4000 CAE Vocabulary List

disbelief; doubt about the truth of something

showing or having insight; perceptive; having a keen intellect

uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write

tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency

interplay; act together or towards others or with

not qualified in legal terms; inadequate for or unsuited to a particular purpose or application

express or indicate indirectly; signify

complex; elaborate; having many complexly arranged elements

demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way

student or a recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training

not biased; fair; showing lack of favoritism

be joyous, merry, and mirthful; excite mirth and gayety; keep amused or diverted

dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow

unintentionally; without knowledge or intention; carelessly

instructive; illustrative; providing or conveying information

lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish

preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope

pass into or through; penetrate with hostile intent

student or a recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training

flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

overwhelming; tempting; charming

student or a recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training

tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency

call upon; ask for; request earnestly

a short entertainment on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece

lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish

impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable

any structure that makes progress difficult; stumbling-block

quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations

enormous; boundless; so great as to be beyond measurement

attractive; capable of arousing interest or curiosity; engaging

of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null

preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope

disbelief; doubt about the truth of something

madness; craziness; mental illness or derangement; extreme foolishness; folly

be joyous, merry, and mirthful; excite mirth and gayety; keep amused or diverted

input; enter; put or set into, between, or among

attractive; capable of arousing interest or curiosity; engaging

bound inward; put the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court

near at hand; close in time; about to occur