Cronometro C2 Vocabulary (miscellaneous) Flashcards
deshollinar
limpiar una chiminea / take a close look at
arrastrar
mover una cosa por el suelo O inducir/persuadir a alguien
otorgar
conceder / grant / bestow
rescatar
save / retrieve / recover (i.e. a memory)
obturar
plug, seal, stop, fill
agudizar
sharpen / exacerbar / agravarse
recopilar
compile / gather together
nítido
clear / defined / sharp
desplegar
unfold / display outwardly /deploy (mil)
crisol
melting pot
filón
seam / vein / gold mine (colloquial)
estallar
burst / explode
crispado
contraído / tense
desafío
challenge / defiance / rivalry / competition
insólito
rare / unusual / unheard of
ambrumador
heavy / oppressive / overwhelming
subyacer
to lie beneath / lurk / be hidden or concealed
interpelar
question
soslayar
avoid / sidestep / turn on its side
propuesta
offer / proposal
auge
peak / boom / growth (i.e. exports)
meollo
pit / core / marrow
despojarse
desposeerse / give up / desnudarse / privar de algo
azaroso
hazardous / risky / timid / fearful
aciago
fateful / tragic / funesto / nefasto
prolijo
wordy / verbose / long winded
ineluctable
inescapable
inconmovible
unmoved / unshakeable
abastecer
supply / furnish / provide
consanguinidad
blood relationship / kinship
delatar
report / denounce / give away
refrendar
endorse / approve
colindante
adjoining / adjacent
abanico
fan or figuratively, a variety of things
descartar
dismiss / reject
indagar
investigate / look into
lúdico
playful / fun
espeluznante
horrifying / chilling / hair–raising
flagelo
whip / scourge / calamity
secuela
effect / consequence / result
pícaro
swindler / sneaky / crafty / con artist
avizorar
spy on
otear
look down on from above / vigil
contumaz
obstinate / stubborn / incorrigible
reacio
reluctant / unwilling / opposed
alardear
boast / brag / show off
alabarse
praise / brag
enmendar
reform / improve / set right / shape up
sojuzgar
subjugate / conquer
bacanal
wild party / orgy
dadivoso
giving / open handed
ebrio
drunk / inebriated
devaneo
fling
colmar
fulfill / shower / deluge
abonar
subscribe / lay the groundwork for
camaleónico
chameleonlike
perenne
perennial
amarrarse
tie, control
aferrarse
cling, hang on to, grip
redimirse
pay off, save, repay
esgrimir
employ, brandish
lidiar
contend
trenza
braid
calcinado
scorched
trepanar
to trepan (drill into the cranium?)
mohín
grimace
por ende
for the purpose of
perjudicial
damaging
ingente
huge, enormous
difundir
spread
vincular
link
enmarcar
frame, define, delimit
presupuesto
estimate (for work)
resaltar
emphasize
carbón de coque
coke carbon (engineering)
cámara estanca
chamberlock
ínfimo
insignificant, negligible
arroyito
stream
chaparrón
downpour
pavoroso
terrifying
estampa
print, shape, figure
acaecimiento
happening, occurence
atuendo
attire
oleada
wave, surf
indagar
investigate
plantearse
set out, suggest, consider
sustentar
sustain
toparse con
run into unexpectedly
indisimulable
indisguisable
poner/estar sobre el tapete
bring into the open
reseña
outline or review
ponencia
scholarly paper