4000 CELPIP Vocabulary List

of a person, slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft; rounded, and plump

any small compartment

a drawing, especially in a newspaper or magazine, that tells a joke

great gun; firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force; loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung

mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate

harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear

grasp; ability to understand

with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions; with awareness

circumstance; the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it

negligent; taking insufficient care; reckless

a tendency to keep together

held in common; of a group of people

a large and important church, esp. one that is the center of a large area

money-making; involved in work that is intended for the mass market

disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass

traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection

force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force

overspread the surface; envelope; shelter, as from evil or danger; protect

planned or accomplished together; combined

any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement

negligent; taking insufficient care; reckless

make by hand and with much skill

harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear

happening at the same time; simultaneous

a tendency to keep together

a commissioned military officer

traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection

production of food by preparing the land to grow crops

serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

planned or accomplished together; combined

exhibiting native good judgment

nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

quote; adduce as an instance

any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement

traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection

any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement

planned or accomplished together; combined

mandatory; obligatory; required by rule

freight carried by ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle