4000 CAE Vocabulary List

force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust

copy or reproduction of a work of art

keep delaying; continue to hinder; prevent from progress; impede; hinder

framework for holding objects

lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression

tiny particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death

trick; use of artifice or trickery; deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture

farming for the raising of livestock

talk excitedly; speak or write in an angry or violent manner

fall or drawback; withdraw or retire; slope backward

firm, unyielding,  or determined; having decided purpose

slope; mobile staircase; inclined surface or roadway connecting different levels

hold a particular position in a social hierarchy; form or stand in a row or rows

feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy

farming for the raising of livestock

talk excitedly; speak or write in an angry or violent manner

keep or confine within limits

long, narrow upper section or crest; a chain of hills or mountains

excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering

proving to be false or incorrect; response with contrary evidence

resisting control or authority; discontented as toward authority

hold a particular position in a social hierarchy; form or stand in a row or rows

hash over again; prepare or use again; bring forth again in another form without significant alteration

abandon; disown; turn away from; give up

keep or confine within limits

extremely attractive; entrancing; transporting

keep delaying; continue to hinder; prevent from progress; impede; hinder

hash over again; prepare or use again; bring forth again in another form without significant alteration

rebirth of the soul in another body; revitalization in another form; a new embodiment

doctrine or movement of reform

elastic; having the power of springing back or recover readily

farming for the raising of livestock

hash over again; prepare or use again; bring forth again in another form without significant alteration

act of making copies

abandon; disown; turn away from; give up

framework for holding objects

gorge; deep narrow steep-sided valley

fall or drawback; withdraw or retire; slope backward

free from a burden; alleviate; save from ruin

held in reserve; kept back or set aside; marked by self-restraint and reticence