4000 FCE Vocabulary List

formal essay;  paper written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at university

knife; a short pointed weapon with sharp edges

disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with

harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss

act of defending against attack, danger, or injury

prepared; inclined; be ready; being a particular condition of the body or health

a barrier to prevent the flow of liquid, specially built across a watercourse

ignore; discount; take no notice of

knife; a short pointed weapon with sharp edges

disputable; unsettled; open to doubt or debate

owed and payable immediately or on-demand; proper and appropriate; fitting

stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize

fool; cause to believe what is not true; mislead

move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland

formal essay;  paper written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at university

ignore; discount; take no notice of

convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty

disputable; unsettled; open to doubt or debate

in a diagonal manner; not square to any direction

a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing

hand out; disseminate; allocate

devaluation; decrease in price or value

act of defending against attack, danger, or injury

bright or brilliant; extremely attractive or exciting

difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction

fixed; exact; having distinct limits

lower in spirits; press down

feel; discover the presence of; identify something

difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree

a mental disorder marked by confusion

move or bring by force or with great effort

difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction

lack of respect for; disrespectful mental attitude

devaluation; decrease in price or value

move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood

judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation

lower in spirits; press down

feel; discover the presence of; identify something

change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless

harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss