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FLELex CEFR C2

2202 words, in teaching order

Words 1201–1300

propeller; spear thrower

Noun

embryonic

Adjective

olfactory (concerning the sense of smell)

Adjective

to comb

Verb

schizophrenic

Adjective

track (of an animal); stage fright, nervousness

Noun

elitist

Adjective

to honk (sound a horn)

Verb

to perpetuate, sustain

Verb

purist

Noun

fundamentally; at heart

Adverb

to rear up (on a horse or a motorcycle); to complain

Verb

to carpet (cover with carpet); to decorate; to cover; to overlay

Verb

to redesign

Verb

annoying, bothersome

Adjective

tarot

Noun

an intervention, means, or method

Noun

continuum

Noun

pulsation

Noun

neologism

Noun

percussive; that fragments on contact; striking, powerful, forceful

Adjective

storeroom; clearing, riddance

Noun

vertebrate

Noun

chivalry (state of being a knight in the Middles Ages)

Noun

nastily; meanly; cruelly; very

Adverb

domination, control; seizure

Noun

paradisiacal; heavenly

Adjective

solstice

Noun

trammel; a type of hook from which a cooking pot can be suspended over a hearth fire at different heights as needed for the right cooking temperature; rack, rack-and-pinion; crémaillère (indented or zigzagging line of entrenchment used in fortification)

Noun

to subordinate (to)

Verb

priestly

Adjective

boot

Noun

counterpoint; counterpoint (response, retort, repartee)

Noun

damage (to a vessel or goods it is carrying); deterioration

Noun

fairly; justly; rightly

Adverb

instinctivement

instinctively

Adverb

coif (headgear in general)

Noun

doctoral

Adjective

cheeseshop; cheesestore; fromagerie

Noun

curly bracket (brace); accolade (knights); embrace

Noun

captivating; fascinating; absorbing

Adjective

to belt; belt up; girt; put a belt (or something similar) around; to wrap; wrap up; to surround

Verb

to snuggle, to huddle

Verb

to bring wine to room temperature; to mock

Verb

fearful; anxious, nervous, neurotic; fearful, afraid; fearful, frightenable

Adjective

hut (shelter)

Noun

doubling, redoubling; reduplication; reduplication; repeating a year at school

Noun

irresponsabilité

irresponsibility

Noun

troubadour

Noun

rake; rebuke, rejection, blow off, knockback

Noun

bellows; vestibule; gusset; slap in the face

Noun

misunderstood

Adjective

inflexible

Adjective

to blink, to flash; to turn on and off repeatedly; to indicate (the direction); to blink repeatedly

Verb

malnutrition

Noun

lemonade; a serving of lemonade; a soda with a hint of lemon flavoring with sugar that is popular in France; a serving of this soda; the general business of operating a bar or cafe

Noun

cunning, wily, crafty

Adjective

to galvanize

Verb

antagonist; antagonist (muscle that acts in opposition to another)

Noun

stork

Noun

symbiosis (relationship of mutual benefit)

Noun

cultured, having good taste; delicious, tasty

Adjective

traumatizing

Adjective

to assault

Verb

tyrannical

Adjective

henhouse, coop, chicken coop; gods, gallery (of a theatre)

Noun

nervousness; instability

Noun

surrealism (all meanings)

Noun

sunshine (amount of); insolation

Noun

weaver (someone who weaves for a profession)

Noun

méconnaissable

unrecognizable

Adjective

deafening, earsplitting

Adjective

affect; emotion

Noun

cyclical, temporary, short-term

Adjective

flamenco (music, dance)

Noun

mimosa

Noun

cataclysm

Noun

ravioli (type of Italian pasta and dish); ravioli (non-Italian stuffed pasta); ravioli, dumpling (stuffed doughs and pastries)

Noun

syphilis

Noun

précipitamment

hurriedly, hastily, abruptly

Adverb

street urchin; titi (New World monkey)

Noun

to go beyond, exceed, overstep

Verb

an aspirin (analgesic drug)

Noun

to bard; to clad (add cladding to a wall); to transport wood onto a boat; kick off; (used to express that trouble occurs)

Verb

reusable (that can be used more than once)

Adjective

unoccupied; unemployed

Adjective

roundness; plumpness; straightforwardness; curves (of a woman)

Noun

inert, inactive

Adjective

to reprimand

Verb

yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn right

Interjection

heron

Noun

condensed

Adjective

cheerful

Adjective

stretcher (for carrying injured people, etc.); the rank of a noble without a fief

Noun

weighting; balance

Noun

unstoppable; unanswerable, irrefutable

Adjective

orange tree

Noun

shirtmaker; blouse

Noun

to darken (a colour); to obscure, to blur; to obfuscate; to darken; to become obscure

Verb

presuppose (to assume some truth without proof)

Verb