4000 CAE Vocabulary List

ulterior:
a. beyond or outside of immediate interest; coming at a subsequent time or stage

ultimate:
a. final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme

ultimatum:
n. last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another

unanimous:
a. uniform; in complete agreement

unbridgeable:
a. impassable; unable to be bridged or crossed; impossible to span

unbridled:
a. violent; not restrained or controlled

uncanny:
a. strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature

uncharted:
a. not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan

unconscionable:
a. lacking conscience; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

undergo:
v. experience; suffer; pass through

underhanded:
a. short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception

underlying:
a. lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior

undermine:
v. weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath

underscore:
v. draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress

unearth:
v. bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover

unemployed:
a. jobless; idle; out of work

unevenly:
ad. irregularly; in an unequal or partial manner

unfettered:
a. not bound by chains or shackle; not restricted

unfold:
v. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; happen

unicorn:
n. fabulous animal with one horn