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1898 words, in teaching order

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Words 1701–1800
cucharón
ladle (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle); scoop, large spoon, soup spoon
Noun
ERE
layoff (dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortag)
Noun
ultramarino
food product, foodstuff, grocery
Noun
afilador
blade sharpener, whetstone, hone; womanizer; pencil sharpener
Noun
toquetear
to handle; fiddle (with); to touch up
Verb
descolocar
to misplace, lose; to mess up, put out of order
Verb
colista
team bottom of a league; queuer
Noun
patinete
kick scooter; push scooter; scooter
Noun
bailaor
flamenco dancer
Noun
mustio
wilted, withered; sad, gloomy
Adjective
descomprimir
to decompress; to unzip, decompress
Verb
policromo
varicolored (US), varicoloured (UK)
Adjective
gabacho
Pyrenean; Gallic, frenchified
Adjective
acorazado
battleship; dreadnought
Noun
escribiente
scribe, scrivener; clerk; author
Noun
calza
stocking, sock; legging
Noun
heroicidad
heroicness; a heroic deed
Noun
trapezoidal
trapezoidal
Adjective
rentabilizar
to make profitable
Verb
batiente
banging, hitting
Adjective
chacarero
chacarero (farmer); chacarero (sandwich)
Noun
rabillo
corner (of the eye); small tail; tail (on a note)
Noun
arcabuz
harquebus, musket; harquebusier
Noun
glotón
gluttonous
Adjective
americanismo
Americanism (linguistic feature), as; A feature encountered in the Spanish spoken in any of various countries of the Americas.; A feature encountered in the Spanish spoken in the United States of America: angloamericanismo.
Noun
nudismo
nudism
Noun
córtex
cortex
Noun
irrealidad
unreality
Noun
patrullera
patrol boat
Noun
vinagreta
vinaigrette
Noun
vaticinio
prediction
Noun
acrónimo
acronym
Noun
bedel
janitor; porter
Noun
mormón
Mormon
Noun
boj
box (tree), boxwood
Noun
gratinar
to grill, toast
Verb
monocromo
monochrome (having only one color)
Adjective
cosificar
to reify; to objectify
Verb
clavadista
diver
Noun
cristianización
Christianization
Noun
sofisma
sophism
Noun
prendedor
button (a badge worn on clothes); barrette
Noun
cítara
zither (musical instrument)
Noun
influenciable
easily influenced or persuaded; influenceable
Adjective
córdoba
córdoba
Noun
bandazo
swerve, sudden movement, jolt
Noun
pacense
of, from or relating to Badajoz
Adjective
albaceteño
of, from or relating to Albacete
Adjective
descompensar
to unbalance
Verb
perfidia
perfidy
Noun
descendimiento
descent
Noun
ferrovial
railroad
Adjective
fineza
act of kindness; compliment; delicacy, finesse
Noun
pescadilla
striped weakfish (Cynoscion striatus); whiting (Merlangius merlangus); fried fish taco (using whiting, tuna, red snapper, cod, etc.)
Noun
mensurable
measurable
Adjective
precalentar
to preheat
Verb
arado
plough
Noun
sensiblero
maudlin, sappy, cheesy (being overdramatic, excessively emotional)
Adjective
arrasador
crushing, destructive
Adjective
habichuela
bean plant; bean seed; green bean
Noun
vocear
to shout
Verb
transfigurar
to transfigure
Verb
enamoradizo
tenderhearted (that falls in love easily)
Adjective
ambulatorio
outpatient clinic
Noun
resentir
only used in se ... resentir, syntactic variant of resentirse
Verb
compenetración
getting along, mutual sympathy
Noun
picoso
spicy
Adjective
exprimidor
squeezer (instrument)
Noun
jabonar
to soap up; to lather; to soap oneself up
Verb
amasijo
jumble, mishmash, hodgepodge
Noun
decimosegundo
twelfth
Adjective
muermo
glanders; a bore; boredom; drug-induced lethargy; Eucryphia cordifolia, a South American tree.
Noun
surfero
surfer
Noun
desembarazar
to clear, rid, get rid of; to get rid of
Verb
academicismo
academicism (traditional or orthodox formalism)
Noun
fisionomía
physiognomy, appearance
Noun
hortofrutícola
fruit and vegetable farming
Adjective
aguileño
aquiline
Adjective
mailing
mailing list
Noun
ensaladera
salad bowl
Noun
retrucar
to retort
Verb
rafia
raffia
Noun
olmeda
elm grove
Noun
lenca
Lenca
Noun
gastrónomo
gastronome; gourmet (a person who appreciates good food)
Noun
palimpsesto
palimpsest
Noun
tronchar
to snap off; to crack, to split; to laugh out loud, to crack up (usually used in the expression troncharse de risa)
Verb
bechamel
béchamel
Noun
glasear
to glaze
Verb
cachaza
slowness; patience
Noun
extracomunitario
non-EU immigrant or citizen
Noun
metonimia
metonymy
Noun
tirio
Tyrian
Adjective
galicismo
Gallicism
Noun
reenganchar
to rehook; reattach; to recall to service; to get hooked again
Verb
grapadora
stapler
Noun
covacha
small cave; small or poor dwelling; hovel; junk room; doghouse
Noun
malaquita
malachite
Noun
madurativo
made mature
Adjective
magdaleniense
Magdalenian (later cultures of the Upper Paleolithic)
Adjective