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100 Words Every C1 English Learner Should Know

October 10, 2026

100 Words Every C1 English Learner Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. accountability Responsibility for explaining and justifying your actions.
2. acknowledge Accept or admit that something is true.
3. adverse Harmful or unfavorable.
4. advocate Publicly support an idea or course of action.
5. albeit Although; even though.
6. ambiguous Having more than one possible meaning.
7. anticipate Expect something and prepare for it.
8. arbitrary Based on personal choice rather than clear reasons.
9. assumption Something accepted as true without proof.
10. attribute Consider something caused by a particular factor.
11. bias An unfair preference for or against something.
12. coherent Logical, clear, and well organized.
13. compelling Strongly convincing or engaging.
14. comprehensive Covering all important aspects of something.
15. consensus General agreement among a group.
16. constraint Something that limits what you can do.
17. conversely In an opposite or contrasting way.
18. convey Communicate an idea, feeling, or message.
19. criterion A standard used to judge something.
20. deficit The amount by which spending exceeds income.
21. dilemma A situation requiring a difficult choice.
22. diminish Become or make something smaller or weaker.
23. disclose Reveal information previously kept private.
24. discrepancy A difference between things that should match.
25. dismiss Reject something as unworthy of consideration.
26. distort Change something so it becomes misleading or inaccurate.
27. elaborate Explain something in greater detail.
28. embrace Accept an idea or change willingly.
29. empirical Based on observation or experiments.
30. entail Involve something as a necessary part or consequence.
31. exert Apply effort, influence, or pressure.
32. expenditure Money spent on something.
33. explicit Stated clearly and directly.
34. facilitate Make an activity or process easier.
35. feasible Possible and practical to achieve.
36. fluctuate Rise and fall or change irregularly.
37. framework A basic structure supporting ideas or activities.
38. hinder Make progress or action more difficult.
39. impartial Not favoring any side.
40. implement Put a plan or decision into practice.
41. implication A possible consequence or suggested meaning.
42. implicit Suggested without being stated directly.
43. incentive Something that motivates someone to act.
44. inevitable Certain to happen; impossible to avoid.
45. infer Reach a conclusion from evidence or clues.
46. inherent Existing as a natural, essential part.
47. insight A clear, deep understanding of something.
48. integrity Honesty and strong moral principles.
49. legislation Laws considered or passed by a governing body.
50. legitimate Allowed by law or accepted rules.
51. liability Legal responsibility for something.
52. namely Used to state exactly what is meant.
53. negligible Too small to matter.
54. nonetheless Despite what has just been said.
55. objective Based on facts rather than personal feelings.
56. obsolete No longer used because something newer exists.
57. offset Counterbalance an effect, cost, or disadvantage.
58. ostensibly Apparently, though perhaps not actually.
59. outweigh Be greater in importance than something else.
60. oversee Supervise an activity and ensure proper performance.
61. pertinent Directly relevant to the matter being discussed.
62. pivotal Extremely important in determining an outcome.
63. plausible Seeming reasonable or likely to be true.
64. predominantly Mainly or for the most part.
65. premise An idea on which an argument rests.
66. presumably Probably, based on what is known.
67. prevalent Common or widespread in a particular context.
68. profound Very great, deep, or significant.
69. rationale The reasons behind a decision or belief.
70. reconcile Make conflicting ideas or situations compatible.
71. reinforce Make something stronger or more convincing.
72. resilient Able to recover quickly from difficulties.
73. respectively In the same order as previously mentioned.
74. revenue Income received by a business or government.
75. rigorous Very careful, thorough, and exact.
76. robust Strong and able to withstand difficulties.
77. scope The range or extent of something.
78. scrutinize Examine something very carefully.
79. skeptical Doubtful about whether something is true.
80. subjective Based on personal feelings or opinions.
81. substantial Large in amount, size, or importance.
82. subtle Not obvious or easy to notice.
83. susceptible Easily affected or influenced by something.
84. sustain Keep something continuing over time.
85. tentative Not certain or finally agreed upon.
86. thereby As a result of that action.
87. threshold The level at which something begins or changes.
88. transparency Openness about decisions, actions, and information.
89. ultimately In the end; after everything is considered.
90. undergo Experience a process, treatment, or change.
91. undermine Gradually weaken or damage something.
92. unprecedented Never having happened or existed before.
93. uphold Maintain or defend a principle or decision.
94. verify Check that something is true or accurate.
95. viable Able to work successfully in practice.
96. vulnerable Easily harmed, hurt, or attacked.
97. warrant Make an action necessary or appropriate.
98. whereby By which means or process.
99. withstand Resist pressure or damage without giving way.
100. yield Produce a result, profit, or crop.

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