Vocabulary Words

B2

noun, verb

A supply, especially a large one, of something kept for future use. (+1 more)

noun

Constructions made of stone. (+2 more)

noun, verb

A close-stool (+15 more)

noun

A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.

noun

A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.

verb

To become straight. (+7 more)

adjective, adverb

Direct (+8 more)

adjective, adverb, noun, verb

(often in the plural) A difficult position. (+25 more)

noun, verb

A group of wires, usually twisted or braided. (+23 more)

noun, verb

A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices. (+5 more)

adverb

In a limited manner (+4 more)

noun, verb

A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats. (+10 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect. (+30 more)

noun

A trouble of any kind. (+7 more)

noun, verb

A blow or hit. (+31 more)

adverb

In a stubborn manner.

noun

A writer or speaker distinguished for excellence or individuality of style (+4 more)

noun, proper noun

A large landmass which is either smaller than a continent (such as Greenland), or part of an even larger continent (such as the Indian subcontinent). (+1 more)

noun, verb

A culture made by transferring microorganisms from a previous culture to a fresh growth medium (+2 more)

noun, verb

A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided. (+5 more)

adjective, noun

(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact. (+2 more)

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