4000 CAE Vocabulary List

cướp grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly

dạo leisurely walking; traveling from place to place seeking work or gain

thưởng thức appreciate fully; enjoy or relish; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality

đơn độc isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied

vệ sinh relating to health or the protection of health

biếng nhác lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish

ngầm hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground

học bổng knowledge resulting from study and research; grant of financial aid awarded to a student

phái a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs

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

nhu nhược having no spine or spinal column; invertebrate; having no backbone, vigor, or courage; limp; weak

khuôn mẫu fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception

đền thờ case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb

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

giám sát director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system

địa chấn caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking

cảm emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism

đỉnh a sort of very large nail; a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward

sưng bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger

khỉ like an ape or monkey

chia cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate

cảm emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism

vệ sinh relating to health or the protection of health

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

chính tả name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify

lán small, crudely built cabin

biếng nhác lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish

giám sát director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system

nhu nhược having no spine or spinal column; invertebrate; having no backbone, vigor, or courage; limp; weak

nhịp duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points

phục tùng yielding; inclined or ready to submit

bóng emit rays of light; give light; beam with steady radiance; exhibit brightness or splendor

gốc arise; have or take origin or descent

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

kéo edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

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

địa chấn caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking

sưng bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger

chính tả name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify

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