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C1 English Vocabulary

Below is a list of C1 level vocabulary. Read the definitions and try to create some sentences using the new words you have learned. Good luck & enjoy!

C1 Vocab List

1 - Encumbered

past tense: encumbered; past participle: encumbered

  1. restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.

    "she was encumbered by her heavy skirts"

    Similar:

    hamper - hinder- obstruct - impede - check - cramp - inhibit - restrict - limit - constrain - restrain - bog down - retard - slow - slow down - stall - delay - inconvenience - disadvantage -handicap

Opposite:

aid - facilitate

  • saddle (a person or estate) with a debt or mortgage.

    "an estate heavily encumbered with debt"

  • fill or block up (a place).

    "we tripped over sticks and stones, which encumber most of the trail"

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2 - Unencumbered

  1. not having any burden or impediment.

    "he needed to travel light and unencumbered"

    • free of debt or other financial liability.

Use over time for: unencumbered

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3 - Voracious

adjective

adjective: voracious

  1. wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

    "he had a voracious appetite"

    Similar:

    insatiable - unquenchable - unappeasable - prodigious - uncontrollable - uncontrolled - omnivorous - compulsive - gluttonous - greedy - rapacious - enthusiastic - eager - keen - avid - desirous - craving - hungry - ravenous - ravening - wolfish - piggish - hoggish - swinish - gutsy - gannet-like - insatiate - edacious - esurient

  • having a very eager approach to an activity.

    "his voracious reading of literature"

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4 - Visceral

adjective

adjective: visceral

  1. relating to the viscera.

    "the visceral nervous system"

    • relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.

      "the voters' visceral fear of change"

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      Similar:

      instinctive - innate - instinctual - gut - deep-down - deep-seated - deep-rooted - inward - emotional - animal

 

5 - A Chip off the ol' block

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6 - Caveat

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7 - Beloved

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8 - Unscrupulous

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9 - Chastise

verb

verb: chastise; 3rd person present: chastises; past tense: chastised; past participle: chastised; gerund or present participle: chastising

  1. rebuke or reprimand severely.

    "he chastised his colleagues for their laziness"

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    Similar:

    scold - upbraid - berate - reprimand - reprove - rebuke - admonish - chide - censure - castigate - lambaste - lecture - criticize - pull up - take to task - haul over the coals - bring to book - tell off - give someone a telling-off - dress down - give someone a dressing-down - bawl out - blow up at - give someone an earful - give someone a caning - give someone a roasting -  give someone a rocket - give someone a rollicking - slap someone's wristrap over the knuckles - throw the book at - read someone the Riot Act - let someone have it - give someone hell - carpet - monster - tear someone off a strip - tick off - have a go at - give someone a mouthful - give someone what for - give someone some stick - give someone a wigging - chew out - ream out - trim - rate - give someone a rating - hasten - recompense - visit - reprehend - objurgate

View 6 vulgar slang words

Opposite:

praise

  • dated

    punish, especially by beating.

    "the General cruelly chastised them with a whip"

    Similar:

    punish - discipline - beat - thrash - flog - whip - horsewhip - strap - belt - cane - lash - birch - scourge - flay - flagellate - wallop - thump - clout - tan - tan someone's hide - give someone a good hiding

 

10 - Nepotism

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11 - Brim

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12 - Predicate -

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