4000 FCE Vocabulary List

last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another

unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable

rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against

extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; happen

rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against

not conforming to accepted rules or standards

hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ

having a hemispherical vault or dome

not differentiated; without clear distinctive characters

harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people from getting the actual disease

not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan

act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air

speak; express; send forth with the voice

put into service; take advantage of

having no previous example; novel; unparalleled

upright in position or posture; oriented vertically

rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against

diversity; quality or condition of being various or varied

energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop

sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest

a piece of metal, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks

a formal expression of preference for a candidate; the number of casting in an election; the result of election

unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable

any of numerous herbaceous plants to eat in a meal

put at risk; adventure

having a hemispherical vault or dome

not decayed or decomposed

open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom

having many talents; capable of working in many fields

a formal expression of preference for a candidate; the number of casting in an election; the result of election

existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination

put into service; take advantage of

harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people from getting the actual disease

someone who has given long service

something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question;  bet; stake

put at risk; adventure

space or place that is available to be used; emptiness

not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan

flight of missiles; a round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against