C2 30 English Words you never Thought Existed 📖

1. Petrichor — The smell of rain on dry earth.
2. Defenestration — The act of throwing someone out of a window.
3. Limerence — The intense, obsessive feeling of romantic attraction.
4. Quockerwodger — A wooden puppet controlled by strings.
5. Zarf — A holder for a hot coffee cup, usually made of metal or cardboard.
6. Snollygoster — A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician.
7. Cacophony — A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
8. Floccinaucinihilipilification — The act of estimating something as worthless.
9. Gobemouche — A gullible or naive listener.
10. Kerfuffle — A commotion or fuss.
11. Nudiustertian — Pertaining to the day before yesterday.
12. Pogonotrophy — The act of growing or cultivating a beard.
13. Blatherskite — A person who talks at great length without making much sense.
14. Agelast — Someone who never laughs.
15. Collywobbles — Stomach pain or queasiness.
16. Gardyloo — A warning cry before throwing water from a window (Scottish origin).
17. Hiraeth — A homesickness for a home you can’t return to.
18. Jentacular — Pertaining to breakfast.
19. Lugubrious — Looking or sounding sad and dismal.
20. Mumpsimus — Holding on to a mistaken belief despite being shown it’s wrong.
21. Oxter — The armpit.
22. Psithurism — The sound of rustling leaves or whispering.
23. Raconteur — A skilled storyteller.
24. Sesquipedalian — A person who uses long words.
25. Taradiddle — A petty lie or pretentious nonsense.
26. Umbra — The fully shaded inner region of a shadow.
27. Widdershins — Moving counterclockwise or in the opposite direction.
28. Yclept — An old word meaning “named” or “called.”
29. Zugzwang — A situation in chess where every move you make worsens your position.
30. Bumfuzzle — To confuse or perplex.

What if one or more of these words 

comes up in the final exam???

Thanks Antonio!