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ELELex CEFR C1

1694 words, in teaching order

Words 1201–1300

invertebrate (lacking backbone)

Adjective

evocative

Adjective

estuary

Noun

intrusive

Adjective

kimono

Noun

ovation; ceremony of public appreciation

Noun

hydration

Noun

to dynamite (to blow up with dynamite or other high explosive)

Verb

deafening; enormous, spectacular, epic

Adjective

scale (of a fish or reptile); flake (of dead skin)

Noun

watchmaker, clockmaker

Noun

domino mask, eyemask; sleep mask

Noun

Mozarabic

Adjective

despotic

Adjective

to arrange hierarchically

Verb

possessed (by the devil); diabolic, devilish

Adjective

Babylonian

Adjective

to sob

Verb

seeding (event of a plant's production of seeds); cochineal; kermes (insect genus); burgundy, dark red (color/colour)

Noun

unsteady; uncertain

Adjective

to fertilize

Verb

to irritate; to enjoy causing pain or discomfort

Verb

koala

Noun

trickle; trail, wake, string, series; mess, clutter (group of things in a disorganised state); disorder; irrigation ditch

Noun

ruckus; uproar; confusion; hassle; applause; cheering; jaleo (lively Andalusian dance)

Noun

fish tank; aquarium

Noun

antiinflamatorio

anti-inflammatory

Adjective

usufruct

Noun

cyclops

Noun

irreconciliable

irreconcilable

Adjective

to ban, prohibit

Verb

overtaking, passing (a vehicle); progress, advancement, improvement; rescheduling for an earlier date

Noun

dissension; an act of dissent; a fight or altercation

Noun

dragonfly

Noun

pulque (alcoholic beverage)

Noun

insemination

Noun

tessitura (vocal range of a singer); situation, position (combination of factors or circumstances)

Noun

feather duster; pencil case

Noun

to dissociate, to disassociate, to decouple, to separate

Verb

to besmirch; to taint; to sully

Verb

spur, ridge, buttress (protruding part of mountains)

Noun

outlandish, oddball; shabby, slovenly

Adjective

demonstrable

Adjective

to whitewash (to paint with a lime and water mixture); to throw a ball or other object to a high and hard-to-reach place (roof, balcony, tree) and have it get stuck there

Verb

scruff of the neck; neck (neck of animal)

Noun

effort, zeal, determination

Noun

desorganización

disorganization

Noun

ashen; cendrée

Adjective

to blur

Verb

sob

Noun

to barter; to turn into; become (usually for negative changes)

Verb

contraindicación

contraindication

Noun

confirmed bachelor, old bachelor (older man uninterested in committed relationships)

Noun

work, especially maintenance and involving manual labor, of little importance; odd job; jury-rigged; something poorly done; botched job, shoddy work, botch; cheat, trick, cheating, deceit (specially in sports, games, gambling, elections, seldom in commerce, almost never in sentimental relationships)

Noun

confetti

Noun

Ramadan

Noun

the cooperative movement

Noun

Mister (title used in writing, when addressing certain people with the rank of excelencia)

Adjective

small boat or dinghy (especially one used by illegal immigration to cross the Mediterranean Sea)

Noun

geophysical

Adjective

to cause to blush; to blush

Verb

vassalage

Noun

petrous; stony; rocky; stone

Adjective

staff; pentagram

Noun

combustible material; fire (matter that has produced or is capable of producing fire); light produced by fire; luminosity, clearness

Noun

alley; passage, passageway; pretext

Noun

to cage, imprison

Verb

stinging; burning

Noun

captivating

Adjective

provider (of a service)

Noun

reconquest, winning back

Noun

plot (area of land); pile of earth; homeland

Noun

harem

Noun

commissioner; commission agent

Noun

Bilbaoan

Adjective

overcrowding

Noun

abnegation

Noun

assiduity, assiduousness

Noun

promissory

Adjective

skill, care; lovely thing, gem

Noun

to irritate; to twitch

Verb

to imply

Verb

unappealable

Adjective

non-Romani person; non-Muslim person

Adjective

to send to school

Verb

perversity, depravity

Noun

tensing; tensile

Adjective

tailcoat

Noun

birth, childbirth; afterbirth

Noun

disc jockey, DJ

Noun

to recapitulate

Verb

habitability

Noun

autorregulación

self-regulation

Noun

taxonomic

Adjective

marzipan (confection made with almond paste, or another nut such as peanut)

Noun

budgerigar

Noun

twenty-something, twentyish (years old)

Adjective

irradiation

Noun

fortysomething

Noun

to reconstitute

Verb