C2 - Academic English

C1 to C2

Paucity

n. scarcity, lack, fewness, dearth

Dearth

n. famine

Ubiquitous

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Bolster

vtr. to improve something
SYN boost

• James Hogg in 1894 called for creation of the railroad to bolster prison operations.

Posited

vtr. formal. to suggest that a particular idea should be accepted as a fact

• He posited that each planet moved in a perfect circle.

Jettison

vtr. to get rid of something or decide not to do something any longer

• Since career development is mandated by state and federal categorical funds, the program is impossible to jettison.

Mercurial

adj. literary. having feelings that change suddenly and without warning

• His mercurial and fickle temperament left him with few friends.

Skirt

vtr. to go around the outside edge of a place or area

• We maneuvered the canoe so it skirted just past that rock.