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- pretentious Word C1 Trying to seem more important, intelligent, or cultured than you really are.
- principal Word B2 A principal is the head of a school or the main person or thing in a situation.
- principle Word B2 A principle is a basic rule or belief that guides how someone thinks or acts.
- procrastination Word Procrastination is the habit of delaying tasks that you should do now.
- protagonist Word B1 A protagonist is the main character in a story, play, or film.
- put a sock in it Idiom B2 Used to tell someone, often rudely, to stop talking or to be quiet.
- quintessential Word C1 Quintessential means representing the most typical or perfect example of something.
- racism Word B2 Racism is the belief that some races are better than others, and the unfair treatment that results from that belief.
- rained off Idiom B2 If an event is rained off, it is cancelled because of rain.
- resilience Word B2 Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from difficulties and keep going.
- rhetoric Word C1 Rhetoric is the skill of using language to persuade or influence people.
- right as rain Idiom B2 Completely well again, or in perfect condition.
- rub up the wrong way Idiom B2 To rub up the wrong way means to annoy or irritate someone by what you say or do.
- satire Word B2 Satire is writing, art, or humor that criticizes people or society by using irony and exaggeration.
- schadenfreude Word C1 Schadenfreude is pleasure or amusement felt when someone else has trouble or bad luck.
- scrutinize Word C1 To scrutinize something is to examine it very carefully and in detail.
- semantics Word C1 Semantics is the study of meaning in language.
- sent to Coventry Idiom C1 If someone is sent to Coventry, other people deliberately ignore them and refuse to speak to them as punishment.
- serendipity Word C1 Serendipity is the experience of finding something good or useful by chance.
- serene Word Serene means calm, peaceful, and untroubled.