Advanced English vocabulary

9,883 words from the Lexfall app, each with a clear definition, a real example sentence, its CEFR level and a rarity score from 0 to 100.

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• General English1,631 words
• Medical English3,141 words
• Legal English2,817 words
• Business English3,331 words
• New words and slang62 words

A few to start with

• sonder The realisation that every passer-by has a life as vivid as your own.
• petrichor The earthy scent of rain on dry ground.
• sedulous Diligent; showing dedicated, persistent effort.
• laconic Using very few words; concise to the point of seeming terse.
• palliative Easing symptoms without curing the cause.
• estoppel A bar preventing someone from asserting a contradictory fact.
• fiduciary Owing a duty of loyalty and good faith to act in another's interest above your own.
• lucrative Producing a great deal of profit.
• ostensible Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
• brainrot Low-quality online content consumed compulsively - and the dulled state it leaves you in.

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