4000 CAE Vocabulary List

contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally

garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects

curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to the healing art

hill; relatively flat highland

lateness; delay; sluggishness; state or quality of being tardy

handling; care that are intended to relieve illness or injury

yellowish-brown color; brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun

able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable

a job involving confinement; an exercise device on which a person can walk or jog without changing place

male hawk; a kind of bur used in dressing cloth; flower or head of some plants, as when pendent; a narrow silk ribbon

able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable

lacking flavor; not having or showing good taste

path of other moving body through space; chosen or taken a course

lateness; delay; sluggishness; state or quality of being tardy

temporary worker, as in an office

exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey

sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly

contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally

suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place

male hawk; a kind of bur used in dressing cloth; flower or head of some plants, as when pendent; a narrow silk ribbon

melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze

dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom

moderate; tone down or restrain;  bring to the desired consistency; adjust finely

exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey

momentary; temporary; staying for a short time

curative; having or exhibiting healing powers; relating to the healing art

travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water

not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly

act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction

lacking flavor; not having or showing good taste

make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt

reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of, often in an aggressive manner

hill; relatively flat highland

sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly

groups of cells that make particular parts of the body; soft, thin paper

exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey

make a tender of; be disposed or inclined; move or extend in a certain direction

exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey

moderate; tone down or restrain;  bring to the desired consistency; adjust finely

rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America