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FLELex CEFR C1

3018 words, in teaching order

Words 1301–1400

concise

Adjective

deserter (person who leaves the military without permission)

Noun

to surrender; to capitulate (to give oneself up into the power of another)

Verb

bolt (metal fastener)

Noun

to subject to violence, commit violence upon; to rape, sexually assault

Verb

platform, podium

Noun

tar (substance)

Noun

initiator, instigator

Noun

consenting; acquiescent

Adjective

gemstone, gem

Noun

bow-legged, bandy-legged (of person); rickety, wobbly (of table etc.); shaky, unclear, illogical

Adjective

end; ending

Noun

term

Noun

to denote; to stick out, to stick out like a sore thumb

Verb

neophyte

Noun

grotesque; vile; hideous

Adjective

instrumentaliser

to instrumentalize, to exploit, to use (for selfish gains)

Verb

to increase the height of, raise

Verb

rationality

Noun

Prussian

Adjective

to impoverish

Verb

parabola; dish (antenna); parable

Noun

ambulanceman; paramedic

Noun

tear, rip; glitch; breach, infringement

Noun

desirable

Adjective

synchronisation

synchronization

Noun

pumpkin (fruit and plant)

Noun

symbolism

Noun

medicinal

Adjective

consultable, accessible, available

Adjective

builder

Noun

pediatrician (physician who specialises in pediatrics)

Noun

grievance; complaint

Noun

bitumen, asphalt, tar; street, sidewalk

Noun

nutrient (something providing nourishment)

Noun

beech

Noun

reverence (deep respect); bow (gesture made by bending forward at the waist)

Noun

to engulf, swallow up; to gobble up; to eat up; to rush, dive into

Verb

to stereotype

Verb

phosphate

Noun

blessed, consecrated

Adjective

phonetic

Adjective

exempt

Adjective

wandering, wanderlust

Noun

infrared

Adjective

ulcer (an open sore)

Noun

kilogram

Noun

accredit

Verb

riposte; retaliation, response, counterattack; retort (witty response, quick reply)

Noun

down payment, advance payment

Noun

stupidity, foolishness; nonsense

Noun

capuchin (primate); Capuchin monk

Noun

to pierce, to impale

Verb

ducal

Adjective

pore (small opening in the skin); small opening of any kind

Noun

usurpation (wrongful seizure); that which is usurped

Noun

leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum); cock, dick

Noun

textual

Adjective

aspirant; officer candidate, officer designate, midshipman

Noun

gastric

Adjective

land, earth; Earth; possessing land, earth; landed

Adjective

to margin (to give something a margin)

Verb

neutron

Noun

to barricade

Verb

stingy, miserly

Adjective

painting, pictorial

Adjective

emanation, emission

Noun

to gather, to glean

Verb

cocoon

Noun

to scratch

Verb

to infest

Verb

vermin (destructive creatures); vermin (a contemptible person)

Noun

unbeatable, invincible; unbeatable

Adjective

procreation (production of offspring)

Noun

to thou (to address (someone) using the informal second-person pronoun tu rather than the formal vous); to be familiar with, to be close to something

Verb

bleach

Noun

to beg (plead for money or goods)

Verb

presbytery, rectory (house of a priest)

Noun

damaging; causing damage

Adjective

tyre (wheel covering)

Noun

to bang out (a task), to botch

Verb

to laminate; to beat

Verb

crushing; crash (of an airplane); overwrite mode

Noun

to augur, foresee

Verb

to thwart; to stymie

Verb

tenebrous; obscure; mysterious; stygian; saturnine; moody, somber, melancholic

Adjective

file (tool); lime (fruit, tree)

Noun

composite material

Noun

mercenary

Adjective

to fast; to go without food

Verb

gnome

Noun

trick, scheme, plot; wrangling

Noun

maintenance; manutention; handling; storehouse, depot

Noun

sarcophagus; sleeping bag

Noun

mixed-race, halfbreed / half-breed; mongrel; of mixed origin

Adjective

portable

Adjective

a click or clacking sound; crack

Noun

to bridle; bridle up (attach a bridle to); to curb; control; put on a leash; to truss (in cooking, to put string around meat, so it keeps its shape when cooking); to choke (be too tight); to choke (a motor)

Verb

to configure (to set up or arrange something)

Verb

pessimism (general belief that bad things will happen)

Noun