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English vocab for level B2 and higher #3

-> definitions from Cambridge Dictionary & Collins Dictionary

vista = a view, especially a beautiful view from a high position; a possible future action or event that you can imagine

verbatim = in a way that uses exactly the same words as were originally used

rejoinder = a quick and often angry or humorous answer

staid = serious, boring, and slightly old-fashioned

erroneous = wrong or false

to surmount = to deal successfully with a difficulty or problem; to be on top of something tall

pulpy = feeling or looking like a soft wet mass, often with fibres (= thin threads) in it

vagaries = unexpected and unpredictable changes in a situation or in someone's behaviour which you have no control over.

transient = lasting for only a short time; temporary

subsidence = the process by which land or buildings sink to a lower level

to typify = to be characteristic of something

transmute = to change something completely, especially into something different and better

prodigious = extremely great in ability, amount, or strength

rusticate = to banish or retire to the country; to make or become rustic in style, behaviour, etc

deliberation = considering or discussing something; a slow careful way of doing something

convocation = a large formal meeting, especially of Church officials or of members of some universities in the UK; a large, formal meeting, esp. for the ceremony at a university at the end of a course of study, or the act of arranging a large, formal meeting

to alight = to land on something; to get out of a vehicle, especially a train or bus; to come down from the air and land

pariah = a person who is not accepted by a social group, especially because they are not liked, respected, or trusted

diffidence = the quality of being shy and not confident of your abilities;

striation = a long, thin line, mark, or strip of colour