CEFR C1 Vocabulary

CEFR C1 Vocabulary - Lesson 33

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20 min
Here you will learn some English verbs, such as "abolish", "breach", "conserve", etc. prepared for C1 learners.
to abolishverb

to officially put an end to a law, activity, or system

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to alignverb

to agree with a group, idea, person, or organization and support it

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to allocateverb

to give something particular to someone or to use something for a specific purpose

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to amendverb

to make small changes to a statement, law, etc. to make it more accurate or improve or correct it

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to authorizeverb

to give someone official permission to do something or to officially permit something

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to betrayverb

to be disloyal to a person, a group of people, or one's country by giving information about them to their enemy

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to breachverb

to break an agreement, law, etc.

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to compelverb

to make someone do something

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to compensateverb

to pay someone for the work they have done

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to conceal
to concealverb

to carefully cover or hide something or someone

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to conserveverb

to keep something from change or harm

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to contemplate
to contemplateverb

to think about something particular

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to caterverb

to provide a meeting, party, etc. with food and drink

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to cultivate
to cultivateverb

to prepare land for raising crops or growing plants

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to devise
to deviseverb

to design or invent something new or a new method of doing something particular after much thinking

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to substituteverb

to put something different to use

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to dictateverb

to tell someone what to do or not do, in an authoritative way

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to discloseverb

to make something known to someone or the public, particularly when it was a secret at first

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to distortverb

to change the shape or condition of something in a way that is no longer clear or natural

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to embodyverb

to represent a quality or belief

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to empowerverb

to give someone the power or authorization to do something particular

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to entitleverb

(often passive) to give someone the legal right to have or do something particular

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to extractverb

to take something out from something else, particularly when it is not easy to do

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to hintverb

to indirectly suggest something

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to instructverb

to tell someone to do something, particularly in an official manner

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to lingerverb

to stay somewhere longer because one does not want to leave

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to fadeverb

to disappear slowly

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to loomverb

to appear as a large shape that is unclear, particularly in a manner that is threatening

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to outrageverb

to cause someone to become extremely angry or shocked

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to reassureverb

to do or say something to make someone stop worrying or less afraid

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to tolerateverb

to not oppose or prohibit something one does not like or agree with

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to overlookverb

to not notice or see something

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to undermineverb

to gradually decrease the effectiveness, confidence, or power of something or someone

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to vow
to vowverb

to make a solemn promise to do or not do something particular

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to resurfaceverb

to once again become noticeable, significant, or problematic

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to astonishverb

to impress or surprise someone very much

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to rehashverb

to present something old or already used in a slightly different way or with minor alterations, often without adding anything new.

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to sabotageverb

to intentionally damage, destroy, or undermine something, especially for personal gain or as an act of protest or revenge

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