C2 exam level

TEF/TCF C2 vocabulary

This page brings together C2 vocabulary for TEF/TCF. Review words with translations, then open GoNative to mark familiar vocabulary and save useful words for review.

Sample words from C2

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I

inéluctable

inevitable

A

accablement

overwhelm

A

atermoiement

procrastination

A

auspices

patronage

C

consubstantiel

consubstantial

E

exacerbation

aggravation

E

extrapolation

extrapolation

F

forclusion

foreclosure

G

gentrification

gentrification

H

hypertrophie

hypertrophy

I

immixtion

interference

I

implacablement

relentlessly

I

incommensurable

immeasurable

I

inextricable

inseparable

N

néocolonialisme

neocolonialism

P

percolation

percolation

P

phénoménologie

phenomenology

P

proscription

ban

P

prévaricateur

prevaricator

P

prééminence

preeminence

P

péréquation fiscale

tax equalization

Q

quasi-monopole

quasi-monopoly

R

recrudescence

resurgence

R

révisionnisme

revisionism

T

tergiverser

to procrastinate

V

vacuité

emptiness

A

abdication morale

moral abdication

A

abjection

degradation

A

abolir une distinction

to abolish a distinction

A

abolition symbolique

symbolic abolition

A

abondance lexicale

lexical abundance

A

abscondité

obscurity

A

absolutisme moral

moral absolutism

A

absolutoire

acquittal

A

abstraction philosophique

philosophical abstraction

A

abstraction réifiée

reified abstraction

A

abstrus

abstruse

A

abusivement

abusively

A

abusivement généralisé

overgeneralized

A

abâtardir

to debase

A

abécédaire savant

scholarly alphabet

A

acabit douteux

dubious

A

académisme

academicism

A

acatalepsie

acatalepsy

A

accablement existentiel

existential despair

A

acception large

broad sense

A

accointance idéologique

ideological affinity

A

accointance suspecte

suspicious acquaintance

A

acerbité

bitterness

A

acharnement vindicatif

vindictive relentlessness

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How to use the TEF/TCF C2 list

Start by scanning the sample words: inéluctable, accablement, atermoiement, auspices, consubstantiel, exacerbation, extrapolation, forclusion. If most of them are familiar, move faster. If many slow you down, open this level in GoNative and select words for review.

You do not need to learn the whole list blindly. Mark known words, skip what is not useful and save the words that matter for the exam.

Turn vocabulary into practice

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GoNative helps you build a personal TEF/TCF C2 list, add translations and examples, and bring words back on schedule until they become easier to recall.

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