4000 FCE Vocabulary List

provide or brighten with light; clear up or make understandable; enlighten

land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass

mimic; imitate; assume or act the character of representing another person with comic intentions

introduction of something new

not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof

marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful

contract into wrinkles; grow together; form into fabric by intertwining

rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy

not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof

drink in; absorb or take in as if by drinking

not suited to your comfort, purpose, or needs

demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way

lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull

lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion

ingenious; wise; bright; having a high degree of intelligence; mentally acute

lack of ability, especially mental ability, to do something

endlessly; incessantly; for a long time, no end defined; forever

not deferred by an interval of time; present; occurring at once; instant

penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression

penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression

drink in; absorb or take in as if by drinking

encourage; inspirit; fire the imagination of

flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

put in; infuse; force or drive fluid into something

rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy

disbelief; doubt about the truth of something

decision; the ability to form valuable opinions and make good decisions

encourage; inspirit; fire the imagination of

persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction

introduction of something new

mimic; imitate; assume or act the character of representing another person with comic intentions

immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning

put in; infuse; force or drive fluid into something

lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion

unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence

not able to be corrected or repaired

an acute febrile, highly contagious viral disease

not elastic; lacking elasticity; unyielding or inadaptable

quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness