Vocabulary Words

B2

noun

Love of one's country (+5 more)

noun, verb

(Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights. (+11 more)

verb

To cover something with paving slabs. (+3 more)

noun

(now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface (+5 more)

noun, verb

(by extension) To clumsily dig through something. (+11 more)

noun

A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security � which may be sold if not redeemed.

noun

The business premises of a pawnbroker (+1 more)

noun

A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services. (+1 more)

adverb

In a peaceful manner.

adjective, noun, verb

A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color. (+9 more)

adjective, noun, verb

A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum. (+25 more)

noun, verb

(sometimes figurative) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. (+19 more)

noun, verb

A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains. (+9 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(equestrian) A stirrup. (+7 more)

adjective

Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language. (+2 more)

adjective, noun

A walker (+8 more)

noun, verb

(mildly vulgar) To drizzle. (+7 more)

noun, verb

(usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc. (+26 more)

noun, verb

A feeble utterance or complaint. (+16 more)

noun, verb

A comrade (+13 more)

noun, verb

(typically in heterosexual contexts) To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo. (+29 more)

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