4000 CAE Vocabulary List

n. 포기 lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
With her parents out of town, Kelly danced all night with abandon.

n. 복부가 belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
He always feels pain in his abdomen.

v. 납치 carry off by force; kidnap
Kidnappers are going to abduct the child from the playground.  

n. 납치 the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
The movie Ransom describes the attempts to rescue a multimillionaire's son after the child's abduction by kidnappers.

v. 준수 endure; put up with; bear; tolerate
Oh, don't bother ME, I could not abide figures!

a. 비열한 being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
On the streets of New York, the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.

a. 비정상 unusual; not typical; not normal
Fujitsu, Toshiba, HP, and Lenovo all insist that their designs are sufficiently different to Dell and Apple, that there is no abnormal risk of fire.

n. 폐지 ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with
In particular, the economists say that the proposed abolition of taxes on dividends is not credible as a short-term stimulus.

n. 아부 라 카타 부라 magical charm or incantation having the power to ward off disease or disaster; foolish or unintelligible talk
And remember that this is the only consistently abracadabra ring.

a. 연마재 rubbing away; tending to grind down
The ash can also cause long-term abrasive damage to planes that could lead to later disasters if not dealt with.

a. 결석 go away or leave; missing; not present
They are absent themselves from time to time.

n. 결근 habitual not to appear, especially for work or other regular duty
But absenteeism has become a big problem in Britain, where the employment laws offer protection to sick workers.

a. 절대 perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
Although the King was an absolute monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without certain evidence.

n. 사면 act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
Nor do I mean someone I must find to gain absolution from sin.

v. 용서해 pronounce clear of guilt or blame; grant remission of sin to; acquit
The priest will absolve him and tell him how to say at the party.

v. 흡수 assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
By contrast, what students can absorb from a one-day visit to a college are the tangibles.

n. 금욕 restraint from eating or drinking;  refraining from indulging appetite or desire
The doctor recommended total abstinence from salted foods.

a. 추상 theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal.

a. 부조리 preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
Alice thought the whole thing very absurd, but they all looked so grave that she did not dare laugh.

n. 풍요 great or plentiful amount; fullness to overflowing
It is good for those who have in abundance to share with those who suffer from want.