4000 FCE Vocabulary List

n. worker; someone who works with their hands
In addition to the consumer, the laborer is essential to the culture of capitalism.

ad. in a laborious manner;  in a way requiring much labor
I found that rather than laboriously copying out something from a novel by Charles Dickens, it was easier if I made it up myself.

n. maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
Michelle, one thing contributing to this labyrinth is the nation's biggest private employer, Wal-Mart.

n. delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
When having brought her ironing-table to the nursery hearth, she allowed us to sit about it, and while she got up Mrs. Reed's lace frills and crimped her nightcap borders.

v. delay; drag; the act of slowing down or falling behind
I'm sure you've experienced jet lag before.  

v. grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
Even advocates of the war lament the loss of so many lives in combat.

n. touchdown; an act of coming down to the earth
Similar restrictions will apply to people coming through Christmas Island and other popular landing places off the north-west coast.

n. scenery; an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
From palaces to the desert mounds, remnants of this ancient culture litter the landscape.

n. gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
The mayor is apologizing, saying he's deeply sorry for a lapse of judgment.

ad. in a large manner; for the most part; mainly
That happened with James, whose income came largely from the concert.

v. any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early
A lark is singing over the head, and the air is filled with the scent of hay.

n. newly hatched, wingless, often wormlike form of many insects before metamorphosis
Everybody knows that the butterfly emerges from the pupa, and the pupa from an entirely different thing called a larva and that from the butterfly's egg.

n. the organ of the neck of mammals involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production
Can anyone rig up a machine to make somebody's larynx sing after their death?

n. an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
What are examples of the laser that are used in health care facilities?

n. any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
There were plenty of things to question, but I never batted a lash at that.

a. continuing or remaining for a long time; enduring; durable
It's too early to make any lasting assessment on the careers of these players.

a. present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
Existing arrangements contain latent functions that can be neither seen nor replaced by the reformer.

n. freedom to behave, act, or think in the way you want to; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator
Ah, no, a certain latitude is permissible in these matters, you understand.

n. honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
The writers for this episode certainly don't rest on their laurels from the season opener.

n. hot liquid rock from a volcano that becomes solid as it cools
A burning flow of liquid rock has been pushing up from deep in the volcano, sending pieces of lava tumbling down a gully on the south-east side.