C1 CEFR Vocabulary Word List
Here are the words for C1 CEFR level. This list builds on the words that are in the B2 level word list.
In our Word Bank, C1 words are divided into word types, with examples, collocations and IPA phonetic transcription.
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to abolish (v) abortion (n) absence (n) absurd (adj) abuse (n) / to abuse (v) academy (n) to accelerate (v) acceptance (n) accessible (adj) accomplishment (n) accordingly (adv) accountability (n) accountable (adj) to accumulate (v) accumulation (n) accusation (n) accused (n) acid (n) acquisition (n) activation (n) activist (n) acute (adj) adaptation (n) to adhere (v) adjacent (adj) adjustment (n) to administer (v) administrative (adj) administrator (n) admission (n) adolescent (n / adj) adoption (n) adverse (adj) advocate (n) / to advocate (v) aesthetic (adj) affection (n) aftermath (n) aggression (n) agricultural (adj) aide (n) to alert (v) / alert (n / adj) to align (v) alignment (n) alike (adj / adv) allegation (n) to allege (v) allegedly (adv) alliance (n) to allocate (v) |
allocation (n) allowance (n) ally (n) aluminium (n) amateur (n / adj) ambassador (n) to amend (v) amendment (n) amid (prep) analogy (n) anchor (n) anonymous (adj) apparel (n) appealing (adj) appetite (n) to applaud (v) applicable (adj) to appoint (v) appreciation (n) arbitrary (adj) architectural (adj) archive (n) arena (n) to arm (v) array (n) to articulate (v) ash (n) aspiration (n) to aspire (v) assassination (n) assault (n) / to assault (v) to assemble (v) assembly (n) to assert (v) assertion (n) assurance (n) asylum (n) atrocity (n) to attain (v) attendance (n) attribute (n) / to attribute (v) auction (n) audit (n) / to audit (v) authentic (adj) to authorise (v) auto (n) autonomy (n) availability (n) to await (v) |
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backdrop (n) backing (n) backup (n) bail (n) ballot (n) bankruptcy (n) banner (n) bare (adj) barrel (n) battlefield (n) bay (n) beam (n) beast (n) behalf (n) behavioural (adj) beloved (adj) bench (n) benchmark (n) beneath (prep) beneficiary (n) to betray (v) betrayal (n) beverage (n) to bind (v) biography (n) bishop (n) |
bizarre (adj) blade (n) blast (n) / to blast (v) to bleed (v) blend (n) / to blend (v) to bless (v) blessing (n) to boast (v) bonus (n) boom (n) to bounce (v) boundary (n) to bow (v) breach (n) / to breach (v) breakdown (n) breakthrough (n) to breed (v) broadband (n) browser (n) brutal (adj) buffer (n) bulk (n) burden (n) bureaucracy (n) burial (n) |
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cabinet (n) calculation (n) canvas (n) capability (n) capitalism (n) capitalist (n / adj) cargo (n) carriage (n) to carve (v) casualty (n) catalogue (n) to cater (v) cattle (n) caution (n) cautious (adj) to cease (v) cemetery (n) chamber (n) chaos (n) to characterise (v) charm (n) charter (n) choir (n) chronic (adj) chunk (n) to circulate (v) circulation (n) citizenship (n) civic (adj) civilian (n) clarity (n) clash (n) / to clash (v) classification (n) to cling (v) clinical (adj) closure (n) cluster (n) coalition (n) coastal (adj) cocktail (n) cognitive (adj) to coincide (v) to collaborate (v) collaboration (n) collective (adj) collision (n) colonial (adj) columnist (n) combat (n) / to combat (v) to commence (v) commentary (n) commentator (n) commerce (n) commissioner (n) commodity (n) communist (n / adj) companion (n) comparable (adj) compassion (n) to compel (v) compelling (adj) to compensate (v) compensation (n) competence (n) competent (adj) to compile (v) complement (n) / to complement (v) complexity (n) compliance (n) complication (n) to comply (v) composition (n) to comprise (v) compromise (n) / to compromise (v) to compute (v) to conceal (v) to concede (v) to conceive (v) conception (n) concession (n) to condemn (v) to confer (v) |
confession (n) configuration (n) to confine (v) confirmation (n) to confront (v) confrontation (n) to congratulate (v) congregation (n) congressional (adj) to conquer (v) conscience (n) consciously (adv) consciousness (n) consecutive (adj) consensus (n) consent (n) / to consent (v) to conserve (v) consistency (n) to consolidate (v) consolidation (n) to constitute (v) constitution (n) constitutional (adj) constraint (n) consultation (n) to contemplate (v) contempt (n) to contend (v) contender (n) content (adj) contention (n) continually (adv) contractor (n) contradiction (n) contrary (adj / n) contributor (n) conversion (n) convict (n) / to convict (v) conviction (n) to cooperate (v) cooperative (adj) to coordinate (v) coordination (n) coordinator (n) copyright (n) correction (n) to correlate (v) correlation (n) to correspond (v) correspondence (n) correspondent (n) corresponding (adj) correspondingly (adv) corrupt (adj) corruption (n) costly (adj) councillor (n) counselling (n) counsellor (n) to counter (v) counterpart (n) countless (adj) coup (n) courtesy (n) craft (n) / to craft (v) to crawl (v) creator (n) credibility (n) credible (adj) to creep (v) criterion (n) critique (n) crown (n) crude (adj) to crush (v) crystal (n) cult (n) to cultivate (v) curiosity (n) custody (n) cutting (n / adj) cynical (adj) |
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dam (n) damaging (adj) dawn (n) debris (n) debut (n) decision-making (n) decisive (adj) declaration (n) dedicated (adj) dedication (n) deed (n) to deem (v) default (n) defect (n) defensive (adj) deficiency (n) deficit (n) definitive (adj) to defy (v) delegate (n) delegation (n) delicate (adj) demon (n) denial (n) to denounce (v) dense (adj) density (n) dependence (n) to depict (v) to deploy (v) deployment (n) to deprive (v) deputy (n) to descend (v) descent (n) to designate (v) desirable (adj) destructive (adj) to detain (v) detection (n) detention (n) to deteriorate (v) to devastate (v) to devise (v) to diagnose (v) diagnosis (n) to dictate (v) dictator (n) |
to differentiate (v) dignity (n) dilemma (n) dimension (n) to diminish (v) to dip (v) diplomat (n) diplomatic (adj) directory (n) disastrous (adj) to discard (v) to discharge (v) to disclose (v) disclosure (n) discourse (n) discretion (n) discrimination (n) to disregard (v) dismissal (n) to displace (v) disposal (n) to dispose of (v) dispute (n) / to dispute (v) to disrupt (v) disruption (n) to dissolve (v) distinction (n) distinctive (adj) to distort (v) distress (n) disturbing (adj) to divert (v) divine (adj) doctrine (n) documentation (n) domain (n) dominance (n) donor (n) dose (n) drawback (n) to drain (v) to drift (v) to drown (v) dual (adj) to dub (v) dumb (adj) duo (n) |
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earnings (n) ease (n) / to ease (v) echo (n) / to echo (v) ecological (adj) educator (n) effectiveness (n) efficiency (n) ego (n) elaborate (adj) electoral (adj) to elevate (v) eligible (adj) elite (n) to embark (v) embarrassment (n) embassy (n) to embed (v) to embody (v) emergence (n) empirical (adj) to empower (v) to enact (v) to encompass (v) encouragement (n) encouraging (adj) endeavour (n) endless (adj) to endorse (v) endorsement (n) to endure (v) to enforce (v) enforcement (n) engagement (n) engaging (adj) to enrich (v) to enrol (v) |
enterprise (n) enthusiast (n) to entitle (v) entity (n) epidemic (n) equality (n) equation (n) to erect (v) to escalate (v) escort (n) / to escort (v) essence (n) establishment (n) eternal (adj) to evacuate (v) to evoke (v) evolutionary (adj) to exaggerate (v) excellence (n) exceptional (adj) excess (n) exclusion (n) exclusive (adj) exclusively (adv) to execute (v) execution (n) to exert (v) exile (n) expenditure (n) experimental (adj) to expire (v) explicit (adj) explicitly (adv) exploitation (n) explosive (n / adj) extremist (n) |
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to facilitate (v) faction (n) to fade (v) fairness (n) fatal (adj) fate (n) favourable (adj) feat (n) felony (n) feminist (n / adj) fibre (n) fierce (adj) filmmaker (n) filter (n) / to filter (v) firearm (n) fiscal (adj) flaw (n) flawed (adj) to flee (v) fleet (n) flesh (n) |
flexibility (n) to flourish (v) fluid (n) footage (n) to foresee (v) foreigner (n) to forge (v) formula (n) to formulate (v) forth (adv) forthcoming (adj) to foster (v) fragile (adj) franchise (n) frankly (adv) fraudulent (adj) frustrating (adj) frustration (n) functional (adj) fundraising (n) |
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gambling (n) gathering (n) to gaze (v) gear (n) generic (adj) genocide (n) to glance (v) glimpse (n) glorious (adj) glory (n) governance (n) grace (n) to grasp (v) |
grave (adj) (serious) gravity (n) grid (n) grief (n) to grin (v) to grind (v) grip (n) / to grip (v) gross (adj) guerrilla (n) guidance (n) guilt (n) gut (n) |
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to hail (v) halfway (adv) to halt (v) handful (n) handling (n) handy (adj) harassment (n) hardware (n) harmony (n) harsh (adj) harvest (n) / to harvest (v) hatred (n) to haunt (v) hazard (n) hence (adv) |
heighten (v) heritage (n) hierarchy (n) high-profile (adj) homeland (n) hopeful (adj) horizon (n) hostage (n) hostile (adj) hostility (n) humanitarian (adj) humanity (n) humble (adj) hydrogen (n) hypothesis (n) |
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identification (n) ideological (adj) ideology (n) ignorance (n) imagery (n) immense (adj) imminent (adj) implementation (n) to imprison (v) inability (n) inadequate (adj) inappropriate (adj) to incarcerate (v) incarceration (n) incidence (n) inclined (adj) inclusion (n) to incur (v) indicator (n) indictment (n) indigenous (adj) to induce (v) to indulge (v) inequality (n) infamous (adj) to infect (v) to inflict (v) influential (adj) infrastructure (n) inherent (adj) to inhibit (v) to initiate (v) to inject (v) injection (n) injustice (n) inmate (n) to inquire (v) insertion (n) insider (n) to inspect (v) |
inspection (n) inspiration (n) instinct (n) institutional (adj) to instruct (v) instrumental (adj) insufficient (adj) insult (n) / to insult (v) intact (adj) intake (n) integral (adj) integrated (adj) integration (n) integrity (n) to intensify (v) intensity (n) intensive (adj) intent (n) interactive (adj) interface (n) to interfere (v) interference (n) interim (adj) interior (n / adj) intermediate (adj) intersection (n) to intervene (v) intervention (n) intimate (adj) intriguing (adj) inventory (n) investigator (n) invisible (adj) to invoke (v) involvement (n) ironic (adj) ironically (adv) irony (n) irrelevant (adj) isolation (n) |
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judicial (adj) jurisdiction (n) |
just (adj) justification (n) |
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landlord (n) landmark (n) lap (n) large-scale (adj) latter (adj) lawmaker (n) lawn (n) lawsuit (n) layout (n) leak (n) / to leak (v) to leap (v) legacy (n) legendary (adj) legislation (n) legislative (adj) legislature (n) legitimate (adj) lengthy (adj) lesbian (adj / n) lesser (adj) lethal (adj) |
liable (adj) liability (n) liberal (adj / n) liberation (n) liberty (n) lifelong (adj) likelihood (n) limb (n) linear (adj) line-up (n) to linger (v) listing (n) literacy (n) lobby (n) / to lobby (v) logic (n) long-standing (adj) long-time (adj) to loom (v) loop (n) loyalty (n) |
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machinery (n) magical (adj) magnetic (adj) magnitude (n) mainland (n) mainstream (n / adj) maintenance (n) mandate (n) mandatory (adj) to manifest (v) to manipulate (v) manipulation (n) manuscript (n) march (n) / to march (v) marginal (adj) marine (adj) marketplace (n) massacre (n) mathematical (adj) mature (adj) to maximise (v) meaningful (adj) meantime (n) medieval (adj) meditation (n) melody (n) memo (n) memoir (n) memorial (n) mentor (n) merchant (n) mercy (n) |
mere (adj) merely (adv) to merge (v) merger (n) merit (n) in the midst of (prep) migration (n) militant (n / adj) militia (n) minimal (adj) to minimise (v) mining (n) ministry (n) minute (adj) (tiny) miracle (n) misery (n) misleading (adj) mismanagement (n) missile (n) mob (n) mobility (n) to mobilise (v) moderate (adj) modification (n) module (n) momentum (n) monk (n) monopoly (n) morality (n) motive (n) municipal (adj) mutual (adj) |
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naive (adj) namely (adv) nationwide (adj / adv) naval (adj) to neglect (v) neighbouring (adj) newsletter (n) niche (n) noble (adj) to nod (v) to nominate (v) |
nomination (n) nominee (n) nonetheless (adv) non-profit (adj) nonsense (n) norm (n) notable (adj) notably (adv) to notify (v) notorious (adj) nursery (n) |
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objection (n) to oblige (v) to obsess (v) obsession (n) occasional (adj) occurrence (n) odds (n) offering (n) offspring (n) operational (adj) to opt (v) optimism (n) oral (adj) organisational (adj) |
orientation (n) to originate (v) outbreak (n) outing (n) outlet (n) outlook (n) outrage (n) outsider (n) to overlook (v) overly (adv) to oversee (v) to overturn (v) to overwhelm (v) overwhelming (adj) |
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parameter (n) parental (adj) partial (adj) partially (adv) passing (n / adj) passive (adj) pastor (n) patent (n) pathway (n) patrol (n) / to patrol (v) patron (n) peak (n) peasant (n) peculiar (adj) to persist (v) persistent (adj) personnel (n) petition (n) philosopher (n) philosophical (adj) pioneer (n) pipeline (n) pit (n) plausible (adj) plea (n) to plead (v) pledge (n) / to pledge (v) plunge (n) / to plunge (v) pole (n) poll (n) portfolio (n) to portray (v) to postpone (v) post-war (adj) practitioner (n) to preach (v) to precede (v) precedent (n) precision (n) predator (n) predecessor (n) predominantly (adv) pregnancy (n) prejudice (n) preliminary (adj) premier (n) |
premise (n) premium (n) to prescribe (v) prescription (n) presently (adv) preservation (n) to preside (v) presidency (n) prestigious (adj) presumably (adv) to presume (v) to prevail (v) prevalence (n) prevention (n) prey (n) privatization (n) privilege (n) probe (n) / to probe (v) problematic (adj) proceeding (n) proceeds (n) processing (n) processor (n) to proclaim (v) productive (adj) productivity (n) profitable (adj) profound (adj) projection (n) prominent (adj) pronounced (adj) propaganda (n) proposition (n) to prosecute (v) prosecution (n) prosecutor (n) prospective (adj) prosperity (n) protective (adj) protocol (n) province (n) provincial (adj) provision (n) to provoke (v) psychiatric (adj) pulse (n) |
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query (n) quest (n) |
quota (n) |
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radical (adj) rage (n) raid (n) / to raid (v) rally (n) / to rally (v) ranking (n) rape (n) / to rape (v) ratio (n) rational (adj) ray (n) readily (adv) realization (n) realm (n) rear (n / adj) reasoning (n) to reassure (v) rebel (n) rebellion (n) recipient (n) reconstruction (n) to recount (v) recruitment (n) referendum (n) reflection (n) reform (n) / to reform (v) refuge (n) refusal (n) to regain (v) regardless (adv) regime (n) regulator (n) regulatory (adj) rehabilitation (n) reign (n) / to reign (v) rejection (n) relevance (n) reliability (n) reluctant (adj) remainder (n) remains (n) remedy (n) reminder (n) removal (n) |
to render (v) to renew (v) renowned (adj) rental (n) replacement (n) reportedly (adv) representation (n) to reproduce (v) reproduction (n) republic (n) to resemble (v) to reside (v) residence (n) residential (adj) residue (n) resignation (n) resistance (n) respective (adj) respectively (adv) restoration (n) restraint (n) to resume (v) retreat (n) / to retreat (v) to retrieve (v) revelation (n) revenge (n) to reverse (v) revival (n) to revive (v) revolutionary (adj / n) rhetoric (n) riot (n) to rip (v) ritual (n) robust (adj) rod (n) rookie (n) roster (n) to rotate (v) rotation (n) ruling (n / adj) rumour (n) |
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sacred (adj) sacrifice (n) / to sacrifice (v) saint (n) sake (n) sanction (n) saviour (n) scenario (n) scattered (adj) scope (n) screw (n) / to screw (v) scrutiny (n) seal (n) / to seal (v) secondly (adv) secular (adj) seemingly (adv) segment (n) to seize (v) seldom (adv) selective (adj) sensation (n) sensitivity (n) sentiment (n) separation (n) serial (adj) settlement (n) setup (n) sexuality (n) shareholder (n) to shatter (v) to shed (v) sheer (adj) shipping (n) to shrink (v) to shrug (v) to sigh (v) to simulate (v) simulation (n) simultaneously (adv) sin (n) situated (adj) sceptical (adj) sketch (n) slash (n) / to slash (v) slavery (n) slot (n) to smash (v) to snap (v) to soak (v) to soar (v) socialist (adj / n) sole (adj) solely (adv) solidarity (n) solo (n / adj) sovereignty (n) span (n) / to span (v) spark (n) / to spark (v) specialised (adj) specification (n) specimen (n) spectacle (n) spectrum (n) sphere (n) to spin (v) spine (n) spotlight (n) spouse (n) squad (n) |
to squeeze (v) to stab (v) stability (n) to stabilise (v) stake (n) standing (n) stark (adj) statistical (adj) to steer (v) to stem from (v) stereotype (n) stimulus (n) to stir (v) storage (n) straightforward (adj) strain (n) strand (n) strategic (adj) strip (n) (narrow piece) to strive (v) structural (adj) to stumble (v) to stun (v) submission (n) subscriber (n) subscription (n) subsequent (adj) subsequently (adv) subsidy (n) substantial (adj) substantially (adv) substitute (n) / to substitute (v) substitution (n) subtle (adj) suburban (adj) succession (n) successive (adj) successor (n) to suck (v) to sue (v) suicide (n) suite (n) summit (n) superb (adj) superintendent (n) superior (adj) to supervise (v) supervision (n) supervisor (n) supplement (n) / to supplement (v) supportive (adj) supposedly (adv) to suppress (v) supreme (adj) surge (n) / to surge (v) surgical (adj) surplus (n) to surrender (v) surveillance (n) suspension (n) suspicion (n) suspicious (adj) to sustain (v) symbolic (adj) syndrome (n) synthesis (n) systematic (adj) |
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to tackle (v) tactic (n) tactical (adj) taxpayer (n) to tempt (v) tenant (n) tender (adj) tenure (n) to terminate (v) terrain (n) terrific (adj) to testify (v) testimony (n) texture (n) thankfully (adv) theatrical (adj) theology (n) theoretical (adj) thereafter (adv) thereby (adv) thesis (n) thoughtful (adj) thread (n) threshold (n) thrilled (adj) to thrive (v) tide (n) to tighten (v) timber (n) timely (adj) tobacco (n) |
tolerance (n) to tolerate (v) toll (n) torture (n) / to torture (v) to toss (v) trademark (n) trail (n) / to trail (v) traitor (n) transaction (n) transcript (n) transformation (n) transit (n) transmission (n) transparency (n) transparent (adj) trauma (n) treaty (n) tremendous (adj) tribal (adj) tribute (n) trigger (n) / to trigger (v) trio (n) triumph (n) trophy (n) troubled (adj) trustee (n) tuition (n) tumour (n) turnout (n) turnover (n) to twist (v) |
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unconstitutional (adj) undergraduate (n) underlying (adj) to undermine (v) undoubtedly (adv) to unify (v) unprecedented (adj) |
to unveil (v) upcoming (adj) to upgrade (v) to uphold (v) utility (n) to utilise (v) utterly (adv) |
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vacuum (n) vague (adj) validity (n) to vanish (v) variable (n / adj) varied (adj) vein (n) venture (n) verbal (adj) verdict (n) to verify (v) verse (n) versus (prep) |
vessel (n) veteran (n) viable (adj) vibrant (adj) vice (n) vicious (adj) to violate (v) violation (n) virtue (n) vocal (adj) to vow (v) vulnerability (n) vulnerable (adj) |
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ward (n) warehouse (n) warfare (n) warrant (n) / to warrant (v) warrior (n) to weaken (v) to weave (v) weed (n) well (n) well-being (n) whatsoever (adv) to whip (v) |
wholly (adv) to widen (v) width (n) willingness (n) to wipe (v) wit (n) withdrawal (n) workout (n) worship (n) / to worship (v) worthwhile (adj) worthy (adj) wrongdoing (n) |
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| to yield (v) |
