C2 Family Crossword for English Learners
Generate C2-level family vocabulary crosswords for English learners. AI-powered puzzles with level-appropriate words and clues.
In C2 (Proficiency) family crosswords you meet words like affinal, avuncular, cognatic, consanguine and endogamy. The list below shows 12 words from the C2 Family puzzle published so far on Crossvocab, each with a real clue from the grid.
C2 clues can be deliberately tricky: rare synonyms, literary phrasing and a little wordplay.
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C2 Family vocabulary: words and clues
- AFFINAL
- Pertaining to ties created by marriage rather than blood.
- AVUNCULAR
- Suggestive of a kindly, uncle‑like manner or role.
- COGNATIC
- Describing kinship reckoned through either parent's line.
- CONSANGUINE
- Describing a blood relationship; of shared ancestry.
- ENDOGAMY
- The custom of marrying strictly within a defined group.
- EXOGAMY
- The social rule favouring marriage outside one's group.
- FILIATION
- The formal establishment of parent‑child relationship.
- FRATRICIDE
- The act of killing one's own brother; siblicide variant.
- MATRILINEAL
- Descent or inheritance transmitted via the maternal line.
- MATRILOCAL
- Describing a married couple settling with the wife's kin.
- MATRONYM
- A personal name taken from a maternal ancestor's name.
- NUPTIALITY
- The demographic pattern or rate of entering marriage.
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Which words come up in C2 Family crosswords?
For example: affinal, avuncular, cognatic, consanguine, endogamy, exogamy. Each new puzzle mixes these with other C2-level family words, so no two grids are the same.
How hard are the clues in C2 Family crosswords?
C2 clues can be deliberately tricky: rare synonyms, literary phrasing and a little wordplay. For example, "Pertaining to ties created by marriage rather than blood" is AFFINAL.
Can I print C2 Family crosswords for a class?
Yes. Generate a puzzle above and press Print: page 1 is the empty numbered grid, page 2 the clues, so it works as a ready C2 family worksheet.