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FLELex CEFR C1

3018 words, in teaching order

Words 2401–2500

wretch (now only as pauvre hère, but formerly also on its own); a young stag older than 6 months but not yet a brocket

Noun

filly (young female horse); lass (young woman)

Noun

usurer, moneylender; loan shark

Noun

unstable, wobbly and rickety

Adjective

vermeil (gold-plated silver with a reddish hue)

Noun

chorale

Noun

interdépendant

interdependent

Adjective

unbreathable, suffocating

Adjective

defeatist

Adjective

likewise, also

Adverb

exhibitionnisme

exhibitionism

Noun

harvester, reaper

Noun

creditor

Noun

charade (kind of riddle); something bizarre or hard to understand; chat, conversation

Noun

confectioner

Noun

sunstroke, insolation (heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays)

Noun

to ochre (cover with ochre)

Verb

farandole (chain dance of Provençal origin); assortment

Noun

attic

Noun

snowfall; snow cover

Noun

cormorant (seabird)

Noun

bib; bavette; beef flank steak; beef flap steak

Noun

coulis (sauce); melted metal used to fix a joint

Noun

repoussoir

Noun

to rest, lean (on one's elbows)

Verb

trophic

Adjective

occult, occultism (supernatural affairs)

Noun

semiology (semiotics)

Noun

renchérissement

inflation (increase in a cost/price)

Noun

subsidiarity

Noun

to mummify

Verb

to dry out, to hang out to dry (e.g. washing), to spin-dry; wring, wring out

Verb

to invalidate; to vitiate

Verb

stunning, deafening; thunderous

Adjective

staphylococcus

Noun

rod; taenia

Noun

pensive

Adjective

to telegraph

Verb

chromatographie

chromatography

Noun

stratosphere

Noun

color blind

Adjective

travestissement

transvestism

Noun

phosphorescent

Adjective

folding seat, jump seat

Noun

mille-feuille, vanilla slice; something layered, entangled and complex; common yarrow, yarrow, milfoil (Achillea millefolium)

Noun

épidémiologiste

epidemiologist

Noun

to spot; to dapple

Verb

cartographer

Noun

worldliness; society (worldly life); gossip column; small talk

Noun

talkative; loquacious

Adjective

cable (length), cable length

Noun

inexecution (failure to execute or carry out)

Noun

fiftieth

Noun

undesirable, troublesome; unwanted, unwelcome

Adjective

to loathe

Verb

snail; spiral staircase; cochlea

Noun

to surround with a halo or nimbus

Verb

clay; earth

Noun

to bolt (on); to work hard

Verb

presaging, heralding, precursory

Adjective

act of addressing someone with the informal tu form.

Noun

concision

Noun

asceticism; ascesis

Noun

methanol

Noun

serenade

Noun

practical joke

Noun

matérialisation

materialization

Noun

lucky devil

Noun

internationaliser

to internationalize

Verb

assart

Noun

unexpectedly

Adverb

antipathy, dislike

Noun

to daydream

Verb

ironic; satirical; parodic

Adjective

to moan, groan

Verb

to ring, tag, band (attach a tag or ring, e.g. to a bird, for tracking); to collar

Verb

Oceanian

Adjective

sinecure

Noun

lightning rod

Noun

aldehyde

Noun

a former hand weaver (who worked at home); A very poor person

Noun

utopian

Noun

lemon tree

Noun

Catharist

Adjective

telephone operator (switchboard operator)

Noun

paraplegic

Adjective

sexagenarian

Noun

to chant, intone (especially a psalm); to drone

Verb

self-sufficient

Adjective

homogénéisation

homogenization

Noun

alluring, enticing

Adjective

to hypertrophy

Verb

Incan

Adjective

bookish

Adjective

a variety of white grapes; sparkling white wine from Languedoc made from white grapes of the "mauzac" variety; a type of summer white pear; the first clear distillation of a brandy; blanquette (white meat stew which is not browned); silverware

Noun

biometrics (measurement of biological data)

Noun

reactionary

Adjective

pupa, chrysalis

Noun

to mollify, become soft; to ease off or die down; to relent, abate, give way

Verb

haughty

Adjective