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FLELex CEFR C1

3018 words, in teaching order

Words 2201–2300
chauvin
jingoist (which demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority)
Adjective
alambic
alembic, still (device for distilling liquids)
Noun
baobab
baobab
Noun
fifre
fife
Noun
taciturne
taciturn
Adjective
syncope
syncope, fainting; syncope
Noun
indigestion
indigestion; overdose of, surfeit of something
Noun
marinier
fresh water sailor, bargeman
Noun
probatoire
probationary
Adjective
enfilade
row or series (of houses); enfilade; enfilade (gunfire); skewer
Noun
inexistence
inexistence
Noun
férocité
ferocity; rabidness
Noun
conifère
conifer (plant)
Noun
déclinant
declining
Adjective
étrusque
Etruscan
Adjective
rétribuer
to pay (for); to reward
Verb
versatile
versatile; easily changeable; indecisive
Adjective
frémissement
quiver, shiver (light shaking movement); a simmering temperature, just below boiling
Noun
travelling
dolly, camera dolly (a specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted); travelling shot
Noun
bottin
telephone directory, phone book
Noun
huileux
oily (covered with oil)
Adjective
cormier
service tree (Cormus domestica, syn. Sorbus domestica)
Noun
sexologue
sexologist
Noun
frisbee
Frisbee (a disk thrown for recreation); Frisbee (sport)
Noun
roulis
rolling, swaying, sway, rocking
Noun
kitsch
kitsch; tacky (low quality)
Adjective
maisonnée
household
Noun
enchevêtrement
tangle, mixture, muddle (of concretes); jumble, labyrinth, chaos (of abstracts)
Noun
macédoine
macédoine (dish containing a mixture of many types of fruits or vegetables)
Noun
moyenâgeux
antiquated, not suitable for modern times; Middle Ages
Adjective
yack
yak (ox-like mammal)
Noun
bougon
grumpy, sullen
Adjective
sensitif
sensory
Adjective
toupet
tuft (of hair); toupee; cheek, nerve
Noun
languedocien
Languedocian (of, from or relating to Languedoc)
Adjective
dengue
dengue
Noun
benzène
benzene
Noun
microscopie
microscopy
Noun
précocement
precociously; prematurely
Adverb
chevrier
goatherd
Noun
poseur
poseur
Noun
annulaire
ring finger
Noun
inhospitalier
inhospitable
Adjective
tinter
to chime; to jingle; to ring
Verb
technocratique
technocratic
Adjective
messin
of Metz; Metzian, Messine
Adjective
pénicilline
penicillin
Noun
conditionnel
conditional, the conditional mood or the conditional tense
Noun
indélicat
indelicate, tactless; dishonest
Adjective
locomotif
locomotive
Adjective
porcelet
piglet; diminutive of porc
Noun
dramatiquement
dramatically
Adverb
interactivité
interactivity (quality of being interactive)
Noun
opportunément
opportunely
Adverb
immémorial
immemorial, age-old
Adjective
brushing
blow-dry
Noun
parmesan
Parmesan (cheese)
Noun
arrachage
lifting (of potatoes etc); weeding
Noun
phénicien
Phoenician
Adjective
changeur
changer; money changer; changer
Noun
agglutiner
to paste (together); to agglutinate
Verb
autoradio
car radio
Noun
distancier
to distance (be detached)
Verb
caténaire
catenary; catenary; overhead line
Noun
lémurien
lemur
Noun
borgne
one-eyed person
Noun
inlassable
indefatigable, tireless, unremitting
Adjective
houx
holly
Noun
magistralement
brilliantly, masterfully
Adverb
coaguler
to coagulate
Verb
professoral
professorial
Adjective
cocorico
cock-a-doodle-do
Noun
intercéder
to intercede
Verb
gérable
manageable
Adjective
transfigurer
to transfigure
Verb
platitude
flatness; blandness, triteness, unoriginality; platitude, banality
Noun
embout
nozzle; tip (of a walking stick or an umbrella)
Noun
resplendir
to glimmer, gleam, beam, sparkle
Verb
antalgique
analgesic, painkiller
Noun
fertilisation
fertilization
Noun
chauvinisme
chauvinism
Noun
hardiesse
audacity, boldness, daring; temerity
Noun
esthète
aesthete (someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature)
Noun
larvaire
larval
Adjective
rambarde
handrail
Noun
fulminer
to fulminate
Verb
réparable
repairable
Adjective
boulanger
To prepare and bake bread.
Verb
iconoclaste
iconoclast
Noun
pistole
handgun, pistol; pistole (coin)
Noun
astiquer
to polish, shine, rub, furbish; to wank, to jerk off
Verb
bigarré
colourful, motley
Adjective
rébus
rebus (puzzle)
Noun
pochoir
stencil (utensil consisting of a perforated sheet)
Noun
sédimentation
sedimentation
Noun
ethnologique
ethnologic, ethnological
Adjective
albinos
albino
Noun
boudeur
sulky (gloomy)
Adjective
cannibale
cannibal
Noun
démagogue
demagogue
Noun