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adjective·B2·5 letters
serious, strict, and unsmiling
Example sentence
The teacher gave a stern warning to the noisy class.
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Other B2 words
- abandonedleft alone or deserted
- abnormallyin an unusual or irregular way
- abolishto officially end a law or practice
- aboriginalrelating to the earliest known inhabitants
- abruptlysuddenly and without warning
- absenteea person who is absent from a place
- absurdwildly unreasonable or ridiculous
- abusecruel treatment or wrong use of something
- accessibilitythe quality of being easy to reach or use
- accommodationa place where someone lives or stays
- accordinglyin a way that fits the situation
- accumulateto gather or increase gradually over time
Levels come from the CEFR-J Vocabulary Profile v1.5 by Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and the Octanove Vocabulary Profile C1/C2 by Octanove Labs, CC BY-SA 4.0 Meanings and example sentences are written by VocaFlare.
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