A
abbietto
abject
C2 exam level
CILS C2 vocabulary
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Sample words from C2
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A
abiura
abjuration
A
abnegazione totale
total self-denial
A
abrogabile
repealable
A
accismarsi
to accustom
A
accreditamento
accreditation
A
acribia
meticulousness
A
acrimonia verbale
verbal acrimony
A
adagio filosofico
philosophical adagio
A
addurre pretesti
to make excuses
A
adombrare un sospetto
to cast suspicion
A
affabulazione
storytelling
A
affastellare
to pile up
A
affievolire
to weaken
A
aforisma
aphorism
A
agognare
to long for
A
alacrità
alacrity
A
allegorico
allegorical
A
alterigia
arrogance
A
ambage
circumlocution
A
amletico
Hamlet-like
A
ammantare
to cloak
A
anelare
to yearn
A
anfibologico
amphibological
A
anfratto
nook
A
anodino discorso
anodyne speech
A
antifrasi
antiphrasis
A
antinomico
contradictory
A
apocrifo
apocryphal
A
apoftegma
apophthegm
A
apostrofare
to apostrophize
A
arcigno
stern
arguzia
wit
A
arzigogolato
convoluted
A
asettico
aseptic
A
assoggettato
subjected
A
attanagliare
to grip
A
auspicabile esito
desirable outcome
A
avello
tomb
A
avvincente
compelling
B
balbettio
stammering
B
balia
wet nurse
B
balzano pensiero
to leap
B
bislacco
bizarre
B
bonomia
good nature
B
brachilogia
brachylogy
B
brio
vigor
B
burbero
gruff
B
burrasca politica
political storm
C
cabala
kabbalah
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