4000 CAE Vocabulary List

branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

any article of clothing, as coat or gown

gear or tackle with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement; something resembling gear or tackle, as straps

bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities

urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to

type of environment in which an organism or group usually lives

sheer, light, delicate, or tenuous

touch; feel with the hand; use or hold with the hand; manage in using; deal with

swallow or eat greedily or hastily

defensive covering for the head; hat, made of cork, felt, or metal, worn as a uniform of soldiers, firemen

proclaim; announces important news; messenger

fasten or catch temporarily with or as if with a loop, hook, or noose; move interruptedly or with jerks or steps

quality or condition of being humble; a low estimate of one's self; self-abasement

branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

sheer, light, delicate, or tenuous

one who is active and energetic in business; lively worker; a male prostitute who sells his services to men

vulture; griffin; fast hold with the hand or arms; close embrace; grasp; clutch

outward appearance or aspect; mode of dress; false appearance

force with the thumb; make a groove in

bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair

fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal

bump; arch one's back

branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent

kind of gas they were using to fill the balloon

type of environment in which an organism or group usually lives

one who is active and energetic in business; lively worker; a male prostitute who sells his services to men

bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair

touch; feel with the hand; use or hold with the hand; manage in using; deal with

short ax used to chop wood

unpleasant physical effects following the heavy use of alcohol; letdown, as after a period of excitement

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

any article of clothing, as coat or gown

measuring instrument; measure; judge

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

thankful; appreciative of benefits received

the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk

unpleasant physical effects following the heavy use of alcohol; letdown, as after a period of excitement

quality or condition of being humble; a low estimate of one's self; self-abasement