4000 CAE Vocabulary List

n. lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy
Did this attorney mean to throw away his client's life without an effort?

v. draw to, or cause to tend to; engage or fix, as the mind, attention; invite or allure
The government is trying to attract more investment into the shipbuilding industry.

n. essential quality; reputation; honor
His outstanding attribute was his kindness.

n. public sale of property to the highest bidder
The auction is over, and the winning bid was 1000 dollars.

a. daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesome; reckless daring
The ignorant audacity to believe that I don't appreciate the life and death of what I kill is astounding.

v. examine, verify, or correct the financial accounts of
Independent accountants audit the company annually.

n. examination of accounts; adjustment or correction of accounts
When the bank examiners arrived to hold their annual audit, they discovered the embezzlements of the chief cashier.

v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance
She scheduled to audition for a role on Broadway.

n. area of theater or concert hall where the audience sits
A seat in the stalls or in one of the elaborate boxes surrounding the horseshoe-shaped auditorium now costs nearly 700 pounds.

n. hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice
It was amazing what they could make just using an ax and an auger.

a. impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
Visiting the palace at Versailles, she was impressed by the august surroundings in which she found herself.

n. a natural appearance of coloured light in the sky, that is usually seen nearest the Arctic or Antarctic
When I was young, I was lucky enough to see a display of the northern lights or the aurora.

a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy
It is authentic, genuine, and a true and correct copy of the original.

a. weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial
Impressed by the young researcher's well-documented presentation, we accepted her analysis of the experiment as authoritative.

n. jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
The laws will reinforce Australia's authority to turn boats away from Australia.

n. act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant
Foreigners wishing to marry a Mexican citizen must obtain authorization from the National Institute for Migration

v. empower; give permission for; sanction
President Bush and House Leaders agreed on a resolution to authorize force against Iraq.

n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination
The study also called for the three thousand Rapa Nui people of Easter Island to be given greater autonomy.

n. examination of dead body; post-mortem
The medical examiner ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

a. helper, additional or subsidiary
To prepare for the emergency, they built an auxiliary power station.