Advanced Vocabulary Review Flashcards

A collection of high-level vocabulary terms ranging from C1 to C2 CEFR levels, including technical, fictional, and formal terminology.

skyhook

A structure connecting a planet's surface to orbit (or, more generally, a very tall orbital transport system)

nerve center

The main place where control or decision-making occurs

broker (a deal)

To arrange or negotiate an agreement

meticulous

Extremely careful and precise

fiduciary

Relating to trust, especially financial responsibility

retinue

A group of assistants or followers

vigilantly

In a watchful and alert manner

translucency

The quality of allowing light through without being fully transparent

dispatch

To send someone or something quickly

limping

Walking with difficulty because of an injured leg

faction

A smaller group within a larger one, often with different views

appeasement

Giving concessions to avoid conflict

brewing

Developing gradually, especially trouble

confidentiality

The state of keeping information private

antithesis

The complete opposite

sentient

Able to perceive and feel

commonplace

Ordinary or widespread

fertilize

To make soil richer or enable growth

seabed

The bottom of the sea

teeming with

Full of many living things or activity

prototype

The first working model of something

appendage

A limb or attached part

photoreceptor

A light-detecting sensor or cell

ornamented

Decorated with details

flimsiplast

A fictional lightweight recording material

holocron

A fictional device storing knowledge

unwitting

Without realizing it

stasis

A state of inactivity or suspension

bioreactor

Equipment used to grow biological material

biometric

Relating to measurable biological characteristics

alkaloid

A naturally occurring chemical compound from plants

telomere

Protective end section of a chromosome

confer

To give or grant

awry

Wrong or off course

imperil

To put in danger

compel

To force or strongly persuade

senescence

The process of biological aging

disembodied

Existing without a physical body

suffice

To be enough