4000 CAE Vocabulary List

barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy

utmost height; the highest point of a mountain

landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country

diminish; undermine the foundations; dig

lazy; with little movement; very slow

psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior and thinking

have doubts about; distrust

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

put an abrupt end to; block to prevent rolling or slipping

money risked on a gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something

establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support

soiled or discolored; a symbol of disgrace or infamy; a natural spot of a color different from the gound

following in time or order; succeeding; later

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

rub hard; wash with rubbing

involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers

barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy

plant; place seeds in or on

long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and other heavy work

involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers

lazy; with little movement; very slow

put an abrupt end to; block to prevent rolling or slipping

imagine or admit to exist; assume to be true; believe or receive as true

block consisting of a thick piece of something

barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy

psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior and thinking

a hand tool for driving screws

creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen

kind or species; a class of

establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support

an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid

involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers

landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country

involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers

instruction; description; an act of specifying or making a detailed statement

kind or species; a class of

rub hard; wash with rubbing

long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and other heavy work

money risked on a gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something

barren; infertile; incapable of reproducing; having no imagination, new ideas, or energy