Vocabulary Words

C2

verb

To confer. (+3 more)

verb

to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication (+2 more)

adjective, noun

A surrealist artist (+1 more)

noun

An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.

verb

To invent by an exercise of ingenuity (+5 more)

noun, verb

An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter. (+3 more)

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite (+1 more)

adverb

In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons

noun

Motion picture photography. (+1 more)

noun

A photographer who operates a movie camera, or who oversees the operations of the cameras and lighting when making a film. (+2 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(by extension) Anything dishonestly obtained. (+9 more)

adverb

In a diligent manner, with appropriate effort, carefully.

noun

A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle. (+5 more)

adjective

Based on impression rather than reason or fact (+5 more)

adjective

based on or involving impression as distinct from expertise or fact (+3 more)

noun

The property or trait of being a snob.

adjective

Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts (+2 more)

verb

To move under the force of gravity. (+1 more)

adjective

Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation.

noun

a force manifested by acceleration toward each other of two free material particles or bodies or of radiant-energy quanta : gravity sense 1a(2) (+2 more)

noun

Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection (+2 more)

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