4000 CELPIP Vocabulary List

skill; gift; marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment

house roof made with a plant material

high; outstanding; very great or intense

make a tender of; be disposed or inclined; move or extend in a certain direction

hard; difficult; feeling physical discomfort or pain; hard to bear

make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt

sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal

partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen

make a tender of; be disposed or inclined; move or extend in a certain direction

act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation

step on; mate with; place the foot

pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle

cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm

popular taste; the general direction in which something tends to move

one skilled particularly in the technical details of work

shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder

last stop of a railroad; final point or end; boundary or border

an instrument for measuring temperature

draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.

tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly

frighten; fill with terror

end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion

part of the leg between the hip and the knee

skill; gift; marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment

of or pertaining to the theater, or scenic representations; resembling manner of dramatic performers

make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt

relating to a group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit; of a tribe

a thing of very little value or importance

thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that

piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground

a thing of very little value or importance

of or pertaining to the theater, or scenic representations; resembling manner of dramatic performers

wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood

an instrument for measuring temperature

not practical or applied; hypothetical; of or based on a theory

light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun; faint light

act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation

cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm

part of the leg between the hip and the knee

step on; mate with; place the foot