4000 CAE Vocabulary List

slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky; lacking style or good taste; distasteful or offensive

rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America

a person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides;  sixpence

set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time

able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable

tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain

something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor

slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky; lacking style or good taste; distasteful or offensive

act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction

path of other moving body through space; chosen or taken a course

house roof made with a plant material

a person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides;  sixpence

a row of houses built in a similar style; a level shelf of land with steep slopes

outward decorations; ornamental covering or harness for horse

draw or pull behind by a chain or line

for a limited time only

free from disturbance; pacific

of or pertaining to temperament; excessively sensitive or irritable; moody; likely to perform unpredictably

a job involving confinement; an exercise device on which a person can walk or jog without changing place

solemn declaration or affirmation; something that serves as evidence

slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky; lacking style or good taste; distasteful or offensive

stem, or body, of a tree; main stem, without the branches; the body of animal apart from the head and limbs

house roof made with a plant material

flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip

experiment; an act of testing; examination of evidence to determine the charges or claims

the fit of irritation; petty quarrel; liquor, especially, a small draught of liquor

a person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides;  sixpence

holding of an office; a period during which something is held; status of holding position on a permanent contract

small branch or division of a branch

draw upon; strike lightly; make good use of

something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor

house roof made with a plant material

the fit of irritation; petty quarrel; liquor, especially, a small draught of liquor

contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally

free from disturbance; pacific

for a limited time only

stem, or body, of a tree; main stem, without the branches; the body of animal apart from the head and limbs

going from one state of action to another

domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften

hard; difficult; feeling physical discomfort or pain; hard to bear