4000 FCE Vocabulary List

disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to

one who expects a favorable or good outcome

association of persons, especially a military unit or a business organization

old; old-fashioned; antiquated; out of date

especially; in a notable manner; remarkably; particularly

beyond or across the sea; abroad

plants usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

involving little use of language; lacking verbal skill

elliptic; rounded like an egg

one that opposes stands in the way of or holds up progress

observe carefully; notice; show; indicate

any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil

open to view; not secret or hidden

defeat another in competition or conflict; conquer; prevail over

without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible; unresponsive; indifferent

initiate; invent; bring into being; create

unit of weight equal to one-sixteenth of a pound

out of houses; out of doors

homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past

morally or legally constraining; required; binding

initiate; invent; bring into being; create

plants usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

the first existence or beginning of anything; birth; fountain

darken; make dim or indistinct; conceal in obscurity

prospect; view; belief about the future; an act of looking out

not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic

one that opposes stands in the way of or holds up progress

guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

elliptic; rounded like an egg

morally or legally constraining; required; binding

decorative; any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value

a drama set to music and consists of singing

outlive; live longer than

tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil

out of houses; out of doors

disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to

act or process of producing; production; amount produced during a certain time

one who expects a favorable or good outcome

prospect; view; belief about the future; an act of looking out

elliptic; rounded like an egg