{ "name": "Spanish C2 Core Vocab", "front_language": "Spanish", "back_language": "English", "cards": [ { "front": "la malversación", "back": "embezzlement (of public funds)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 1, "example_front": "Fue condenado por malversación.", "example_back": "He was convicted of embezzlement." }, { "front": "el albedrío", "back": "free will", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 2, "example_front": "El libro reflexiona sobre el libre albedrío.", "example_back": "The book reflects on free will." }, { "front": "el acervo", "back": "heritage / body (of knowledge)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 3, "example_front": "Forma parte del acervo cultural común.", "example_back": "It's part of the shared cultural heritage." }, { "front": "el fiasco", "back": "fiasco", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "business" ], "word_frequency": 4, "example_front": "El lanzamiento fue un fiasco.", "example_back": "The launch was a fiasco." }, { "front": "la idiosincrasia", "back": "idiosyncrasy / distinctive character", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 5, "example_front": "Refleja la idiosincrasia del pueblo andaluz.", "example_back": "It reflects the distinctive character of Andalusians." }, { "front": "la quimera", "back": "chimera / pipe dream", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 6, "example_front": "La igualdad plena sigue siendo una quimera.", "example_back": "Full equality is still a pipe dream." }, { "front": "el beneplácito", "back": "approval / consent", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 7, "example_front": "Actuó con el beneplácito del consejo.", "example_back": "He acted with the board's approval." }, { "front": "el decoro", "back": "decorum / propriety", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 8, "example_front": "Mantuvo el decoro en todo momento.", "example_back": "He maintained decorum at all times." }, { "front": "la desidia", "back": "negligence / apathy", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 9, "example_front": "La desidia municipal dejó el parque en ruinas.", "example_back": "Municipal neglect left the park in ruins." }, { "front": "inaudito/a", "back": "unheard of / outrageous", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 10, "example_front": "Es inaudito que nadie haya dimitido.", "example_back": "It's outrageous that no one has resigned." }, { "front": "sufragar", "back": "to defray / to pay for", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "business" ], "word_frequency": 11, "example_front": "La empresa sufragará los gastos del viaje.", "example_back": "The company will pay the travel expenses." }, { "front": "el talante", "back": "disposition / attitude", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 12, "example_front": "Mostró un talante dialogante.", "example_back": "He showed a conciliatory attitude." }, { "front": "el atisbo", "back": "glimpse / hint", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 13, "example_front": "No hay ni un atisbo de arrepentimiento.", "example_back": "There isn't a hint of remorse." }, { "front": "la cosmovisión", "back": "worldview", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 14, "example_front": "Analiza la cosmovisión de los pueblos andinos.", "example_back": "She analyzes the worldview of Andean peoples." }, { "front": "la epifanía", "back": "epiphany", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 15, "example_front": "Tuvo una epifanía al leer la carta.", "example_back": "He had an epiphany reading the letter." }, { "front": "el ardid", "back": "ruse / trick", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 16, "example_front": "Usó un ardid para escapar.", "example_back": "He used a ruse to escape." }, { "front": "la vorágine", "back": "maelstrom / whirlwind", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 17, "example_front": "Vive en la vorágine de la gran ciudad.", "example_back": "He lives in the whirlwind of the big city." }, { "front": "el ultraje", "back": "outrage / insult", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 18, "example_front": "Fue juzgado por ultraje a la bandera.", "example_back": "He was tried for insulting the flag." }, { "front": "la mezquindad", "back": "pettiness / meanness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 19, "example_front": "Le sorprendió la mezquindad de sus socios.", "example_back": "He was surprised by his partners' pettiness." }, { "front": "acérrimo/a", "back": "staunch / die-hard", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 20, "example_front": "Es un defensor acérrimo de la monarquía.", "example_back": "He's a staunch defender of the monarchy." }, { "front": "la algarabía", "back": "din / hubbub", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 21, "example_front": "La algarabía de los niños llenaba la plaza.", "example_back": "The children's din filled the square." }, { "front": "el cariz", "back": "aspect / turn (of events)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 22, "example_front": "La situación tomó un cariz preocupante.", "example_back": "The situation took a worrying turn." }, { "front": "dirimir", "back": "to settle (a dispute)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 23, "example_front": "El tribunal dirimirá la controversia.", "example_back": "The court will settle the dispute." }, { "front": "el oscurantismo", "back": "obscurantism", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 24, "example_front": "Acusa al régimen de oscurantismo.", "example_back": "He accuses the regime of obscurantism." }, { "front": "la cábala", "back": "speculation / conjecture", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 25, "example_front": "Se hacen cábalas sobre el próximo ministro.", "example_back": "There's speculation about the next minister." }, { "front": "la desazón", "back": "unease / disquiet", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 26, "example_front": "La noticia le produjo una profunda desazón.", "example_back": "The news left him deeply uneasy." }, { "front": "la tesitura", "back": "situation / position (difficult)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 27, "example_front": "Nos encontramos en una tesitura complicada.", "example_back": "We find ourselves in a tricky situation." }, { "front": "el esperpento", "back": "grotesque spectacle", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "arts" ], "word_frequency": 28, "example_front": "El debate fue un esperpento.", "example_back": "The debate was a grotesque spectacle." }, { "front": "el ahínco", "back": "eagerness / determination", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 29, "example_front": "Estudió con ahínco para la oposición.", "example_back": "She studied with determination for the civil-service exam." }, { "front": "sórdido/a", "back": "sordid", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 30, "example_front": "Retrata el mundo sórdido de la mafia.", "example_back": "It portrays the sordid world of the mafia." }, { "front": "la hermenéutica", "back": "hermeneutics", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 31, "example_front": "Aplica la hermenéutica a los textos bíblicos.", "example_back": "He applies hermeneutics to biblical texts." }, { "front": "la pesquisa", "back": "inquiry / investigation", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 32, "example_front": "La policía inició las pesquisas.", "example_back": "The police began their inquiries." }, { "front": "el adalid", "back": "champion / leader", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 33, "example_front": "Se presenta como adalid de la libertad.", "example_back": "He presents himself as a champion of freedom." }, { "front": "la hipérbole", "back": "hyperbole", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "rhetoric" ], "word_frequency": 34, "example_front": "Hablar de genocidio cultural es una hipérbole.", "example_back": "Talking of cultural genocide is hyperbole." }, { "front": "el escollo", "back": "stumbling block", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "business" ], "word_frequency": 35, "example_front": "La financiación es el principal escollo.", "example_back": "Financing is the main stumbling block." }, { "front": "la diatriba", "back": "diatribe", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "debate" ], "word_frequency": 36, "example_front": "Lanzó una diatriba contra el Gobierno.", "example_back": "He launched a diatribe against the government." }, { "front": "el prurito", "back": "urge / itch (to do)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 37, "example_front": "Tiene el prurito de corregir a todo el mundo.", "example_back": "He has an urge to correct everyone." }, { "front": "la tergiversación", "back": "distortion / twisting", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 38, "example_front": "Fue una tergiversación de mis palabras.", "example_back": "It was a twisting of my words." }, { "front": "recalcitrante", "back": "recalcitrant", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 39, "example_front": "Es un sector recalcitrante del partido.", "example_back": "It's a recalcitrant faction of the party." }, { "front": "pusilánime", "back": "faint-hearted / cowardly", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 40, "example_front": "Fue una respuesta pusilánime.", "example_back": "It was a cowardly response." }, { "front": "la hecatombe", "back": "catastrophe / massacre", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 41, "example_front": "La sequía fue una hecatombe para el campo.", "example_back": "The drought was a catastrophe for farming." }, { "front": "el tedio", "back": "tedium", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 42, "example_front": "Le invadió un tedio insoportable.", "example_back": "Unbearable tedium came over him." }, { "front": "la endogamia", "back": "inbreeding / cronyism", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 43, "example_front": "Critican la endogamia de la universidad.", "example_back": "They criticize the cronyism in the university." }, { "front": "la chirigota", "back": "joke / mockery", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 44, "example_front": "Se tomó la reunión a chirigota.", "example_back": "He treated the meeting as a joke." }, { "front": "arcano/a", "back": "arcane / mysterious", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 45, "example_front": "Se adentró en los saberes arcanos de la alquimia.", "example_back": "He delved into the arcane knowledge of alchemy." }, { "front": "el quebranto", "back": "loss / damage", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "business" ], "word_frequency": 46, "example_front": "La crisis supuso un grave quebranto económico.", "example_back": "The crisis meant a serious financial loss." }, { "front": "el contubernio", "back": "conspiracy / collusion", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 47, "example_front": "Denunció un contubernio entre políticos y empresarios.", "example_back": "He denounced collusion between politicians and businessmen." }, { "front": "medrar", "back": "to prosper / to climb (opportunistically)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 48, "example_front": "Medró a la sombra del poder.", "example_back": "He climbed in the shadow of power." }, { "front": "la sinrazón", "back": "absurdity / injustice", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 49, "example_front": "Denuncia la sinrazón de la guerra.", "example_back": "He denounces the senselessness of war." }, { "front": "yermo/a", "back": "barren / desolate", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 50, "example_front": "Atravesaron un paisaje yermo.", "example_back": "They crossed a barren landscape." }, { "front": "fútil", "back": "futile / trivial", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 51, "example_front": "Discutían por motivos fútiles.", "example_back": "They argued over trivial matters." }, { "front": "el exabrupto", "back": "outburst / rude remark", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 52, "example_front": "Su exabrupto en televisión causó polémica.", "example_back": "His outburst on television caused controversy." }, { "front": "la autarquía", "back": "autarky / self-sufficiency", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 53, "example_front": "El régimen buscó la autarquía económica.", "example_back": "The regime sought economic self-sufficiency." }, { "front": "la fanfarria", "back": "fanfare / bluster", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 54, "example_front": "Presentaron el plan con mucha fanfarria.", "example_back": "They presented the plan with great fanfare." }, { "front": "la impostura", "back": "imposture / sham", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 55, "example_front": "Su erudición era pura impostura.", "example_back": "His erudition was a complete sham." }, { "front": "la beligerancia", "back": "belligerence", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 56, "example_front": "La beligerancia del discurso alarmó a los aliados.", "example_back": "The belligerence of the speech alarmed the allies." }, { "front": "la zancadilla", "back": "trip / dirty trick", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 57, "example_front": "Le pusieron la zancadilla dentro del partido.", "example_back": "They tripped him up within the party." }, { "front": "anodino/a", "back": "bland / insipid", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 58, "example_front": "Fue un discurso anodino, sin ideas nuevas.", "example_back": "It was a bland speech with no new ideas." }, { "front": "enajenar", "back": "to alienate / to sell off", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 59, "example_front": "El Estado enajenó varias empresas públicas.", "example_back": "The state sold off several public companies." }, { "front": "la inquina", "back": "ill will / grudge", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 60, "example_front": "Le tiene inquina desde hace años.", "example_back": "He's held a grudge against him for years." }, { "front": "el latrocinio", "back": "robbery / plunder", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 61, "example_front": "Califica la privatización de latrocinio.", "example_back": "He calls the privatization plunder." }, { "front": "exiguo/a", "back": "meager / scanty", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "business" ], "word_frequency": 62, "example_front": "Contamos con un presupuesto exiguo.", "example_back": "We have a meager budget." }, { "front": "insidioso/a", "back": "insidious", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 63, "example_front": "Es una campaña insidiosa de desprestigio.", "example_back": "It's an insidious smear campaign." }, { "front": "el regusto", "back": "aftertaste / lingering feeling", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 64, "example_front": "La película deja un regusto amargo.", "example_back": "The film leaves a bitter aftertaste." }, { "front": "el sopor", "back": "drowsiness / torpor", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 65, "example_front": "Un sopor le invadió tras la comida.", "example_back": "Drowsiness came over him after the meal." }, { "front": "el galimatías", "back": "gibberish / muddle", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 66, "example_front": "El contrato es un galimatías incomprensible.", "example_back": "The contract is incomprehensible gibberish." }, { "front": "el oxímoron", "back": "oxymoron", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "rhetoric" ], "word_frequency": 67, "example_front": "\"Silencio atronador\" es un oxímoron.", "example_back": "\"Thunderous silence\" is an oxymoron." }, { "front": "la entelequia", "back": "pipe dream / figment", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 68, "example_front": "La paz total es una entelequia.", "example_back": "Total peace is a pipe dream." }, { "front": "denostar", "back": "to revile / to insult", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 69, "example_front": "La prensa lo denostó durante meses.", "example_back": "The press reviled him for months." }, { "front": "la rémora", "back": "hindrance / drag", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "business" ], "word_frequency": 70, "example_front": "La burocracia es una rémora para el crecimiento.", "example_back": "Bureaucracy is a drag on growth." }, { "front": "la aquiescencia", "back": "acquiescence / consent", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 71, "example_front": "Interpretaron su silencio como aquiescencia.", "example_back": "They took his silence as consent." }, { "front": "la urdimbre", "back": "fabric / web (fig.)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 72, "example_front": "La urdimbre de la novela es compleja.", "example_back": "The novel's web of plot is complex." }, { "front": "el desaguisado", "back": "mess / botch", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 73, "example_front": "Menudo desaguisado han hecho con la reforma.", "example_back": "What a mess they've made of the reform." }, { "front": "el oprobio", "back": "disgrace / opprobrium", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 74, "example_front": "Cayó en el oprobio público.", "example_back": "He fell into public disgrace." }, { "front": "la parsimonia", "back": "slowness / deliberation", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 75, "example_front": "Se movía con parsimonia.", "example_back": "He moved with deliberate slowness." }, { "front": "la vacuidad", "back": "emptiness / vacuity", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 76, "example_front": "Denunció la vacuidad del discurso oficial.", "example_back": "He denounced the emptiness of the official rhetoric." }, { "front": "el leitmotiv", "back": "leitmotif / recurring theme", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "arts" ], "word_frequency": 77, "example_front": "La soledad es el leitmotiv de su obra.", "example_back": "Loneliness is the leitmotif of his work." }, { "front": "el zafarrancho", "back": "commotion / uproar", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 78, "example_front": "Se armó un zafarrancho en el pleno.", "example_back": "An uproar broke out in the plenary session." }, { "front": "soslayar", "back": "to sidestep / to avoid", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 79, "example_front": "El informe soslaya el problema principal.", "example_back": "The report sidesteps the main problem." }, { "front": "avezado/a", "back": "seasoned / experienced", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "business" ], "word_frequency": 80, "example_front": "Es un negociador avezado.", "example_back": "He's a seasoned negotiator." }, { "front": "la retahíla", "back": "string / litany", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 81, "example_front": "Soltó una retahíla de excusas.", "example_back": "He reeled off a string of excuses." }, { "front": "la contrición", "back": "contrition", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 82, "example_front": "Mostró una contrición sincera.", "example_back": "He showed sincere contrition." }, { "front": "la enjundia", "back": "substance / depth", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 83, "example_front": "Es un ensayo de mucha enjundia.", "example_back": "It's an essay of real substance." }, { "front": "rimbombante", "back": "bombastic / grandiloquent", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "rhetoric" ], "word_frequency": 84, "example_front": "Usa un lenguaje rimbombante y vacío.", "example_back": "He uses bombastic, empty language." }, { "front": "la perfidia", "back": "perfidy / treachery", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 85, "example_front": "La perfidia de su amigo le dolió.", "example_back": "His friend's treachery hurt him." }, { "front": "taimado/a", "back": "sly / crafty", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 86, "example_front": "Es un político taimado.", "example_back": "He's a crafty politician." }, { "front": "la alharaca", "back": "fuss / exaggerated display", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 87, "example_front": "Hizo muchas alharacas por un simple rasguño.", "example_back": "He made a huge fuss over a scratch." }, { "front": "lacónico/a", "back": "laconic", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 88, "example_front": "Respondió con un lacónico \"no\".", "example_back": "He replied with a laconic \"no\"." }, { "front": "la exacerbación", "back": "exacerbation", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 89, "example_front": "Se teme una exacerbación del conflicto.", "example_back": "An exacerbation of the conflict is feared." }, { "front": "el óbice", "back": "obstacle / hindrance", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 90, "example_front": "Eso no es óbice para seguir adelante.", "example_back": "That's no obstacle to moving forward." }, { "front": "sacrosanto/a", "back": "sacrosanct", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 91, "example_front": "Para él, la propiedad es sacrosanta.", "example_back": "For him, property is sacrosanct." }, { "front": "la estulticia", "back": "foolishness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 92, "example_front": "La estulticia humana no tiene límites.", "example_back": "Human foolishness knows no bounds." }, { "front": "abyecto/a", "back": "abject / vile", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 93, "example_front": "Fue un acto abyecto.", "example_back": "It was a vile act." }, { "front": "la sagacidad", "back": "astuteness / sagacity", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 94, "example_front": "Analizó la situación con sagacidad.", "example_back": "He analyzed the situation astutely." }, { "front": "la laxitud", "back": "laxity / leniency", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 95, "example_front": "Critican la laxitud de los controles.", "example_back": "They criticize the laxity of the checks." }, { "front": "la asepsia", "back": "detachment / neutrality", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 96, "example_front": "Informó con total asepsia.", "example_back": "He reported with complete neutrality." }, { "front": "el cenáculo", "back": "coterie / literary circle", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "arts" ], "word_frequency": 97, "example_front": "Frecuentaba los cenáculos literarios de Madrid.", "example_back": "He frequented Madrid's literary circles." }, { "front": "la jactancia", "back": "boastfulness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 98, "example_front": "Habla de sus logros con jactancia.", "example_back": "He talks about his achievements boastfully." }, { "front": "incólume", "back": "unharmed / unscathed", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 99, "example_front": "Salió incólume del escándalo.", "example_back": "He emerged unscathed from the scandal." }, { "front": "la tirria", "back": "dislike / grudge", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 100, "example_front": "Le tiene tirria a su cuñado.", "example_back": "He can't stand his brother-in-law." }, { "front": "la argucia", "back": "ruse / sophistry", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "debate" ], "word_frequency": 101, "example_front": "Recurrió a una argucia legal para no pagar.", "example_back": "He resorted to a legal ruse to avoid paying." }, { "front": "el marasmo", "back": "stagnation / paralysis", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 102, "example_front": "La economía vive un marasmo prolongado.", "example_back": "The economy is in prolonged stagnation." }, { "front": "fatuo/a", "back": "fatuous / conceited", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 103, "example_front": "Es un hombre fatuo y vanidoso.", "example_back": "He's a conceited, vain man." }, { "front": "nimio/a", "back": "trivial / insignificant", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 104, "example_front": "Discutieron por un detalle nimio.", "example_back": "They argued over a trivial detail." }, { "front": "el pleonasmo", "back": "pleonasm / redundancy", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "rhetoric" ], "word_frequency": 105, "example_front": "\"Subir arriba\" es un pleonasmo.", "example_back": "\"Go up upward\" is a pleonasm." }, { "front": "el pundonor", "back": "sense of honor", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 106, "example_front": "Lo hizo por pundonor.", "example_back": "He did it out of a sense of honor." }, { "front": "la felonía", "back": "treachery / betrayal", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 107, "example_front": "Su felonía no quedó sin castigo.", "example_back": "His treachery did not go unpunished." }, { "front": "conspicuo/a", "back": "eminent / prominent", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 108, "example_front": "Es un conspicuo miembro de la Academia.", "example_back": "He's a prominent member of the Academy." }, { "front": "la ofuscación", "back": "confusion / blindness (of judgment)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 109, "example_front": "Actuó en un momento de ofuscación.", "example_back": "He acted in a moment of blind confusion." }, { "front": "el arribismo", "back": "social climbing / careerism", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 110, "example_front": "Lo acusan de arribismo político.", "example_back": "He's accused of political careerism." }, { "front": "el boato", "back": "pomp / ostentation", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 111, "example_front": "La boda se celebró con gran boato.", "example_back": "The wedding was held with great pomp." }, { "front": "hilvanar", "back": "to string together (ideas)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 112, "example_front": "No logra hilvanar un argumento coherente.", "example_back": "He can't string together a coherent argument." }, { "front": "el trasunto", "back": "reflection / copy", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "arts" ], "word_frequency": 113, "example_front": "El personaje es trasunto del propio autor.", "example_back": "The character is a reflection of the author himself." }, { "front": "dilapidar", "back": "to squander", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "business" ], "word_frequency": 114, "example_front": "Dilapidó la herencia en pocos años.", "example_back": "He squandered the inheritance in a few years." }, { "front": "la fruición", "back": "relish / delight", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 115, "example_front": "Saboreaba el vino con fruición.", "example_back": "He savored the wine with relish." }, { "front": "el resquemor", "back": "resentment / lingering bitterness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 116, "example_front": "Quedó un resquemor entre ambos.", "example_back": "Some lingering bitterness remained between them." }, { "front": "el vademécum", "back": "handbook", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 117, "example_front": "Publicó un vademécum para traductores.", "example_back": "He published a handbook for translators." }, { "front": "adusto/a", "back": "stern / austere", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 118, "example_front": "Tenía un rostro adusto.", "example_back": "He had a stern face." }, { "front": "truculento/a", "back": "gruesome / lurid", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 119, "example_front": "La prensa dio detalles truculentos del crimen.", "example_back": "The press gave lurid details of the crime." }, { "front": "perentorio/a", "back": "urgent / peremptory", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 120, "example_front": "Se exige una respuesta perentoria.", "example_back": "An urgent response is required." }, { "front": "el regodeo", "back": "delight / gloating", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 121, "example_front": "Contaba la derrota rival con regodeo.", "example_back": "He gloated as he told of his rival's defeat." }, { "front": "el denuedo", "back": "courage / resolve", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 122, "example_front": "Lucharon con denuedo hasta el final.", "example_back": "They fought with resolve to the end." }, { "front": "ignominioso/a", "back": "ignominious / shameful", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 123, "example_front": "Fue una derrota ignominiosa.", "example_back": "It was an ignominious defeat." }, { "front": "procaz", "back": "insolent / lewd", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 124, "example_front": "Su lenguaje procaz escandalizó al público.", "example_back": "His crude language shocked the audience." }, { "front": "el vilipendio", "back": "vilification / contempt", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 125, "example_front": "Sufrió el vilipendio de la prensa.", "example_back": "He suffered vilification by the press." }, { "front": "la prebenda", "back": "sinecure / perk", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 126, "example_front": "Repartió prebendas entre sus fieles.", "example_back": "He handed out perks to his loyalists." }, { "front": "la ilación", "back": "logical connection / coherence", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 127, "example_front": "Al texto le falta ilación.", "example_back": "The text lacks logical flow." }, { "front": "la perogrullada", "back": "platitude / truism", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "rhetoric" ], "word_frequency": 128, "example_front": "Decir que el agua moja es una perogrullada.", "example_back": "Saying water is wet is a truism." }, { "front": "la obsecuencia", "back": "obsequiousness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 129, "example_front": "La obsecuencia de sus ministros era evidente.", "example_back": "His ministers' obsequiousness was obvious." }, { "front": "la circunspección", "back": "circumspection / caution", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 130, "example_front": "Habló del tema con circunspección.", "example_back": "She spoke about the subject with caution." }, { "front": "la mímesis", "back": "mimesis / imitation", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "arts" ], "word_frequency": 131, "example_front": "El arte como mímesis de la naturaleza.", "example_back": "Art as an imitation of nature." }, { "front": "la displicencia", "back": "disdain / indifference", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 132, "example_front": "Nos trató con displicencia.", "example_back": "She treated us with disdain." }, { "front": "el sambenito", "back": "stigma / label", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 133, "example_front": "Le colgaron el sambenito de traidor.", "example_back": "They branded him a traitor." }, { "front": "la petulancia", "back": "arrogance / smugness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 134, "example_front": "Habla con una petulancia insoportable.", "example_back": "He speaks with unbearable smugness." }, { "front": "el gazapo", "back": "slip / blunder (in writing)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 135, "example_front": "El titular contenía un gazapo garrafal.", "example_back": "The headline contained a glaring blunder." }, { "front": "el dislate", "back": "absurdity / nonsense", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 136, "example_front": "Lo que propone es un dislate.", "example_back": "What he's proposing is nonsense." }, { "front": "el rebato", "back": "alarm / alert", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 137, "example_front": "Las campanas tocaron a rebato.", "example_back": "The bells rang the alarm." }, { "front": "apocado/a", "back": "timid / faint-hearted", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 138, "example_front": "Es un chico apocado que apenas habla.", "example_back": "He's a timid boy who hardly speaks." }, { "front": "granjearse", "back": "to earn / to win (favor, enmity)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 139, "example_front": "Se granjeó la enemistad de sus colegas.", "example_back": "He earned the enmity of his colleagues." }, { "front": "impertérrito/a", "back": "undaunted / unflinching", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 140, "example_front": "Siguió hablando impertérrito ante los abucheos.", "example_back": "He kept talking, unflinching, despite the boos." }, { "front": "la teleología", "back": "teleology", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 141, "example_front": "Rechaza toda teleología histórica.", "example_back": "He rejects all historical teleology." }, { "front": "la mojigatería", "back": "prudishness / sanctimony", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 142, "example_front": "Critica la mojigatería de la época.", "example_back": "He criticizes the prudishness of the era." }, { "front": "cejar", "back": "to give up / to back down", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 143, "example_front": "No cejarán en su empeño.", "example_back": "They won't give up their efforts." }, { "front": "colegir", "back": "to infer / to deduce", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 144, "example_front": "De sus palabras se colige que dimitirá.", "example_back": "From his words one can infer he'll resign." }, { "front": "la nadería", "back": "trifle", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 145, "example_front": "Se enfadó por una nadería.", "example_back": "He got angry over a trifle." }, { "front": "incoar", "back": "to initiate (proceedings)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 146, "example_front": "El juez incoó un expediente.", "example_back": "The judge initiated proceedings." }, { "front": "la sevicia", "back": "cruelty (law)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 147, "example_front": "El juez apreció sevicia en el crimen.", "example_back": "The judge found cruelty in the crime." }, { "front": "quijotesco/a", "back": "quixotic", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 148, "example_front": "Fue un intento quijotesco de cambiar el sistema.", "example_back": "It was a quixotic attempt to change the system." }, { "front": "el sinsabor", "back": "trouble / heartache", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 149, "example_front": "La vida le trajo muchos sinsabores.", "example_back": "Life brought him much heartache." }, { "front": "el solipsismo", "back": "solipsism", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 150, "example_front": "Su filosofía roza el solipsismo.", "example_back": "His philosophy borders on solipsism." }, { "front": "la componenda", "back": "shady deal / fix", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 151, "example_front": "El acuerdo fue una componenda entre partidos.", "example_back": "The agreement was a shady deal between parties." }, { "front": "inane", "back": "inane / pointless", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 152, "example_front": "Es una polémica inane.", "example_back": "It's a pointless controversy." }, { "front": "la cesura", "back": "caesura / break", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "arts" ], "word_frequency": 153, "example_front": "La guerra supuso una cesura en su obra.", "example_back": "The war marked a break in his work." }, { "front": "la lenidad", "back": "leniency", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 154, "example_front": "Se criticó la lenidad de la sentencia.", "example_back": "The leniency of the sentence was criticized." }, { "front": "palmario/a", "back": "obvious / clear-cut", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 155, "example_front": "Es una contradicción palmaria.", "example_back": "It's a clear-cut contradiction." }, { "front": "la bonhomía", "back": "good-naturedness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 156, "example_front": "Su bonhomía lo hacía muy querido.", "example_back": "His good nature made him much loved." }, { "front": "subrepticio/a", "back": "surreptitious", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 157, "example_front": "Grabó la conversación de forma subrepticia.", "example_back": "He recorded the conversation surreptitiously." }, { "front": "la diglosia", "back": "diglossia", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 158, "example_front": "En la región existe una situación de diglosia.", "example_back": "There's a situation of diglossia in the region." }, { "front": "escamotear", "back": "to withhold / to whisk away", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 159, "example_front": "El Gobierno escamoteó los datos reales.", "example_back": "The government withheld the real figures." }, { "front": "la mendacidad", "back": "mendacity / dishonesty", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 160, "example_front": "Denunció la mendacidad del Gobierno.", "example_back": "He denounced the government's dishonesty." }, { "front": "el embeleso", "back": "rapture / enchantment", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 161, "example_front": "Escuchaba la música con embeleso.", "example_back": "She listened to the music in rapture." }, { "front": "el mohín", "back": "pout / grimace", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 162, "example_front": "Hizo un mohín de disgusto.", "example_back": "She pulled a face of displeasure." }, { "front": "bisoño/a", "back": "green / inexperienced", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "business" ], "word_frequency": 163, "example_front": "Es un ministro bisoño en política exterior.", "example_back": "He's an inexperienced minister in foreign policy." }, { "front": "la prosapia", "back": "lineage / ancestry", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 164, "example_front": "Presume de una familia de rancia prosapia.", "example_back": "He boasts of a family of old lineage." }, { "front": "la chabacanería", "back": "vulgarity / tackiness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "arts" ], "word_frequency": 165, "example_front": "El programa cae en la chabacanería.", "example_back": "The show descends into vulgarity." }, { "front": "la contumacia", "back": "obstinacy (in error) / contempt of court", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 166, "example_front": "Persistió en su contumacia pese a las pruebas.", "example_back": "He persisted in his obstinacy despite the evidence." }, { "front": "la elucubración", "back": "speculation / rambling theory", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 167, "example_front": "Sus teorías son meras elucubraciones.", "example_back": "His theories are mere speculation." }, { "front": "la lisonja", "back": "flattery", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 168, "example_front": "No se deja llevar por lisonjas.", "example_back": "He isn't swayed by flattery." }, { "front": "la venalidad", "back": "venality / corruptibility", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 169, "example_front": "La venalidad de los jueces era conocida.", "example_back": "The judges' venality was well known." }, { "front": "el hipérbaton", "back": "hyperbaton", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "rhetoric" ], "word_frequency": 170, "example_front": "Góngora abusa del hipérbaton.", "example_back": "Góngora overuses hyperbaton." }, { "front": "capcioso/a", "back": "captious / loaded (question)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "debate" ], "word_frequency": 171, "example_front": "Fue una pregunta capciosa.", "example_back": "It was a loaded question." }, { "front": "el aspaviento", "back": "exaggerated gesture / fuss", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 172, "example_front": "Lo contó con grandes aspavientos.", "example_back": "He told it with exaggerated gestures." }, { "front": "la cortapisa", "back": "restriction / obstacle", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 173, "example_front": "Aceptaron la propuesta sin cortapisas.", "example_back": "They accepted the proposal without restrictions." }, { "front": "la aporía", "back": "aporia", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 174, "example_front": "El diálogo termina en aporía.", "example_back": "The dialogue ends in aporia." }, { "front": "pírrico/a", "back": "Pyrrhic", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 175, "example_front": "Obtuvo una victoria pírrica.", "example_back": "He won a Pyrrhic victory." }, { "front": "el epígono", "back": "follower / imitator", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "arts" ], "word_frequency": 176, "example_front": "Es un epígono de Lorca.", "example_back": "He's a follower of Lorca." }, { "front": "la incuria", "back": "neglect", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 177, "example_front": "El edificio se derrumba por incuria.", "example_back": "The building is collapsing through neglect." }, { "front": "la anagnórisis", "back": "anagnorisis / recognition (drama)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "arts" ], "word_frequency": 178, "example_front": "La anagnórisis llega en el último acto.", "example_back": "The recognition comes in the final act." }, { "front": "el baldón", "back": "stain / disgrace", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 179, "example_front": "Aquella derrota fue un baldón para el ejército.", "example_back": "That defeat was a stain on the army." }, { "front": "la galanura", "back": "grace / elegance (of style)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "arts" ], "word_frequency": 180, "example_front": "Escribe con galanura y precisión.", "example_back": "She writes with grace and precision." }, { "front": "veleidoso/a", "back": "fickle", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 181, "example_front": "Es un público veleidoso.", "example_back": "It's a fickle audience." }, { "front": "la palinodia", "back": "recantation", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "rhetoric" ], "word_frequency": 182, "example_front": "Tuvo que cantar la palinodia.", "example_back": "He had to recant publicly." }, { "front": "conculcar", "back": "to violate / to infringe (rights)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 183, "example_front": "La ley conculca derechos fundamentales.", "example_back": "The law violates fundamental rights." }, { "front": "inveterado/a", "back": "inveterate", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "abstract" ], "word_frequency": 184, "example_front": "Es un jugador inveterado.", "example_back": "He's an inveterate gambler." }, { "front": "mascullar", "back": "to mutter", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 185, "example_front": "Masculló una disculpa y se fue.", "example_back": "He muttered an apology and left." }, { "front": "la zalamería", "back": "cajolery / sweet talk", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 186, "example_front": "Intentó convencerme con zalamerías.", "example_back": "He tried to win me over with sweet talk." }, { "front": "la marrullería", "back": "trickery / wheedling", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 187, "example_front": "Ganó la votación con marrullerías.", "example_back": "He won the vote with trickery." }, { "front": "empecinarse", "back": "to dig one's heels in", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 188, "example_front": "Se empecinó en tener razón.", "example_back": "He dug his heels in about being right." }, { "front": "el fárrago", "back": "jumble / hodgepodge", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "academic" ], "word_frequency": 189, "example_front": "El informe es un fárrago de datos inconexos.", "example_back": "The report is a jumble of unconnected data." }, { "front": "obnubilar", "back": "to cloud / to dazzle (judgment)", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 190, "example_front": "El éxito le obnubiló.", "example_back": "Success clouded his judgment." }, { "front": "la irrisión", "back": "derision / laughingstock", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 191, "example_front": "Se convirtió en la irrisión del país.", "example_back": "He became the laughingstock of the country." }, { "front": "la sinecura", "back": "sinecure", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "politics" ], "word_frequency": 192, "example_front": "Su cargo es una sinecura bien pagada.", "example_back": "His post is a well-paid sinecure." }, { "front": "la logorrea", "back": "logorrhea / compulsive talking", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 193, "example_front": "Su logorrea agota a cualquiera.", "example_back": "His compulsive talking wears anyone out." }, { "front": "obcecarse", "back": "to become blinded / obsessed", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 194, "example_front": "Se obcecó con la idea de venganza.", "example_back": "He became obsessed with revenge." }, { "front": "la cicatería", "back": "stinginess", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 195, "example_front": "Su cicatería es legendaria.", "example_back": "His stinginess is legendary." }, { "front": "la pertinacia", "back": "stubbornness / persistence", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 196, "example_front": "Defendió su postura con pertinacia.", "example_back": "He defended his position stubbornly." }, { "front": "la baladronada", "back": "empty boast / bravado", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 197, "example_front": "Sus amenazas son puras baladronadas.", "example_back": "His threats are pure bravado." }, { "front": "la campechanía", "back": "down-to-earth friendliness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 198, "example_front": "Su campechanía le ganó el afecto del público.", "example_back": "His down-to-earth manner won the public's affection." }, { "front": "escarnecer", "back": "to mock / to ridicule", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "literary" ], "word_frequency": 199, "example_front": "Lo escarnecieron en público.", "example_back": "They ridiculed him in public." }, { "front": "la pazguatería", "back": "silliness / naivety", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 200, "example_front": "Me irrita su pazguatería.", "example_back": "His silliness irritates me." }, { "front": "la ufanía", "back": "pride / self-satisfaction", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 201, "example_front": "Mostró su premio con ufanía.", "example_back": "He showed off his prize with pride." }, { "front": "zaherir", "back": "to wound (with words) / to taunt", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 202, "example_front": "Disfruta zahiriendo a sus rivales.", "example_back": "He enjoys taunting his rivals." }, { "front": "la gazmoñería", "back": "prudery / priggishness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 203, "example_front": "La censura respondía a una gazmoñería oficial.", "example_back": "The censorship reflected official prudery." }, { "front": "la trapacería", "back": "swindle / chicanery", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "law" ], "word_frequency": 204, "example_front": "Lo acusaron de trapacerías contables.", "example_back": "He was accused of accounting chicanery." }, { "front": "el anacoluto", "back": "anacoluthon", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "rhetoric" ], "word_frequency": 205, "example_front": "La frase contiene un anacoluto.", "example_back": "The sentence contains an anacoluthon." }, { "front": "el adocenamiento", "back": "mediocrity / conformity", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "culture" ], "word_frequency": 206, "example_front": "Lamenta el adocenamiento de la televisión.", "example_back": "He laments the mediocrity of television." }, { "front": "gárrulo/a", "back": "garrulous / boorish", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "register" ], "word_frequency": 207, "example_front": "Un turista gárrulo arruinó la visita.", "example_back": "A boorish tourist ruined the visit." }, { "front": "la hosquedad", "back": "surliness / gruffness", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "psychology" ], "word_frequency": 208, "example_front": "Nos recibió con hosquedad.", "example_back": "He received us gruffly." }, { "front": "vituperar", "back": "to vituperate / to berate", "level": "C2", "tags": [ "media" ], "word_frequency": 209, "example_front": "Lo vituperaron en las redes.", "example_back": "He was berated online." } ] }