4000 CAE Vocabulary List

involving little use of language; lacking verbal skill

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

neatly or smartly dressed; neat, trim, and smart

printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction

darken; make dim or indistinct; conceal in obscurity

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

of or about the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous

relating to ships, sailors, or navigation

of or about the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous

beginner; person new to a field or activity

ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability, or joy; condition of Buddha

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

small cut; V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface

neatly or smartly dressed; neat, trim, and smart

in a way that is famous for something bad

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

wedding ceremony; social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

favorable or advantageous circumstance; a chance for progress or advancement

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

given to expressing yourself freely or insistently

having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects

failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence

inhabit;  live in a certain place; be present in; be inside of

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

no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated

leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled

favorable or advantageous circumstance; a chance for progress or advancement

act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of the law; attacking or assaulting

without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately

make neutral and thus inoffensive

excessive in degree or nature; preoccupying

hopeful; positive; expecting the best in all possible ways

hopeful; positive; expecting the best in all possible ways

beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy

threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual

annoy by constant scolding, complaining, or urging

especially; in a notable manner; remarkably; particularly

leave undone or leave out; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention

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