English Vocabulary
Pick a CEFR level (A1–C2) — A1 is the friendliest place to start — and browse its words grouped by topic: travel, food, the body, emotions, and more. Each word shows its meaning, example sentences, and US/UK pronunciation.
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glib
C1
/ɡlɪb/
speaking or spoken in a smooth, fluent, and insincere way
grok
C2
/ɡrɒk/
to understand something deeply and intuitively
incredulity
C1
/ˌɪnkrəˈduːləti/
disbelief or doubt about something
mnemonic
C1
/nɪˈmɑnɪk/
a device or technique used to aid memory retention
omakase
C2
/ˌoʊməˈkɑseɪ/
a Japanese dining experience in which the chef chooses the dishes
perspicaciously
C2
/ˌpɜːrspɪˈkeɪʃəsli/
in a manner showing keen mental perception and understanding
supposititious
C2+
/səˌpɑzəˈtɪʃəs/
Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.
compresent
C2+
/kəmˈpɹɛzənt/
existing or occurring together at the same time or in the same experiential field
sense-data
C2+
/ˈsɛnsˌdeɪtə/
the immediate contents of sensory experience, considered as objects of awareness
sense-datum
C2+
/ˈsɛnsˌdeɪtəm/
one item or content of immediate sensory awareness
mnemic
C2
/ˈniːmɪk/
relating to memory or the persistence of memory traces
behavioristic
C2
/bɪˌheɪvjəˈrɪstɪk/
relating to behaviorism or the study of observable behavior
daffle
C2+
/ˈdæf.əl/
to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy, especially with noise
antrims
C2+
/ˈæn.trɪmz/
Northern English dialect, historically plural: doubts, hesitations, or misgivings
gaum
C2
/ɡɔm/
in obsolete or regional Northern English, to understand, comprehend, or take notice of
contradistinguish
C2+
/ˌkɑːn.trə.dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
to distinguish one thing from another by contrasting their different or opposite qualities
psycho-cerebral
C2+
/ˌsaɪkoʊ səˈriːbrəl/
relating jointly to mental phenomena and the brain, especially to correlations between psychological and cerebral events
self-transcendence
C2
/ˌself.trænˈsen.dəns/
the experience or process of going beyond one's own immediate interests, needs, or perceived limits and identifying with a larger purpose or whole
imaginability
C2
/ɪˌmædʒənəˈbɪləti/
the quality of being possible to imagine or form a mental representation of
inferable
C2
/ɪnˈfɝəbəl/
capable of being inferred or reached as a conclusion from evidence or premises
conative
C2
/ˈkoʊnətɪv/
psychology and philosophy: relating to desire, volition, striving, or action directed toward a goal
appetition
C2
/ˌæpəˈtɪʃən/
philosophy and psychology: desire directed toward obtaining or pursuing something
ekphore
C2
/ɛkˈfɔr/
in Semon's memory theory, to reactivate or call forth an engram as a memory image
nonsensational
C2+
/ˌnɑnsɛnˈseɪʃənəl/
philosophy and psychology: not consisting of, accompanied by, or directly derived from sensation
cogitative
C2
/ˈkɑdʒəˌteɪtɪv/
capable of, inclined to, or concerned with thought and reflection