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🇬🇧 Impoverish meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

verb
To impoverish something means to make it weaker, poorer, or lower in quality than before. When you impoverish something, you take away its good parts so it’s not as rich, full, or strong as it used to be.

💬 Example Sentences

Endless squeaky recorder practice can impoverish the peace of an entire neighborhood.
When the magician explained all his tricks, it enriched our knowledge but impoverished the mystery.
My attempt to “improve” Grandma’s soup with chocolate chips severely impoverished everyone’s appetite.
When Dad burned dinner for the third time, he successfully impoverished the whole family’s trust in his cooking.
Overusing long fancy words can impoverish clear communication—like saying “gustatory dissatisfaction” instead of “this food is yucky.”

📖 Mini Story

She sprinkled salt to stop weeds. A little salt began to impoverish the soil. Days of salt to impoverish roots, to impoverish stems, to impoverish bright flowers. The last bloom dropped. She knelt, crying, and carried fresh earth and water to try to heal what salt had begun to impoverish.

🧑‍🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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