrasia

idiosyncrasy

Noun

garrote

garrote (something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation); club, cudgel; torniquet; line break, gap; bulge

Noun

ideólogo

ideologue, ideologist

Noun

ozono

ozone

Noun

reunificación

reunification (act or process of reunifying)

Noun

bolita

marble (small spherical ball used as a toy); Bolivian

Noun

murmullo

murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering, mumble, mumbling; a rustling noise, susurrus

Noun

radiador

heater; radiator

Noun

palmero

someone who claps rhythmically in flamenco performances; an unconditional/dyed-in-the-wool/diehard fan/supporter; toadeater, sycophant, toady; native or inhabitant of La Palma (usually male)

Noun

pastizal

grassland, pasture (land covered with grass); mint, bundle, (UK) packet, an arm and a leg (large amount of money)

Noun

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