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ELELex CEFR B2

1898 words, in teaching order

Words 1501–1600
agigantar
to exaggerate
Verb
coproducción
coproduction
Noun
montante
a two-handed sword; total (original amount of money plus interest); window over the door to a room; fanlight; pieces that form the outline of the stern; wall stud
Noun
preponderancia
preponderance; superiority
Noun
rehuir
to avoid; to shun, shrink, retreat (withdraw or retire, as from danger)
Verb
maloliente
smelly, foul-smelling
Adjective
subjuntivo
subjunctive
Adjective
descalzar
to take off (a shoe); to take off one's shoes
Verb
lacustre
lake; lacustrine
Adjective
oftalmología
ophthalmology
Noun
mogollón
a lot; a shitton
Adverb
dispar
disparate; uneven; bumpy; inhomogeneous, mixed, diverse
Adjective
invariable
invariable
Adjective
paje
page, pageboy; cabin boy
Noun
colindar
to adjoin
Verb
filmografía
filmography
Noun
fulminar
to strike down
Verb
agobio
bother, annoyance
Noun
desfase
mismatch, difference, gap; phase difference, phase mismatch; dephasing; time difference, time mismatch; jetlag; freak out, drop out
Noun
manuscribir
to handwrite; autograph
Verb
triplete
treble (a team that wins three competitions in the same season); hat trick (three goals scored by one player in a game); triple
Noun
hollín
soot
Noun
encumbrar
to climb; to scale (a peak); to extol; to pile up; to build up
Verb
canonizar
to canonize; to approve (of)
Verb
transformador
transformer (a device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity)
Noun
ajustable
adjustable
Adjective
destartalado
ramshackle, dilapidated
Adjective
pipi
louse
Noun
oligopolio
oligopoly
Noun
trasvase
diversion (of water, funds)
Noun
mundillo
circle, group; warming pan; pad or cushion used to make lace; Viburnum opulus (guelder rose, water elder, snowball tree)
Noun
oficioso
officious; unofficial
Adjective
carcomer
to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually); to waste away, to be consumed
Verb
denostar
to insult
Verb
barrendero
street sweeper
Noun
profesionalizar
to professionalize
Verb
esquimal
Eskimo
Noun
ajetreo
toil, hard work; bustle
Noun
críptico
cryptic
Adjective
extrañeza
strangeness; astonishment; surprise
Noun
sirope
syrup
Noun
desabrochar
to unbutton
Verb
idilio
idyll
Noun
alcanzable
attainable; achievable
Adjective
eclosión
hatching, eclosion
Noun
irremediable
irremediable
Adjective
apostillar
to annotate; to chime in
Verb
enrejado
trellis; lattice
Noun
bisonte
bison
Noun
biodegradable
biodegradable
Adjective
aparatoso
showy, lavish, flamboyant, meretricious; spectacular
Adjective
noruego
a Norwegian; Norwegian (language)
Noun
tesón
tenacity
Noun
malherir
to injure fatally, mortally wound
Verb
comprobable
provable; verifiable
Adjective
melaza
molasses
Noun
hiperactivo
hyperactive
Adjective
reutilizable
reusable
Adjective
patilla
sideburn; arm, sidepiece (of glasses); watermelon
Noun
potenciación
strengthening
Noun
conjuntivitis
conjunctivitis
Noun
cantaor
flamenco singer
Noun
sagaz
sagacious, prudent, visionary; acute; astute; proficient at dragging prey; markedly clairvoyant
Adjective
automoción
automotive industry; automotive science, automotive engineering
Noun
fustigar
to whip
Verb
cohesionar
to unite
Verb
alcista
upward, rising, bull-, bullish
Adjective
embestida
charge (violent move); charge; onslaught
Noun
descentralizar
to decentralize (reduce the power of a governing body)
Verb
extenuante
strenuous; exhausting, grueling
Adjective
unifamiliar
single-family
Adjective
castizo
pure-bred; pure, original, fully-fledged; pure; having 3/4 white and 1/4 American Indian ancestry
Adjective
adiposo
adipose (containing, composed of, or consisting of fat)
Adjective
soltería
singlehood
Noun
mousse
mousse
Noun
palacete
small palace, mansion, villa
Noun
colágeno
collagen; younger partner
Noun
lagar
a vat in which olives, grapes or apples are pressed
Noun
terso
smooth, polished; soft
Adjective
multilingüe
polyglot; multilingual (able to speak multiple languages); multilingual (using or pertaining to multiple languages)
Adjective
conminar
to threaten
Verb
huérfano
orphan
Noun
indisciplina
indiscipline
Noun
guisado
stew; casserole (meal)
Noun
vicesecretario
vice-secretary
Noun
bungalow
bungalow
Noun
lameculos
ass-licker (US), arse-licker (UK), asskisser, (US), arse-kisser (UK), brown noser, toady, sycophant, yes man
Noun
tablilla
tablet; splint; license plate
Noun
irritabilidad
irritability
Noun
claroscuro
chiaroscuro
Noun
cigarra
cicada; locust
Noun
tocadiscos
record player
Noun
alcazaba
a Moorish fortress within or beside a walled city
Noun
carbónico
carbonic
Adjective
desasosiego
anxiety, distress; agitation, unrest
Noun
telespectador
television viewer, televiewer
Noun
quite
the action of removal; a swerve or sidestep
Noun
irreductible
irreducible; irrepressible, unstopped
Adjective
indoeuropeo
Indoeuropean
Adjective
deshumanizar
to dehumanize
Verb