Advanced power words
C1-C2 words that make writing and speech precise and elegant.
Easy to use.
To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
Having more than one possible meaning, or being unclear.
Having mixed feelings or ideas about something.
(ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
Truthful and straightforward; not hiding thoughts.
Providing emotional release and relief.
Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
Logical and well-organized; easy to understand.
To think about something carefully for a long time.
To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
Of or relating to a corporation.
Pertaining to culture.
The subjects studied in a school or course.
That occurs every day, or at least every working day
Working hard and carefully.
Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
Full of energy, excitement, and happiness.
Complex, with many details.
The ability to speak beautifully and persuasively.
The ability to understand how someone else feels.
The terminal point of something in space or time.
To try hard to do something.
Mysterious and difficult to understand.
Things that are only important or useful for a short time.
Lasting for only a short time.
A sudden understanding of something important.
An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
Extremely beautiful and delicately made.
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography; an atlas or gazetteer.
A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
To occur or take place.
To possess, own.
An idea suggested as an explanation that needs to be tested.
An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
Extremely peaceful and beautiful, like a perfect picture.
Too great or beautiful to be described in words.
Certain to happen; impossible to avoid.
Existing as a natural or permanent part of something.
Curious and eager to learn.
To place two things side by side, often to compare them.
A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
The intense, overwhelming feeling of new romantic love.
A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
Clear and easy to understand.
Sounding sweet and smooth, usually of sound or music.
The natural world; that which consists of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production, and design. (Compare ecosystem.)
A requirement for something; something needed.
Evil or criminal; wicked.
A very small difference in meaning or feeling.
An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
To make something unclear or difficult to understand, often deliberately.
Showy in a way meant to impress others.
A portion; a component.
Due to be paid.