4000 CAE Vocabulary List

a small cut made with scissors or shears; small piece cut or clipped off

establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support

enacted by statute; depending on the statute for its authority

disreputable; tired or sick; having many seeds

a small cut made with scissors or shears; small piece cut or clipped off

caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking

acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound

adequate; enough; being as much as is needed

go or move with one side foremost; move sidewise

stocky; short and thick; low and broad

draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like

any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to America; despicable person

magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur

seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army

one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia

go or move with one side foremost; move sidewise

increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar

assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit

trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only

a small cut made with scissors or shears; small piece cut or clipped off

magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur

wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing

abandoned or marooned; cut off or left behind

of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic

be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter

break apart; cut; divide

elite; high-class or exclusive; overly conceited or arrogant; inclined to turn up one's nose

disreputable; tired or sick; having many seeds

giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation

utmost height; the highest point of a mountain

magnificence; Great light or luster; brilliance; grandeur

wreck; scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin

any of various instruments used for listening to sounds produced within the body, like a doctor's tool

unique; extraordinary; being only one

abandoned or marooned; cut off or left behind

throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; eject in a jet; utter magniloquently

director; the person who has the authority to supervise or direct; janitor or custodian in a building

be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter

having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve

one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia