ancrer

Meaning

to anchor, to embed, to entrench

Example

The brand has managed to anchor its image in consumers' minds.

More words at level C1

• apanage preserve, prerogative, privilege
• avérer to prove to be, to turn out
• brider to curb, to restrain, to hold back
• carcan straitjacket, yoke, shackles
• cerner to pin down, to grasp, to define
• cinglant scathing, stinging, blistering
• conforter to reinforce, to bolster, to support
• connivence collusion, complicity

How to learn a word, not just look it up

• How spaced repetition works

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• Learning Lithuanian as an English speaker

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