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C1 · Advanced

Expressive Literary Vocabulary

Read literary and less common vocabulary in context, then decide whether to preserve its marked tone or choose a plainer alternative.

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Words & phrases
85
Lessons
2
Conversations
1
Readings
1

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Words you’ll make your own.

Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.

English
  1. to thirst for, crave
  2. to covet, aspire to
  3. frail, decrepit
  4. mournful, sorrowful
  5. to lose oneself, become absorbed
  6. to revel in, wallow in
  7. a sense of pleasure, contentment
  8. unmistakably
  9. according to reports, reputedly
  10. to enjoy oneself, make merry
  11. to implore, beg
  12. to founder, be shipwrecked
  13. a symbol, emblem
  14. to spurn, disdain
  15. to hold in contempt, disdain
  16. secret, clandestine (poetic)
  17. horrifying, gruesome
  18. to enrapture, delight
  19. bombastic, turgid
  20. a tirade, torrent of words
  21. to be rife, flourish
  22. to languish, waste away
  23. an impulse, prompting
  24. meticulous, particular
  25. to idolize, adore
  26. sublime, exalted
  27. an allure, magnetic pull
  28. rapt, reverent, devout
  29. an adversity, hardship
  30. inscrutable, unfathomable
  31. an aegis
  32. a gamut
  33. havoc
  34. a lament
  35. largesse
  36. an obscenity
  37. a panorama
  38. a role model, an exemplar
  39. salience
  40. sanity
  41. a vantage
  42. an echelon
  43. a vestige
  44. a juncture
  45. serendipity
  46. ephemeral
  47. quintessential
  48. cathartic
  49. inherent, innate
  50. an epitome
  51. laconic
  52. an idiosyncrasy
  53. secretive, mysterious
  54. ineffable
  55. perfunctory
  56. inexorable
  57. untenable
  58. tantamount
  59. prescient
  60. a harbinger
  61. a predicament, a tight spot
  62. a penchant
  63. hindsight
  64. to reconcile
  65. mellifluous
  66. effulgent
  67. halcyon
  68. sonorous
  69. labyrinthine
  70. petrichor
  71. limpid
  72. ebullient
  73. a susurrus
  74. pulchritude
  75. evanescent
  76. resplendent
  77. nascent
  78. dead serious, solemn
  79. gossamer
  80. propitious
  81. effervescent
  82. aureate
  83. lissome
  84. a cynosure
  85. felicitous

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2 Lessons
  1. Lesson 1

    Literary and Expressive Vocabulary

  2. Lesson 2

    The Language of an Old Novel

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