B2 CEFR Vocabulary Word List
Here are the words for B2 CEFR level. This list builds on the words that are in the B1 level word list. For the next level of words, see the C1 level word list.
In our Word Bank, B2 words are divided into word types, with examples, collocations and IPA phonetic transcription.
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to abandon (v) absent (adj) absolute (adj) to absorb (v) abstract (adj) academic (adj / n) accent (n) acceptable (adj) accidentally (adv) to accommodate (v) to accompany (v) to accomplish (v) to account for (v) accountant (n) accuracy (n) accurate (adj) accurately (adv) to accuse (v) to acknowledge (v) to acquire (v) acre (n) to activate (v) actual (adj) to adapt (v) addiction (n) additional (adj) additionally (adv) to address (v) adequate (adj) adequately (adv) to adjust (v) administration (n) to adopt (v) advance (n) / to advance (v) affair (n) affordable (adj) afterwards (adv) agency (n) agenda (n) aggressive (adj) agriculture (n) aid (n) / to aid (v) AIDS (n) aircraft (n) to alarm (v) alien (n / adj) alongside (prep) to alter (v) altogether (adv) ambulance (n) amusing (adj) |
to analyse (v) analysis (n) analyst (n) ancestor (n) angel (n) anger (n) angle (n) animation (n) anniversary (n) annual (adj) annually (adv) to anticipate (v) anxiety (n) anxious (adj) apology (n) apparent (adj) apparently (adv) appeal (n) / to appeal (v) applicant (n) approach (n) / to approach (v) appropriate (adj) appropriately (adv) approval (n) to approve (v) to arise (v) armed (adj) arms (n) arrow (n) artificial (adj) artistic (adj) artwork (n) ashamed (adj) aspect (n) to assess (v) assessment (n) asset (n) to assign (v) assistance (n) to associate (v) associated (adj) association (n) to assume (v) assumption (n) to assure (v) astonishing (adj) athletic (adj) attachment (n) attempt (n) / to attempt (v) audio (adj) awareness (n) awkward (adj) |
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bacteria (n) badge (n) balanced (adj) ballet (n) balloon (n) barely (adv) bargain (n) barrier (n) based on (adj) basement (n) basically (adv) basis (n) basket (n) bat (n) to bear (v) (deal with) to beg (v) being (n) beneficial (adj) bent (adj) beside (prep) besides (prep / adv) to bet (v) beyond (prep / adv) bias (n) to bid (v) |
biological (adj) bitter (adj) blame (n) / to blame (v) blanket (n) blind (adj) bold (adj) bombing (n) bond (n) to boost (v) bound (adj) breast (n) brick (n) brief (adj) briefly (adv) broad (adj) broadcast (n) / to broadcast (v) broadcaster (n) broadly (adv) buck (n) budget (n) bug (n) bullet (n) bunch (n) bush (n) but (prep) |
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cabin (n) cable (n) to calculate (v) canal (n) to cancel (v) cancer (n) candle (n) capable (adj) capacity (n) to capture (v) carbon (n) cast (n) / to cast (v) casual (adj) catastrophe (n) cave (n) cell (n) certainty (n) certificate (n) chairman (n) challenging (adj) championship (n) characteristic (n) charming (adj) to chase (v) cheek (n) to cheer (v) chief (adj / n) to chop (v) circuit (n) circumstance (n) to cite (v) citizen (n) civil (adj) civilization (n) to clarify (v) classic (adj / n) to classify (v) clause (n) cliff (n) clinic (n) clip (n) closely (adv) coincidence (n) to collapse (v) collector (n) colony (n) colourful (adj) combination (n) comfort (n) comic (adj / n) command (n) / to command (v) commander (n) commission (n) commitment (n) committee (n) commonly (adv) comparative (adj) completion (n) complicated (adj) component (n) to compose (v) composer (n) compound (n) comprehensive (adj) compulsory (adj) concentration (n) concept (n) concern (n) / to concern (v) concerned (adj) conclusion (n) concrete (adj / n) to conduct (v) |
to confess (v) confidence (n) conflict (n) confusing (adj) confusion (n) conscious (adj) consequence (n) consequently (adv) conservation (n) conservative (adj / n) considerable (adj) considerably (adv) consideration (n) to consist of (v) consistent (adj) consistently (adv) conspiracy (n) constant (adj) constantly (adv) to construct (v) construction (n) to consult (v) consultant (n) consumer (n) consumption (n) contemporary (adj) contest (n) context (n) contract (n) to contribute (v) contribution (n) controversial (adj) controversy (n) convenience (n) convention (n) conventional (adj) to convert (v) to convey (v) convinced (adj) convincing (adj) to cope (v) core (n / adj) corporate (adj) corporation (n) corridor (n) council (n) counter (n) (surface) county (n) courage (n) coverage (n) cowboy (n) to crack (v) crash (n) / to crash (v) creation (n) creativity (n) creature (n) crew (n) crisis (n) critic (n) critical (adj) critically (adv) criticism (n) to criticise (v) crop (n) crucial (adj) cruise (n) cue (n) cure (n) / to cure (v) curious (adj) curriculum (n) curve (n) / to curve (v) curved (adj) |
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dairy (n / adj) to dare (v) darkness (n) data (n) database (n) deadline (n) deadly (adj) dealer (n) debate (n) / to debate (v) debt (n) decent (adj) deck (n) to declare (v) decline (n) / to decline (v) decoration (n) to decrease (v) / decrease (n) deeply (adv) defeat (n) / to defeat (v) defence (n) to defend (v) defender (n) to define (v) definition (n) delay (n) / to delay (v) to delete (v) deliberate (adj) deliberately (adv) delight (n) delighted (adj) delivery (n) demand (n) / to demand (v) democracy (n) democratic (adj) to demonstrate (v) demonstration (n) to deny (v) to depart (v) dependent (adj) deposit (n) / to deposit (v) depressed (adj) depressing (adj) depression (n) depth (n) to derive (v) to deserve (v) desire (n) / to desire (v) desperate (adj) desperately (adv) destruction (n) detailed (adj) |
to detect (v) to determine (v) determination (n) devil (n) to devote (v) to differ (v) to dig (v) dime (n) disability (n) disabled (adj) disagreement (n) to disappoint (v) disappointment (n) disc (n) discipline (n) to discourage (v) dishonest (adj) to dismiss (v) disorder (n) display (n) / to display (v) distant (adj) distinct (adj) to distinguish (v) to distract (v) to distribute (v) distribution (n) district (n) to disturb (v) to dive (v) diverse (adj) diversity (n) division (n) divorce (n) / to divorce (v) document (n) / to document (v) domestic (adj) dominant (adj) to dominate (v) donation (n) dot (n) downwards (adv) dozen (n) draft (n) / to draft (v) to drag (v) dramatic (adj) dramatically (adv) drought (n) dull (adj) to dump (v) duration (n) dynamic (adj) |
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eager (adj) economics (n) economist (n) to edit (v) edition (n) editorial (n / adj) efficient (adj) efficiently (adv) elbow (n) elderly (adj / n) to elect (v) element (n) electronics (n) elegant (adj) elementary (adj) to eliminate (v) elsewhere (adv) to embrace (v) to emerge (v) emission (n) emotional (adj) emotionally (adv) emphasis (n) to emphasise (v) empire (n) to enable (v) to encounter (v) to engage (v) to enhance (v) enjoyable (adj) enquiry (n) to ensure (v) entertaining (adj) enthusiasm (n) enthusiastic (adj) entire (adj) entirely (adv) entrepreneur (n) envelope (n) to equip (v) equivalent (adj / n) era (n) |
to erupt (v) essentially (adv) to establish (v) estate (n) estimate (n) / to estimate (v) ethic (n) ethical (adj) ethnic (adj) to evaluate (v) evaluation (n) even (adv) evidence (n) evident (adj) evil (adj / n) evolution (n) to evolve (v) examination (n) to exceed (v) exception (n) excessive (adj) to exclude (v) excuse (n) / to excuse (v) executive (n / adj) existence (n) exotic (adj) expansion (n) expectation (n) expense (n) expertise (n) to exploit (v) exploration (n) to expose (v) exposure (n) to extend (v) extension (n) extensive (adj) extensively (adv) extent (n) external (adj) extract (n) / to extract (v) extraordinary (adj) |
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fabric (n) fabulous (adj) facility (n) factor (n) faculty (n) failed (adj) failure (n) faith (n) fake (adj / n) fame (n) fantasy (n) fare (n) fault (n) favour (n) / to favour (v) feather (n) fee (n) feedback (n) fellow (adj) finance (n) / to finance (v) finding (n) firefighter (n) firework (n) firm (n / adj) firmly (adv) flame (n) to flash (v) flavour (n) flexible (adj) to float (v) folding (adj) fond (adj) fool (n) / to fool (v) |
to forbid (v) forecast (n) / to forecast (v) to forgive (v) format (n) formation (n) former (adj) formerly (adv) fortunate (adj) fortune (n) forum (n) to found (v) foundation (n) founder (n) fraction (n) fragment (n) framework (n) fraud (n) freedom (n) freely (adv) frequency (n) frequent (adj) frustrated (adj) to fulfil (v) full-time (adj / adv) fully (adv) fund (n) / to fund (v) fundamental (adj) fundamentally (adv) funding (n) funeral (n) furious (adj) furthermore (adv) |
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to gain (v) gallon (n) gaming (n) gang (n) gay (adj) gender (n) gene (n) to generate (v) genetic (adj) genius (n) genre (n) genuine (adj) genuinely (adv) gesture (n) globalization (n) globe (n) |
golden (adj) goodness (n) gorgeous (adj) to govern (v) to grab (v) gradually (adv) grand (adj) grant (n) / to grant (v) graphic (adj) graphics (n) grave (n) greatly (adv) greenhouse (n) to guarantee (v) guideline (n) |
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habitat (n) to handle (v) harbour (n) harm (n) / to harm (v) harmful (adj) headquarters (n) to heal (v) healthcare (n) hearing (n) heaven (n) heel (n) hell (n) helmet (n) herb (n) to hesitate (v) hidden (adj) |
hilarious (adj) hip (n) historian (n) hollow (adj) holy (adj) homeless (adj) honesty (n) honour (n) hook (n) hopefully (adv) household (n / adj) housing (n) humorous (adj) humour (n) hunger (n) hunting (n) |
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icon (n) ID (n) ideal (adj / n) identical (adj) identity (n) illusion (n) to illustrate (v) illustration (n) imagination (n) immigration (n) immune (adj) impatient (adj) to implement (v) implication (n) to imply (v) to impose (v) to impress (v) impressed (adj) incentive (n) inch (n) incident (n) income (n) to incorporate (v) incorrect (adj) increasingly (adv) independence (n) index (n) indication (n) industrial (adj) inevitable (adj) inevitably (adv) infection (n) to infer (v) inflation (n) info (n) to inform (v) inhabitant (n) to inherit (v) initial (adj) |
initially (adv) initiative (n) ink (n) inner (adj) innovation (n) innovative (adj) input (n) to insert (v) insight (n) to insist (v) inspector (n) to inspire (v) to install (v) installation (n) instance (n) instant (adj) instantly (adv) institute (n) institution (n) insurance (n) to integrate (v) intellectual (adj / n) intended (adj) intense (adj) to interact (v) interaction (n) internal (adj) to interpret (v) interpretation (n) to interrupt (v) interval (n) to invade (v) invasion (n) investigation (n) investment (n) investor (n) to isolate (v) isolated (adj) to issue (v) |
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jail (n) jet (n) joint (n / adj) journalism (n) joy (n) |
judgement (n) junior (adj / n) jury (n) justice (n) to justify (v) |
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to kidnap (v) kidney (n) |
kindergarten (n) kit (n) |
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labour (n) ladder (n) landing (n) landscape (n) lane (n) largely (adv) laser (n) lately (adv) to launch (v) leadership (n) league (n) to lean (v) legend (n) lens (n) licence (n) lifetime (n) lighting (n) likewise (adv) limitation (n) |
limited (adj) literally (adv) literary (adj) litter (n) lively (adj) liver (n) load (n) / to load (v) loan (n) logical (adj) logo (n) long-term (adj) loose (adj) lord (n) lottery (n) to lower (v) loyal (adj) lung (n) lyric (n) |
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magnificent (adj) to maintain (v) majority (n) makeup (n) making (n) to manufacture (v) manufacturing (n) marathon (n) margin (n) marker (n) martial (adj) mass (n / adj) massive (adj) master (n) / to master (v) matching (adj) mate (n) / to mate (v) maximum (n / adj) means (n) measurement (n) mechanic (n) mechanical (adj) mechanism (n) medal (n) medication (n) medium (n) to melt (v) membership (n) memorable (adj) metaphor (n) method (n) military (adj / n) miner (n) |
mineral (n) minimum (n / adj) minister (n) minor (adj) minority (n) miserable (adj) mission (n) mistaken (adj) mixed (adj) mode (n) modest (adj) to modify (v) monitor (n) / to monitor (v) monster (n) monthly (adj / adv) monument (n) moral (adj / n) moreover (adv) mortgage (n) mosque (n) mosquito (n) motion (n) to motivate (v) motivation (n) motor (n) to mount (v) moving (adj) multiple (adj) to multiply (v) mysterious (adj) myth (n) |
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naked (adj) nasty (adj) navigation (n) nearby (adj / adv) neat (adj) necessity (n) negative (adj / n) to negotiate (v) negotiation (n) nerve (n) neutral (adj) nevertheless (adv) |
newly (adv) nickel (n) nightmare (n) nostalgia (n) notebook (n) notion (n) novelist (n) nowadays (adv) numerous (adj) nursing (n) nutrition (n) |
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obesity (n) to obey (v) object (n) / to object (v) objective (n) obligatory (adj) obligation (n) observation (n) to observe (v) observer (n) obstacle (n) to obtain (v) occasionally (adv) occupation (n) to occupy (v) offence (n) to offend (v) offender (n) offensive (adj) ongoing (adj) onwards (adv) opening (n) openly (adv) opera (n) to operate (v) operator (n) |
opponent (n) to oppose (v) opposed (adj) opposition (n) optical (adj) optimistic (adj) orchestra (n) organ (n) organic (adj) origin (n) otherwise (adv) outcome (n) outer (adj) outfit (n) outline (n) / to outline (v) output (n) outstanding (adj) overall (adj / adv) to overcome (v) overnight (adv / adj) overseas (adv / adj) to owe (v) ownership (n) oxygen (n) |
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pace (n) / to pace (v) packet (n) palm (n) panel (n) panic (n) / to panic (v) parade (n) parallel (adj / n) parliament (n) part-time (adj / adv) participant (n) participation (n) partly (adv) partnership (n) passage (n) passionate (adj) password (n) patch (n) patience (n) pause (n) / to pause (v) peer (n) penalty (n) pension (n) to perceive (v) perception (n) permanent (adj) permanently (adv) permit (n) / to permit (v) perspective (n) pharmacy (n) phase (n) phenomenon (n) philosophy (n) physician (n) pile (n) / to pile (v) pill (n) pitch (n) pity (n) placement (n) plain (adj) plus (prep) pointed (adj) popularity (n) portion (n) pose (n) / to pose (v) positive (adj) to possess (v) potential (adj / n) potentially (adv) to praise (v) precious (adj) precise (adj) |
precisely (adv) predictable (adj) preference (n) pregnant (adj) preparation (n) presence (n) to preserve (v) presidential (adj) pride (n) primarily (adv) prime (adj) principal (adj / n) principle (n) prior (adj) priority (n) privacy (n) probability (n) probable (adj) procedure (n) to proceed (v) professional (adj / n) programming (n) progressive (adj) to prohibit (v) promising (adj) promotion (n) to prompt (v) proof (n) proportion (n) proposal (n) to propose (v) prospect (n) protection (n) protein (n) protester (n) proven (adj) psychological (adj) psychologist (n) psychology (n) publication (n) publicity (n) publishing (n) punk (n) pupil (n) purchase (n) / to purchase (v) pure (adj) purely (adv) to pursue (v) pursuit (n) puzzle (n) |
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| to question (v) | questionnaire (n) |
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racial (adj) racism (n) racist (adj / n) radar (n) radiation (n) rail (n) random (adj) rank (n) / to rank (v) rapid (adj) rapidly (adv) raw (adj) realistic (adj) reasonable (adj) reasonably (adv) to rebuild (v) to recall (v) receiver (n) recession (n) to reckon (v) recognition (n) to recover (v) recovery (n) to recruit (v) reduction (n) referee (n) refugee (n) to regard (v) regional (adj) to register (v) registration (n) to regret (v) to regulate (v) regulation (n) to reinforce (v) relatively (adv) relevant (adj) relief (n) to relieve (v) relieved (adj) to rely on (v) remark (n) / to remark (v) remarkable (adj) remarkably (adv) |
reporting (n) representative (n / adj) reputation (n) requirement (n) to rescue (v) research (n) / to research (v) to reserve (v) resident (n) to resign (v) to resist (v) resolution (n) to resolve (v) resort (n) to restore (v) to restrict (v) restriction (n) résumé (n) retail (n) to retain (v) retirement (n) to reveal (v) revenue (n) revision (n) revolution (n) reward (n) / to reward (v) rhythm (n) rid (adj) ridiculous (adj) risky (adj) rival (n) to rob (v) robbery (n) rocket (n) romance (n) root (n) rose (n) roughly (adv) to rub (v) rubber (n) to ruin (v) rural (adj) to rush (v) |
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satellite (n) satisfaction (n) satisfied (adj) to satisfy (v) saving (n) scale (n) scandal (n) to scare (v) scholar (n) scholarship (n) to scratch (v) to scream (v) screening (n) sector (n) to secure (v) to seek (v) seeker (n) to select (v) selection (n) self (n) seminar (n) senior (adj / n) sensitive (adj) sequence (n) session (n) to settle (v) settler (n) severe (adj) severely (adv) sexy (adj) shade (n) shadow (n) shallow (adj) shame (n) shaped (adj) shelter (n) shooting (n) shore (n) short-term (adj) shortage (n) shortly (adv) sibling (n) sidewalk (n) signature (n) significance (n) significant (adj) significantly (adv) silence (n) silk (n) sincere (adj) skilled (adj) skull (n) slave (n) to slide (v) slight (adj) to slip (v) slogan (n) slope (n) so-called (adj) solar (adj) somehow (adv) sometime (adv) somewhat (adv) sophisticated (adj) soul (n) source (n) spare (adj) specialise (v) specialist (n) |
species (n) to specify (v) spectacular (adj) spectator (n) to speculate (v) speculation (n) spice (n) to spill (v) spiritual (adj) in spite of (prep) to split (v) to spoil (v) spokesman (n) spokesperson (n) spokeswoman (n) sponsor (n) / to sponsor (v) sponsorship (n) stable (adj) stall (n) stance (n) to stare (v) to starve (v) statistic (n) status (n) steadily (adv) steady (adj) steam (n) steel (n) steep (adj) sticky (adj) stiff (adj) to stimulate (v) stock (n) stream (n) to strengthen (v) to stretch (v) strict (adj) strictly (adv) strike (n) / to strike (v) striking (adj) stroke (n) to struggle (v) stunning (adj) to submit (v) substance (n) suburb (n) suffering (n) sufficient (adj) sufficiently (adv) sum (n) super (adj) surgeon (n) surgery (n) to surround (v) surrounding (adj) survival (n) survivor (n) suspect (n) / to suspect (v) to suspend (v) sustainability (n) sustainable (adj) to swallow (v) to swear (v) to sweep (v) symbol (n) to symbolise (v) sympathetic (adj) sympathy (n) |
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tag (n) / to tag (v) tale (n) tank (n) tap (n) / to tap (v) tear (n) / to tear (v) technological (adj) teen (n) temple (n) temporarily (adv) temporary (adj) tendency (n) tension (n) terminal (n / adj) terms (n) terribly (adv) to terrify (v) territory (n) terror (n) terrorism (n) terrorist (n) testing (n) textbook (n) theft (n) therapist (n) therapy (n) theory (n) therefore (adv) thorough (adj) thoroughly (adv) threat (n) to threaten (v) |
thumb (n) thus (adv) timing (n) tissue (n) tone (n) tough (adj) tournament (n) toxic (adj) trace (n) / to trace (v) track (n) / to track (v) trading (n) tragedy (n) tragic (adj) trait (n) transfer (n) / to transfer (v) to transform (v) transition (n) to transmit (v) trap (n) / to trap (v) treasure (n) trial (n) tribe (n) trillion (num) troop (n) tropical (adj) truly (adv) trust (n) / to trust (v) tsunami (n) tune (n) tunnel (n) |
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ultimate (adj) ultimately (adv) unacceptable (adj) uncertainty (n) unconscious (adj) to undergo (v) to undertake (v) unexpected (adj) to unfold (v) unfortunate (adj) unique (adj) to unite (v) |
unity (n) universal (adj) universe (n) unknown (adj) upper (adj) upwards (adv) urban (adj) to urge (v) urgent (adj) usage (n) useless (adj) |
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valid (adj) variation (n) to vary (v) vast (adj) venue (n) vertical (adj) via (prep) victory (n) victorious (adj) viewpoint (n) violence (n) |
virtual (adj) visa (n) visible (adj) vision (n) visual (adj) vital (adj) vitamin (n) volume (n) voluntarily (adv) voluntary (adj) voting (n) |
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wage (n) to wander (v) warming (n) weakness (n) wealth (n) wealthy (adj) weekly (adj / adv) weird (adj) welfare (n) wheat (n) whereas (conj) wherever (conj) to whisper (v) whoever (pron) whom (pron) widely (adv) widespread (adj) |
widow (n) wildlife (n) willing (adj) wire (n) wisdom (n) wise (adj) to withdraw (v) witness (n) / to witness (v) wolf (n) workforce (n) workplace (n) workshop (n) worm (n) wound (n) / to wound (v) to wrap (v) wrist (n) |
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