4000 CAE Vocabulary List

exceedingly large; huge; very large or extensive

hang about; wait nearby; remain floating

unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy

crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate

sullen look; a frown; quality or state of being moody, melancholy, and gloomy

causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful

boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom

state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right

cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw

gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass

the doctrine that is believed to be of great importance

a circular band of colored light around a light source, like sun; a luminous ring of light around sacred figures

a person with discriminating taste in food and wine

nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; enthusiasm

quality or condition of being grand; magnificence

utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress

boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom

hold fast or firmly; seize as in a wrestling match

rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another

seizing; embracing; catching; exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious

boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom

hang about; wait nearby; remain floating

a circular band of colored light around a light source, like sun; a luminous ring of light around sacred figures

exceedingly large; huge; very large or extensive

state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right

gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass

any of various chemicals in the body that are carried by the blood and that influence the body’s growth

great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter

bloody; full by bloodshed and violence

exceedingly large; huge; very large or extensive

nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; enthusiasm

irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust

cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw

sullen look; a frown; quality or state of being moody, melancholy, and gloomy

enhance; hoist; raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify

irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust

a person who inherits some title or office

any of various chemicals in the body that are carried by the blood and that influence the body’s growth

wide and general destruction; devastation; waste

stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding