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FLELex CEFR B2

4876 words, in teaching order

Words 2201–2300
bobo
boo-boo (pain or injury); bobo, boho
Noun
cascade
cascade (waterfall); cascade (series of event); cascade; a stunt performed for cinematic imitation or entertainment
Noun
boom
boom (rapid expansion or increase)
Noun
rassurant
reassuring
Adjective
coiffeur
hairdresser
Noun
audacieux
bold, audacious (courageous, daring)
Adjective
assemblage
assemblage, gathering, assembly (process of assembling; result of this action); jointing (act of making a joint); joint; a phase in compilation where an assembly language is translated into a binary file; cuvée (wine produced from a mixture of several grape varieties); assemblage (group of different artifacts found in association with one another); sequence assembly (aligning and merging of DNA fragments to reconstruct a sequence); genome assembly (process of reassembling DNA sequences); juxtaposition of several maps or cuttings to create a larger map
Noun
chaire
pulpit; rostrum; chair (of university); throne (of the pope)
Noun
barbecue
barbecue
Noun
injecter
to inject
Verb
bilingue
bilingual (speaking two languages)
Adjective
décréter
to order, decree; to declare (a state of emergency)
Verb
voisinage
proximity, vicinity; neighbourly relations; neighbourhood
Noun
éolien
Aeolian; Aeolic; wind; aeolian
Adjective
désespérer
to despair (feel hopeless)
Verb
renfermer
to lock again, to re-lock; to contain, encompass; to withdraw into oneself
Verb
sentimental
sentimental
Adjective
cognitif
cognitive
Adjective
hanche
hip; coxa
Noun
pénurie
dearth, lack, shortage; penury
Noun
créativité
creativity
Noun
julien
Julian
Adjective
pertinence
pertinence; relevance
Noun
flagrant
flagrant, blatant, glaring, obvious, evident
Adjective
frustration
frustration
Noun
abaisser
to lower; to reduce; to bring down; to come or go down; to descend; to humble oneself, demean oneself, stoop; abase, degrade, humiliate; to roll out (the dough)
Verb
gentiment
friendly, kindly (in a friendly or kind manner)
Adverb
emprise
expropriation; domination, control, influence
Noun
lentille
lens; contact lens; lentil (plant)
Noun
boulet
cannonball; ball and chain; fetlock; goof, goofball
Noun
pathologie
pathology
Noun
peiner
to struggle, toil; to have trouble (doing something), to struggle to (do something) (with à + infinitive); to cause pain to, afflict
Verb
paralyser
to paralyse / paralyze
Verb
artisanal
artisanal; makeshift
Adjective
ciment
cement
Noun
casquette
cap, baseball cap, flat cap
Noun
brute
brute (animal lacking in reason, intelligence and sensibility); person without reason, person devoid of reason; bully (one who imposes his will on others using violence)
Noun
nouer
knot (form into a knot); tie, bind, fasten; tie up
Verb
ravager
to ravage, to ruin, to lay waste to
Verb
chauve
bald (devoid of hair); bare, barren (devoid of a thing (such as vegetation))
Adjective
paisible
peaceful
Adjective
clergé
clergy (body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service)
Noun
embauche
hiring, employment, taking-on; vacancy
Noun
allouer
to allot, allocate
Verb
rentabilité
profitability
Noun
chargement
Action of loading (up) (vehicle, animal etc.); A load, something that has been loaded.; Action of charging (battery); upload
Noun
accoucher
to go into labour; to give birth to, to deliver (a baby); to help someone deliver (a baby); to come up with; to say, tell something that one hid beforehand
Verb
prometteur
promising
Adjective
matelas
mattress; wad (of notes); synonym of tacos français (“French tacos”)
Noun
assureur
insurer, insurance agent; belayer
Noun
marrer
to laugh; to be amused; to hoe (dig using a hoe)
Verb
dorénavant
henceforth, from now on, from this day forward
Adverb
soudainement
suddenly
Adverb
infiniment
infinitely, ad infinitum; infinitely, extremely
Adverb
hypocrisie
hypocrisy
Noun
maladroit
awkward; clumsy; maladroit
Adjective
reparler
to talk again, to speak again
Verb
déterminant
determining, decisive, deciding
Adjective
designer
designer
Noun
prévaloir
to prevail; to boast, to claim, to pride oneself on; to take advantage of
Verb
hanter
to haunt; to frequent
Verb
préparatoire
preparatory; propaedeutic (providing preparatory or introductory teaching)
Adjective
ôter
to take away, remove; to take off, remove (clothes, etc.); to remove, cut (text etc.); to take away (in arithmetic); to take (something) away from someone; to deprive; to move oneself, get out of the way
Verb
traquer
to track, follow; to track down, hunt down; to hound
Verb
croisade
crusade
Noun
chagrin
sorrow, grief, chagrin
Noun
serein
unclouded, clear; serene, calm, tranquil
Adjective
pédagogie
pedagogy; education; learning
Noun
préface
preface
Noun
soucieux
worried; nervous, hesitant
Adjective
moniteur
monitor (someone who watches over something); monitor (instructor, teacher, supervisor); monitor (computer screen)
Noun
roumain
Romanian
Adjective
météorologique
meteorological
Adjective
prétention
pretentiousness; pretension; claim; pretentious person; asking wage
Noun
optimiste
optimistic
Adjective
énigme
enigma, puzzle (anything difficult to understand or make sense of); riddle
Noun
végétation
vegetation
Noun
citoyenneté
citizenship (the status of being a citizen, with related rights and duties); citizenship (legal membership in a nation-state)
Noun
pionnier
pioneer, soldier employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; pioneer, one who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; precursor; pioneer, child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party
Noun
reconstituer
to re-form (a group, association); to recreate (a past time, decor, etc.); to reconstruct (a crime); to piece together again (something broken); to build up again (e.g. reserves of something)
Verb
polaire
of a pole (of an axis); polar
Adjective
atterrissage
landing on the ground; touchdown (of an aircraft)
Noun
réalisme
realism
Noun
analyste
analyst (person who analyzes)
Noun
rapidité
swiftness, fastness, quickness
Noun
maternité
maternity, motherhood; pregnancy; maternity ward (in a hospital)
Noun
buisson
bush; brush, thicket (wild vegetation)
Noun
jésuite
Jesuit
Adjective
bombarder
to shell, blitz
Verb
honnêteté
honesty
Noun
indirectement
indirectly
Adverb
temporairement
temporarily
Adverb
sensiblement
pretty much, roughly, approximately; appreciably, perceptibly; sensitively
Adverb
financièrement
financially
Adverb
sensibiliser
to make sensitive; to raise awareness
Verb
médiation
mediation
Noun
enfiler
to thread (a needle); to string, to sling (put on a string or sling); to put on (clothes); to hump, to screw
Verb
grange
a barn
Noun
latin
the Latin language; a male of South American or Mediterranean origins
Noun
sierra
sierra
Noun