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27 English words (level C2) with a simple English definition and an example sentence. In the app you can hear every word and practise with flashcards, a quiz, spelling and listening.
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| English | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| antithesis | the exact opposite | His style is the antithesis of mine. |
| artifact | an object made by people, especially historical | The museum has ancient artifacts. |
| attrition | a gradual reduction; also wearing something down | The company reduced staff by attrition. |
| chronology | the order in which events happened | Let's check the chronology of events. |
| combustion | burning | Engines work by combustion. |
| correlation | a connection between two things | There is a correlation between smoking and cancer. |
| crystallization | forming crystals; also making ideas clear | the crystallization of salt |
| demystification | making something easier to understand | the demystification of science |
| distillation | making a liquid pure by heating; also a summary of the main points | The book is a distillation of his ideas. |
| emulsification | mixing two liquids that normally separate, like oil and water | Egg yolk helps emulsification. |
| enabler | a person or thing that makes something possible; also someone who supports another's bad habit | Technology is a great enabler. |
| fabulation | inventing stories | His autobiography is full of fabulation. |
| floodgates | gates that control water; open the floodgates: allow a lot of something to happen | The new law opened the floodgates to complaints. |
| gale | a very strong wind | The gale blew down trees. |
| inducement | something that persuades, like money | They offered an inducement to sign. |
| irrelevancy | something not relevant | His comment was an irrelevancy. |
| marketability | how easy something is to sell | We tested the product's marketability. |
| materialization | becoming real | the materialization of their plans |
| opacity | not letting light through; also being hard to understand | the opacity of the legal language |
| porten | a sign of something to come (rare form of 'portent') | The storm was a porten of trouble. |
| pressurization | keeping the air pressure normal, as in a plane | The cabin pressurization failed. |
| proliferation | a rapid increase in number | the proliferation of fast-food shops |
| recuperation | recovery after illness | Recuperation took months. |
| reverb | an echo effect added to music | Add some reverb to the vocals. |
| synthesis | combining ideas or things into a whole; also making a substance chemically | The book is a synthesis of many studies. |
| whirlwind | a strong spinning wind; also a very busy situation | It was a whirlwind romance. |
| wordage | the number of words in a text | The wordage of the article is too high. |