4000 CAE Vocabulary List

feast; entertainment of eating and drinking

the occasion for excessive eating or drinking; complete failure; sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable

the inclination of head, or bending of the body for respect or submission; bending or rounded part of a ship forward

cause to curve outward; swell up; stick out; protrude

a contest between antagonists; contest or fight; a period of time spent in a particular way, as in illness

disparage or depreciate; put down

a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil

good friend; comrade; partner, especially one of a pair or team

quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness

determined to do or have

noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow

a contest between antagonists; contest or fight; a period of time spent in a particular way, as in illness

kindly; favorable; not malignant

give as a gift; present

something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless

yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver; the bitterness of temper

just; only; hardly; scarcely

just; only; hardly; scarcely

utter suddenly and impulsively

generous in providing aid to others; charitable

handrail, especially on a staircase

raise; advance; push or shove upward

kindly; favorable; not malignant

hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals

dividing line; border; frontier

give as a gift; present

device for increasing power or effectiveness; enthusiastic promoter, as of a sports team or school

exhibiting self-importance

hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals

drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

give as a gift; present

large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

cause to curve outward; swell up; stick out; protrude

table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out

a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil

tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula