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C1 · Advanced

Expressive Words in Context

Less common words for precise description and evaluation, with attention to collocations and the situations where their tone fits.

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Words & phrases
67
Lessons
2
Conversations
1
Readings
1

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English
  1. to have the heart to
  2. sullen, cross
  3. conviviality, easygoing sociability
  4. grim, stern
  5. to hint, breathe a word
  6. shrewdness, ingenuity
  7. sly, cunning
  8. a qualm, misgiving
  9. seemly, decent, proper
  10. to force through, push through
  11. capricious, moody
  12. to gloat, crow
  13. tough, arduous
  14. blunt, forthright
  15. to care about
  16. a counterweight
  17. to botch, bungle
  18. at a loss, perplexed
  19. to frolic, romp
  20. a pet subject, hobby horse
  21. to spur, encourage
  22. sultry, muggy
  23. a trifle
  24. to fuss over, tend to
  25. obstinate, recalcitrant
  26. to come up with, make up
  27. to potter about
  28. a braggart, show-off
  29. steady, level-headed
  30. a domicile
  31. dormant
  32. a dossier
  33. duplicity
  34. an ecliptic
  35. an edifice
  36. to elapse
  37. to emanate
  38. an emissary
  39. to strive for, to aspire to
  40. to endow
  41. an enigma
  42. errant
  43. erudite
  44. to evict
  45. to exhort
  46. to blackmail; to extort from
  47. to extradite
  48. to extricate
  49. exuberant
  50. fervor
  51. finesse
  52. flagrant
  53. to forsake
  54. to forgo
  55. a monarch
  56. an archenemy
  57. a benefactor
  58. perjury
  59. lucid
  60. a malfunction
  61. pathetic
  62. a manuscript
  63. counterfeit
  64. disconcerting
  65. engrossed
  66. what's the catch
  67. to spread like wildfire

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2 Lessons
  1. Lesson 1

    Expressive Words in Context

  2. Lesson 2

    Describing a Difficult Relative

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Choose the exact word and write and speak with elegance and precision.

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