CILS TRE (C1) Vocabulary List (Advanced Italian)

CILS TRE is the C1 level: understanding demanding text, recognising implicit meaning, and expressing ideas fluently without obvious searching. At this level the work moves to register and collocation, and idiomatic control, rendersi conto, tenere conto di, mettere a punto, does the work that raw vocabulary did at B2.

For candidates preparing CILS TRE (C1). Maps to CEFR C1.

About CILS TRE

CILS TRE is the C1 level: understanding demanding text, recognising implicit meaning, and expressing ideas fluently without obvious searching. At this level the work moves to register and collocation, and idiomatic control, rendersi conto, tenere conto di, mettere a punto, does the work that raw vocabulary did at B2.

Who this list is for

CILS TRE suits candidates heading for postgraduate study in Italian or professional work where Italian is the working language rather than a courtesy. It fits learners who read comfortably and follow rapid speech but still mix registers in a way a native would not.

How to study

Read literary and journalistic Italian rather than material written for learners, and collect collocations instead of single words. Spend spaced repetition on fixed expressions and idioms, which are the items that fade without review and that place you above B2 in an examiner's ear. Practise expressing the same idea three ways under time.

The list (2902 words)

Some example sentences come from the Tatoeba Project (tatoeba.org), CC BY 2.0 FR. The rest were written for MindDory. Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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