4000 CAE Vocabulary List

one who takes advantage of any chance to achieve an end, with no regard for principles or consequences

ignore; disregard;  fail to notice; watch over

large bird of the genus Struthio

neatly or smartly dressed; neat, trim, and smart

neatly or smartly dressed; neat, trim, and smart

disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to

homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past

threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command

causing anger, displeasure, resentment, or affront

discussion intended to produce an agreement

no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated

an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco

plants usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress; event or experience that is intensely distressing

an elementary particle with 0 charges and mass about equal to a proton

homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past

fertile or green spot in a waste or desert

the central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core

ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.

of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason

highly viscous or semisolid substance used on the skin as a cosmetic, emollient, or medicament; salve

fertile or green spot in a waste or desert

living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body

impartial; not supporting one side over another

act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting

act of extreme violence or viciousness; offense

excessive confidence; total certainty

neatly or smartly dressed; neat, trim, and smart

no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated

excessive in degree or nature; preoccupying

heavily burden; tax above what is considered appropriate or just; tax too heavily

causing anger, displeasure, resentment, or affront

of or about the nose; sounding as if the nose were pinched

any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus; durable wood of any of these trees or shrubs

compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion

highly viscous or semisolid substance used on the skin as a cosmetic, emollient, or medicament; salve

large bird of the genus Struthio

offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting