For learners at C1 level who want the rich, natural words that fluent communication is built on. This course gives you sophisticated vocabulary – including less common and idiomatic language – for fluent, precise expression, grouped into rich, connected topics so they are easy to learn and easy to remember.
Curriculum
- 32 Sections
- 64 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- People, Family and GroupsI know these words: administrator, adolescent, adoption, alien, audience, beloved, community, councillor, counterpart, creator, delegate, feminist, foreigner, funeral, gathering, generation, landlord, mature, mob, noble, notorious, outsider, parental, separation, solicitor, solidarity, successor, vulnerable, widow, widower2
- Character and AppearanceI know these words: conceal, conscientious, cooperative, cynical, decisive, dedicated, dedication, doting, dynamic, embody, empathetic, engaging, graceful, humble, inappropriate, inherent, inner strength, integrity, personal charm, rational, selective, self-esteem, striking, temperament, vicious, virtue, wit, youthful2
- Feelings, Wants and NeedsI know these words: appealing, aspiration, cognitive, content, curiosity, dependence, eager, ego, empirical, encouraging, evoke, frustration, glorious, grief, haunt, heighten, intensity, intent, logic, loom, loyalty, manipulation, optimism, overwhelm, sceptical, sentiment, strain, vulnerability, willingness2
- Experience and ReactionsI know these words: absence, absurd, congratulate, contend, disclose, distress, ease, echo, echo, embarrassment, escalate, exaggerate, frustrated, glance, grave, hint, hint, hopeful, invisible, manifest, misery, obsession, optical, outrage, persist, pledge, pledge, prominent, provoke, recount, shortcoming, stark2
- Attitudes, Relationships and BeliefsI know these words: appreciate, appreciation, assertive, attitude, charm, compromise, concept, contempt, contention, courtesy, dignity, empower, encouragement, foster, impartial, infamous, influential, insight, insult, just, mercy, morality, neglect, neglect, objective, prejudice, privilege, revelation, stance, standpoint, subjective2
- Speaking, Agreement and DisagreementI know these words: adhere, articulate, assertion, authorize, concede, confer, consensus, contradict, contradiction, contradictory, controversial, declaration, delicate, discourse, discretion, enquire, explicitly, hail, justification, justify, misleading, nonsense, opt, plea, plead, proclaim, proposition, query, refusal, reluctant, resistance, retreat, rhetoric, yell2
- Thinking and Mental ProcessesI know these words: attribute, attribute, capability, characterize, conceive, contrary, correspond, deem, desirable, distinction, distinguish, embed, formulate, inability, induce, integral, integrated, invoke, manipulate, motive, presumably, presume, projection, pronounced, reasoning, reminder, reverse, skip, solely, stem, tactic, undoubtedly, utilize, verify, viable, wholly, worthy2
- Body and MovementI know these words: abdomen, agony, bare, bleed, cling, coordination, faint, fluid, grasp, grin, grip, instinct, kidney, leap, limb, liver, rip, shrug, slap, slash, snap, spine, stagger, toss, tremble, twist, vein2
- Health and IllnessI know these words: adverse, alert, alert, chronic, circulation, clinical, consultation, contagious, counselling, diagnose, discharge, disorder, donor, fracture, infect, inject, insertion, lethal, life expectancy, mask, outbreak, physician, pregnancy, prescribe, prescription, prevention, rehabilitation, remedy, spectacles, stabilize, supplement, surgical, terminal, toll, trace, trauma, ward2
- Sport, Leisure and TravelI know these words: bounce, carriage, carve, divert, embark, excel, fleet, gear, getaway, immerse, itinerary, lap, meaningful, medieval, meditation, memorial, mobility, motorist, naval, outing, pathway, province, pump, remains, scenic, stamina, well-being2
- Food, Cooking and EatingI know these words: ambience, appetising; appetite, batter, blend, blend, cuisine, devour, dip, dust, exquisite, hearty, intake, intolerance, knead, leftovers, mince, nibble, nourishing, overcooked, pastry, savoury, seasoned, simmer, sponge, stew, substitute, teetotaller, tender, undercooked2
- House and HomeI know these words: basement, bespoke, closure, clutter, clutter-free, conversion, cramped, debris, declutter, evict, eviction, exterior, fixture, furnished, handy, immaculate, interior, lawn, layout, makeover, mortgage, pipeline, plug, rear, rental, residence, residential, shed, shortage, storage, tenant, tiles, unfurnished, utility bills, wipe2
- Cities, Places and BuildingsI know these words: adjacent, affluent, amenities, bench, brewery, bustling, cemetery, city skyline, cul-de-sac, dilapidated, embassy, eyesore, heritage, high-rise, inn, landmark, monastery, municipal, noise pollution, panorama, pedestrian zone, pit, provincial, quay, residential area, restoration, run-down, settlement, tourist hotspot, traffic congestion, urban sprawl, venue, vibrant2
- Art, Media and EntertainmentI know these words: amateur, archive, collaboration, commentary, commentator, copyright, credible, critique, debut, directory, high-profile, intriguing, magical, melody, nomination, notable, novel, premier, renowned, reproduction, sensation, solo, solo, subscriber, subscription, theatrical, transcript, verse2
- Education and ScienceI know these words: attendance, conduct, conduct, conductive, contaminant, contaminate, contamination, correction, diligent, dilute, distinction, domain, educator, emergence, enrol, equation, faculty, feedback, formula, generic, grant, instruct, intellectual, intensive, methodology, philosophical, plagiarism, preliminary, principal, scholarship, specialized, spectrum, submission, submit, synthesis, theoretical, thesis, undergraduate2
- Work, Careers and SkillsI know these words: accountability, amend, appraisal, collaborate, competence, complacent, coordinate, coordination, delegate, encompass, expertise, harassment, implement, inspect, internship, maximize, minimize, overwhelmed, productive, productivity, recruit, recruitment, renew, resign, resignation, sack, streamline, supervise, supervision, workload2
- Personal FinanceI know these words: affordable, allocate, bankrupt, bargain, benefit, bonus, budget, burden, cash-strapped, compensate, compensation, confirmation, costly, cut down, debt, deposit, fine, fine, frugal, hard up, incur, maintenance, means, pay off, premium, prosperity, prosperous, recurring, save up, spare, subsidy, taxpayer, transaction, yield2
- Business, Commerce and ServicesI know these words: accessible, acquisition, appoint, asset, audit, cash flow, commerce, commodity, commute, contractor, deputy, disposal, documentation, enterprise, establishment, expenditure, harvest, implementation, indicator, merge, organizational, personnel, portfolio, profit margin, profitable, recession, shareholder, shipping, supervisor, taxation, trademark, utility, venture, venture, warehouse2
- Accidents, Conflicts and ProblemsI know these words: abuse, atrocity, await, backfire, backtrack, burst, catastrophic, chaos, collision, damaging, dispute, disruption, drown, ensue, flawed, handling, hazard, inhibit, interfere, interference, irreparable, negligence, negligent, obstacle, obstruction, outbreak, problematic, punch, slam, spark, tackle, trigger, violate, violation2
- Rise and Fall, Success and FailureI know these words: accomplishment, aggravate, breakdown, breakthrough, constraint, counteract, deteriorate, diminish, dominance, efficiency, erode, evolve, excellence, flaw, flourish, humble, inflate, intensify, merit, plunge, prevail, prevalence, reliability, remedy, resolve, shed, soar, strive, surge, surge, thrive, transformation, triumph, undermine, weaken, worthwhile2
- Objects, Materials and ConditionsI know these words: acid, alignment, chunk, cluster, complexity, consistency, copper, crystal, destructive, distinctive, essence, explosive, extract, fade, leak, magnetic, operational, pop, replacement, screw, seal, seal, simulate, sound, strand, strip, structural, substitute, superb, supreme, thread, timber, toxic, underlying, vague2
- Nature and the EnvironmentI know these words: breed, cattle, combat, conserve, currents, dawn, deplete, depletion, disastrous, ecological, erosion, evacuate, evaporate, extinct, extinction, geology, gravity, habitat, marine, mudslide, predator, prey, renewable, solar, stem, sustain, sustainable, tide, vacuum, vanish, volcanic2
- Technology and CommunicationI know these words: algorithm, configuration, correspondence, cybersecurity, default, deploy, encryption, facilitate, filter, footage, grid, hardware, integrate, integration, interactive, interface, maintenance, modification, notify, processor, prompt, radar, spam, specification, transmission2
- Actions and ProcessesI know these words: abolish, accelerate, acquire, compile, constrain, crush, determine, devise, disperse, dispose, dominate, emerge, endure, enforce, exacerbate, exemplify, exert, exhaust, expose, forge, impose, march, obtain, permeate, proceed, reinforce, replicate, restrain, retrieve, suppress, tighten2
- Positive and Negative QualitiesI know these words: abnormal, accurate, ambiguous, authentic, biased, challenging, coherent, compelling, detrimental, dominant, erratic, exceptional, favourable, feasible, hostile, inadequate, incoherent, inferior, insightful, meticulous, monotonous, pivotal, rigorous, robust, secure, succinct, terrific, unambiguous, unethical, volatile2
- Size, Quantity and MeasurementI know these words: abundant, capacity, comparable, correlate, correlation, corresponding, countless, deduct, deficiency, deficit, descend, equivalent, excess, excessive, handful, immense, linger, marginal, moderate, negligible, parameter, profound, proportional, respective, sheer, sole, substantial, sufficient, surplus, total, tremendous, trio, underestimate, variable, varied, widen, width2
- Time, Distance and NumbersI know these words: coincide, commence, consecutive, continually, defer, eternal, forthcoming, halfway, imminent, interim, intermediate, latter, lengthy, long-standing, momentum, net, occasional, peak, postpone, precision, predominantly, prolong, ratio, respectively, serial, simultaneously, span, span, spell, successive, timely, upcoming2
- Crime, Punishment and LawI know these words: allegation, assault, assault, blackmail, blast, comply, convict, detection, detention, enforcement, execute, fraudulent, imprison, injustice, inmate, kidnap, lawsuit, legislative, litigate, plea, preside, probation, prosecutor, rape, restraint, spy, sue, surveillance, suspicion, suspicious, testify, testimony, torture, torture, warrant2
- Social and Political IssuesI know these words: beneficiary, bureaucracy, capitalism, capitalist, civilian, colonial, corruption, coup, deprive, discrimination, displace, enact, equality, exploitation, extremist, fairness, flee, hostage, humanitarian, ideology, legislature, migration, militant, mobilize, rebel, rebellion, refuge, reign, sanction, seize, slavery, stability, surrender, treaty, warfare2
- Social and Political LifeI know these words: aide, autonomy, ballot, charter, commissioner, constituency, constitution, constitutional, corrupt, diplomatic, electoral, elite, governance, indictment, jurisdiction, legitimate, liberal, liberal, liberty, lobby, parliamentary, poll, presidency, presidential, radical, rally, rally, referendum, reform, reform, republic, run for, sovereignty, transparency2
- Social and Religious LifeI know these words: acceptance, blessing, commemorate, compassion, confess, congregation, cult, devout, engagement, exclusion, inclusive, indigenous, monk, observe, preach, revival, ritual, sacred, sacrifice, sacrifice, saint, sin, spiritual, theology, tolerance, tribal, worship, worship2
- Phrasal VerbsI know these words: back up, bring about, call off, carry out, come across, come up with, cut back, draw up, drop off, figure out, get across, get along, get over, give in, go over, hold back, keep up, make up, point out, put off, put up with, run out, set up, show up, sort out, take on, turn down, work out2
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