Part 1 · Essay
In my opinion, this is a very important factor.
“Funding is the pivotal factor: without it, the other two proposals cannot be implemented.”
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Equivocal
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Which sentence uses equivocal to correctly describe an answer that was deliberately built to avoid taking a clear position?
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At C1 and C2 the gap is rarely which words you know. It is whether an advanced word lands in the right register and collocation, without reading as memorized.
Speaking Part 3
I don’t really agree with you.
“Let me play devil’s advocate for a moment: would that policy work in a smaller town?”
Part 2 · Report
The report was honest and short.
“The report is candid about the delays and short enough to be read in full.”
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Writing Part 1 · Essay
Evaluate two points and justify your own opinion with language that makes your intent and next step clear.
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16 expressions
Nuanced
Evaluating and justifying an opinionSalient
Evaluating and justifying an opinionSalient describes the point(s) that stand out and deserve attention from within a larger set of facts, risks, or ideas — it's not a fancier word for…
Pivotal
Evaluating and justifying an opinionPivotal describes a person, decision, event, factor, or period as crucial or centrally important to how an outcome develops - the result substantially depends…
Caveat
Evaluating and justifying an opinionA caveat is a specific limitation that either qualifies an otherwise confident statement or independently flags how far a claim, plan, dataset, or analysis can…
Candid
Register for reports, proposals, and reviewsCandid means choosing to share a real opinion, assessment, or piece of information openly, rather than hedging it, softening it into euphemism, or leaving it…
Dispassionate
Register for reports, proposals, and reviewsDispassionate describes a person's judgment, analysis, or conduct that stays free of their own emotional stake or bias — not someone who lacks feelings or…
Pithy
Register for reports, proposals, and reviewsPithy wording says something substantial in few, well-chosen words — it praises compact communication that keeps the point that matters (a result, risk,…
Foster
Register for reports, proposals, and reviewsFoster means to deliberately create the conditions that let a quality, relationship, or process grow gradually over time — not to cause it directly,…
Play Devil's Advocate
Discussing, agreeing, and disagreeingTo temporarily argue a skeptical or contrary position on an idea, plan, or proposal — one you may not actually hold — in order to pressure-test it before it's…
Middle Ground
Discussing, agreeing, and disagreeingMiddle ground is a compromise position between two opposing sides — you can actively search for it, firmly state that none exists when a situation truly is…
Equivocal
Discussing, agreeing, and disagreeingEquivocal describes a statement, answer, or stance built to support two or more contradictory readings on purpose, so the speaker avoids fully committing to a…
Hedge
Discussing, agreeing, and disagreeingTo hedge is to reduce exposure, keep another option open, or qualify a claim when the outcome is uncertain; it does not mean fully avoid, solve, or prevent the…
Ambiguous
Near-synonyms and collocationSomething is ambiguous when its wording, data, or situation genuinely supports two or more reasonable readings — a property of the thing itself, not a claim…
Tentative
Near-synonyms and collocationTentative is a status label for something real but not yet locked in — a date, a number, an agreement, or a conclusion that could still change.
Ubiquitous
Near-synonyms and collocationPresent or found everywhere you look — so total that a professional audience can now simply assume it's there instead of checking.
Par For The Course
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