C1 Word List 35. exaggerate 82.

counter-balance
36. primitive 83. expeditions
This list can be given to the 37. to flourish 84. goodwill
students because it also 38. ill-kept 85. voyage
includes some common, 39. to rival 86. pre-eminence
familiar words and it should 40. to surpass 87. deemed
serve as a vocabulary guide 41. harvest 88. mainstream
for self-study. For teaching 42. accomplished (adj) 89. preacher
and testing purposes, these 43. enterprise 90. to transmit
words should be selected 44. navigate 91. syncretic
based on their relevance and 45. navigation 92. mystical
significance. 46. navigational skills 93. animist
P. 3 47. noteworthy P. 8
1. straddle (v) 48. autonomy 94. swift
2. latitude 49. millennium 95. faith
3. longitude 50. conquest 96. egalitarian
4. vast 51. to enrich 97. appeal
5. maritime P. 6 98. conversion
6. waterway 52. to dominate 99. to outnumber
7. peninsula 53. environ 100. co-religionist
8. archipelago 54. to fortify 101. a multi-cultural society
9. expanse 55. to proceed 102. explicit
10. mainland 56. shadow play 103. implicit
11. coastline 57. (temple) complex 104. to advocate
12. delta 58. to culminate in sth 105. tiny
13. landlocked (adj) 59. sway 106. expansion
P. 4 60. predominant 107. to drive
14. sea route 61. eclectic 108. ambition
15. strait P. 7 109. missionary
16. critical 62. prominent 110. Christianize
17. tin 63. to be confined to 111. motive
18. copper 64. to imbibe 112. exploitation
19. bauxite 65. to interact 113. rivalry
20. populous 66. indigenous 114. animosity
21. to account for 67. pocket 115. to prevail
22. insignificant 68. hybrid 116. sway
23. a theater of war 69. to intermarry 117. lucrative
24. distinct 70. elite 118. spice trade
25. to presuppose 71. ceramic 119. to wrest
26. homogeneity 72. textile 120. the overextended
27. constituent (part) (adj) 73. aromatics P. 9
28. to imply 74. geopolitical 121. hub
29. in the midst of 75. possession 122. to secure
30. diverse 76. monopoly 123. hinterland
31. lingua franca 77. to invade 124. to spare
P. 5 78. intermittent 125. to preserve
32. contemporary 79. periodic 126. a buffer state
33. scholar 80. tribute 127. diplomacy
34. practice
81. alliance 128. indignity
129. to derive 175. unified 222. scapegoat
130. to extract 176. antagonistic 223. misfortune
131. rung 177. immense 224. bout
132. judiciary 178. ideology 225. to confiscate
133. liberal 179. ideological 226. to evict
134. subject race 180. proxy 227. genuine
135. irony 181. spillover 228. to embrace
136. boundary 182. genocide 229. to compromise
137. to settle 183. genocidal 230. minority group
138. to demarcate 184. excess P. 15
139. demarcation 185. to mount 231. to arise
140. sphere of influence 186. insurgency 232. cleavage
141. treaty 187. insurgent 233. exodus
142. compatriot 188. morale booster 234. to total
P. 10 189. contained 235. contention
143. integration P. 13 236. pressing
144. to swallow 190. civic 237. population pressure
145. frontier 191. measure 238. to be handicapped by
146. occupation 192. to isolate 239. respite
147. profound 193. intelligence 240. headway
148. to set sth in motion 194. bilateral 241. auspicious
149. to sustain 195. guerrilla 242. maelstrom
150. in captivity 196. armed group 243. to incur
151. aura 197. uprising 244. to be sidetracked into
152. invincibility 198. tack 245. nationalism
153. conquest 199. connivance 246. socialism
154. propaganda 200. left-leaning 247. isolationism
155. to justify 201. abortive 248. to hobble
156. to liberate 202. leftist 249. gap
157. tactic 203. coup P. 16
158. to enlist 204. take-over 250. sultanate
P. 11 205. massacre 251. ladder
159. air raid 206. sympathizer 252. to be endowed with
160. to land 207. preoccupation 253. gift
161. launching pad 208. to forge 254. sustainable development
162. to overrun P. 14 255. to be blessed with
163. to retreat 209. to inhabit 256. abundance
164. to surrender 210. dominant 257. wise
165. to accelerate 211. dominate 258. avoidance
166. clandestine 212. domination 259. to boost
167. hand over the rein 213. marginalization 260. closed economy
168. ideal 214. racial riot 261. semi-closed economy
P. 12 215. rebellion 262. pool
169. unrivalled 216. separatist 263. to recover
170. to no avail 217. periodic P. 17
171. retain 218. disproportionate 264. authoritarian
172. implication 219. to assimilate 265. the trappings of power
173. aloof 220. envy 266. absolute monarchy
174. regime 221. resentment 267. political imagination
268. Marxian socialism
269. Multi-party liberal
democracy
270. state control
271. to liberalize
272. infighting
273. prompted
274. to prompt
275. to stage
276. disintegration
277. to ban
278. the verge of sth
279. answerable
280. to mismanage
281. specter
282. to revert
283. military rule
284. opprobrium
285. legitimacy
286. inability
287. governing coalition
288. successor
289. interest group
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290. just (adj)
291. to consolidate
292. governance
293. sound (adj)
294. the rule of law
295. clean government
296. freedom of assembly
297. sensitivity
298. classify
299. illiberal democracy
300. one-party dominant state
301. coalition-dominant state
302. to entrench
303. dictatorship
304. a martial law regime
305. to be blemished by
306. a conservative elite
307. provincial clan
308. vibrant
309. rampant
310. to overthrow
311. semi-democracy
312. to mar
313. to remedy
314. shortcoming
315. grief 361. sanction
316. modification 362. to apply
317. to indicate 363. determinant
318. in progress 364. ultimate
319. post-colonial 365. deterrent
320. prevailing 366. strategic uncertainty
P. 19 367. conduct
321. numerous 368. regional dimension
322. bloody 369. dialogue relationship
323. destructive 370. dialogue partnership
324. pre-colonial era 371. grouping
325. to be sacked 372. to exercise
326. to be torched 373. clout
327. to wax and wane 374. prospect
328. adverse 375. heed
329. legacy 376. networking
330. euphemism 377. to enhance
331. to oppose 378. credential
332. incorporation 379. independent international
333. federation actor
334. shooting (war) 380. founding member
335. to invade 381. national unity
336. skirmish P. 22
337. guerrilla 382. cohesive
338. armed conflict 383. emergence
339. to commit sb to sth 384. cultural current
340. confrontation 385. to lap
341. guerrilla warfare 386. the era of globalization
342. raid 387. accountability
343. sabotage operation 388. to Indianize
344. bomb explosion 389. predominance
345. the abortive leftist coup 390. kingdom
P. 20 391. empire
346. an inter-state dispute 392. to found
347. pragmatic 393. to delineate
348. inter-state problem 394. decolonization phase
349. inter-state relation
350. cordial
351. suspicion
352. a maritime dispute
353. to overlap
354. proximity
355. colonial administration
356. sovereignty
357. unpredictable
358. arena
359. determinant
360. intra-regional
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