Common French B2 Vocabulary Words

aborder

to approach (a topic or person)

acquérir

to acquire

agir

to act

améliorer

to improve

apparaître

to appear

appréhender

to apprehend, to fear

assumer

to take on, to assume

atteindre

to reach

attirer

to attract

bousculer

to push, to jostle

cerner

to identify, to pinpoint

clôturer

to close (a session, account)

coïncider

to coincide

comporter

to include, to comprise

compter sur

to count on

concevoir

to conceive, to design

confier

to entrust, to confide

constater

to note, to observe

contester

to dispute, to challenge

convenir de

to admit, to agree upon

côtoyer

to rub shoulders with

déborder

to overflow

déduire

to deduce

délivrer

to deliver, to issue

déménager

to move (house)

dénoncer

to denounce, to report

dépister

to detect

déplorer

to regret, to deplore

désigner

to designate

dissuader

to dissuade

doter de

to equip with

élaborer

to develop, to elaborate

embaucher

to hire

engager

to hire, to commit

enregistrer

to record

entreprendre

to undertake

envahir

to invade

éprouver

to feel, to experience

étaler

to spread out

éviter

to avoid

figurer

to appear, to feature

franchir

to cross, to overcome

garantir

to guarantee

gérer

to manage

implanter

to establish

imposer

to impose

inciter

to encourage, to incite

intervenir

to intervene

limiter

to limit

lier

to bind, to link

maîtriser

to master

manquer de

to lack

mériter

to deserve

mobiliser

to mobilize

mener

to lead

nuancer

to qualify, to nuance

obtenir

to obtain

opérer

to operate

orienter

to guide, to direct

partager

to share

percevoir

to perceive

permettre

to allow

persister

to persist

planifier

to plan

préconiser

to recommend

prétendre

to claim

prévaloir

to prevail

procéder

to proceed

projeter

to plan, to project

ralentir

to slow down

recueillir

to collect

rejoindre

to join

remédier

to remedy

renforcer

to strengthen

reposer sur

to be based on

résoudre

to solve

réussir à

to succeed in

s'accroître

to grow

s'élever

to rise

se consacrer à

to dedicate oneself to

se douter de

to suspect

se méfier de

to be wary of

se munir de

to equip oneself with

se pencher sur

to look into

soutenir

to support

subir

to undergo

supprimer

to delete, to remove

tenter

to try, to attempt

transmettre

to transmit

valider

to validate

viser

to aim at

vivre

to live

accro

addicted

adéquat

appropriate

approprié

suitable

attentif

attentive

bref

brief

concret

concrete

évident

obvious

indéniable

undeniable