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aura

/ˈɔːrə/

B1CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

A warning sensation, such as an unusual smell, light or feeling, that precedes a seizure or migraine.

She reported a strange rising sensation in her stomach as an aura before each seizure.

Topic: Neurology in Medical English

New words noun

The effortless cool someone radiates - social points won or lost.

Tripping on stage cost him all his aura.

Similar: presence, mystique

Origin: Greek 'breeze'; gamified into points by TikTok (2024).

Topic: Vibes & reactions in New words and slang

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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