4000 FCE Vocabulary List

person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual

kind of gas they were using to fill the balloon

take or grasp suddenly; snatch; capture

employing or showing humor; funny; amusing

pledge that something will happen or that something is true

gear or tackle with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement; something resembling gear or tackle, as straps

irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust

make and administer the public policy and affairs of

large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities

elegance and beauty of movement or expression; a short prayer of thanks before a meal

unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons

flock; crowd; a group of cattle or other domestic animals

bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair

made at home, usually by hands

gear or tackle with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement; something resembling gear or tackle, as straps

terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training

place of frequent resort or visitation; act, habit, or custom of resorting to place

kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth

a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea

a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility

kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth

defensive covering for the head; hat, made of cork, felt, or metal, worn as a uniform of soldiers, firemen

disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede

expanse of space surrounding the earth; sky; place where the sun, moon, and stars appear

easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise

of or relating to the science of gene; relating to, or influenced by the origin of something

kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth

irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust

the main office of a large organization

large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities

pledge that something will happen or that something is true

take or grasp suddenly; snatch; capture

unlikely to harm or disturb anyone

crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass

place of frequent resort or visitation; act, habit, or custom of resorting to place

of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm

stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself

hold fast or firmly; seize as in a wrestling match

expanse of space surrounding the earth; sky; place where the sun, moon, and stars appear

one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates