Cronometro C2 Vocabulary (miscellaneous)

Question 1

deshollinar

Answer 1

limpiar una chiminea / take a close look at

Question 2

arrastrar

Answer 2

mover una cosa por el suelo O inducir/persuadir a alguien

Question 3

otorgar

Answer 3

conceder / grant / bestow

Question 4

rescatar

Answer 4

save / retrieve / recover (i.e. a memory)

Question 5

obturar

Answer 5

plug, seal, stop, fill

Question 6

agudizar

Answer 6

sharpen / exacerbar / agravarse

Question 7

recopilar

Answer 7

compile / gather together

Question 8

nítido

Answer 8

clear / defined / sharp

Question 9

desplegar

Answer 9

unfold / display outwardly /deploy (mil)

Question 10

crisol

Answer 10

melting pot

Question 11

filón

Answer 11

seam / vein / gold mine (colloquial)

Question 12

estallar

Answer 12

burst / explode

Question 13

crispado

Answer 13

contraído / tense

Question 14

desafío

Answer 14

challenge / defiance / rivalry / competition

Question 15

insólito

Answer 15

rare / unusual / unheard of

Question 16

ambrumador

Answer 16

heavy / oppressive / overwhelming

Question 17

subyacer

Answer 17

to lie beneath / lurk / be hidden or concealed

Question 18

interpelar

Answer 18

question

Question 19

soslayar

Answer 19

avoid / sidestep / turn on its side

Question 20

propuesta

Answer 20

offer / proposal

Question 21

auge

Answer 21

peak / boom / growth (i.e. exports)

Question 22

meollo

Answer 22

pit / core / marrow

Question 23

despojarse

Answer 23

desposeerse / give up / desnudarse / privar de algo

Question 24

azaroso

Answer 24

hazardous / risky / timid / fearful

Question 25

aciago

Answer 25

fateful / tragic / funesto / nefasto

Question 26

prolijo

Answer 26

wordy / verbose / long winded

Question 27

ineluctable

Answer 27

inescapable

Question 28

inconmovible

Answer 28

unmoved / unshakeable

Question 29

abastecer

Answer 29

supply / furnish / provide

Question 30

consanguinidad

Answer 30

blood relationship / kinship

Question 31

delatar

Answer 31

report / denounce / give away

Question 32

refrendar

Answer 32

endorse / approve

Question 33

colindante

Answer 33

adjoining / adjacent

Question 34

abanico

Answer 34

fan or figuratively, a variety of things

Question 35

descartar

Answer 35

dismiss / reject

Question 36

indagar

Answer 36

investigate / look into

Question 37

lúdico

Answer 37

playful / fun

Question 38

espeluznante

Answer 38

horrifying / chilling / hair--raising

Question 39

flagelo

Answer 39

whip / scourge / calamity

Question 40

secuela

Answer 40

effect / consequence / result

Question 41

pícaro

Answer 41

swindler / sneaky / crafty / con artist

Question 42

avizorar

Answer 42

spy on

Question 43

otear

Answer 43

look down on from above / vigil

Question 44

contumaz

Answer 44

obstinate / stubborn / incorrigible

Question 45

reacio

Answer 45

reluctant / unwilling / opposed

Question 46

alardear

Answer 46

boast / brag / show off

Question 47

alabarse

Answer 47

praise / brag

Question 48

enmendar

Answer 48

reform / improve / set right / shape up

Question 49

sojuzgar

Answer 49

subjugate / conquer

Question 50

bacanal

Answer 50

wild party / orgy

Question 51

dadivoso

Answer 51

giving / open handed

Question 52

ebrio

Answer 52

drunk / inebriated

Question 53

devaneo

Answer 53

fling

Question 54

colmar

Answer 54

fulfill / shower / deluge

Question 55

abonar

Answer 55

subscribe / lay the groundwork for

Question 56

camaleónico

Answer 56

chameleonlike

Question 57

perenne

Answer 57

perennial

Question 58

amarrarse

Answer 58

tie, control

Question 59

aferrarse

Answer 59

cling, hang on to, grip

Question 60

redimirse

Answer 60

pay off, save, repay

Question 61

esgrimir

Answer 61

employ, brandish

Question 62

lidiar

Answer 62

contend

Question 63

trenza

Answer 63

braid

Question 64

calcinado

Answer 64

scorched

Question 65

trepanar

Answer 65

to trepan (drill into the cranium?)

Question 66

mohín

Answer 66

grimace

Question 67

por ende

Answer 67

for the purpose of

Question 68

perjudicial

Answer 68

damaging

Question 69

ingente

Answer 69

huge, enormous

Question 70

difundir

Answer 70

spread

Question 71

vincular

Answer 71

link

Question 72

enmarcar

Answer 72

frame, define, delimit

Question 73

presupuesto

Answer 73

estimate (for work)

Question 74

resaltar

Answer 74

emphasize

Question 75

carbón de coque

Answer 75

coke carbon (engineering)

Question 76

cámara estanca

Answer 76

chamberlock

Question 77

ínfimo

Answer 77

insignificant, negligible

Question 78

arroyito

Answer 78

stream

Question 79

chaparrón

Answer 79

downpour

Question 80

pavoroso

Answer 80

terrifying

Question 81

estampa

Answer 81

print, shape, figure

Question 82

acaecimiento

Answer 82

happening, occurence

Question 83

atuendo

Answer 83

attire

Question 84

oleada

Answer 84

wave, surf

Question 85

indagar

Answer 85

investigate

Question 86

plantearse

Answer 86

set out, suggest, consider

Question 87

sustentar

Answer 87

sustain

Question 88

toparse con

Answer 88

run into unexpectedly

Question 89

indisimulable

Answer 89

indisguisable

Question 90

poner/estar sobre el tapete

Answer 90

bring into the open

Question 91

reseña

Answer 91

outline or review

Question 92

ponencia

Answer 92

scholarly paper