4000 CAE Vocabulary List

deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors

move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected

a playing field where sports events take place; a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

eager; keen; worried; uneasy, and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful

helper; a person who assists or helps someone else

wise saying; brief familiar proverb;  expression of popular wisdom

further; extra; supplemental or added to

govern; supervise; give or apply medications

fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; transitional period between youth and maturity

lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong

speak, plead, or argue in favor of; plead for; push for something

ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with

indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

a faster rate of improvement; the rate of change of velocity to time

half-open; slightly turned or opened

helper, additional or subsidiary

favorable judgment; feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval

covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place

song of praise or patriotism; the song of devotion or loyalty

preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish

lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy

symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor

a brownish-black solid or semisolid mixture of bitumen obtained from nature or as a petroleum byproduct

combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate

aloft; flying; in the air

half-open; slightly turned or opened

approach; entry; entrance

in the middle of; among; surrounded by

away from the correct path or direction, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering

fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

a faster rate of improvement; the rate of change of velocity to time

state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; transitional period between youth and maturity

prophetic; involving or portending widespread devastation

a brownish-black solid or semisolid mixture of bitumen obtained from nature or as a petroleum byproduct

items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered

deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors

causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful