4000 CAE Vocabulary List

healing power or quality; treatment of illness

small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head

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

hollow cylindrical shape; underground railway

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

a thing of very little value or importance

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

act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction

temporary worker, as in an office

windpipe, or trachea; a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine; a pedal that controls the throttle valve

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

sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly

easily crushed or bruised; fragile; easily chewed or cut

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

enormous scope, power, or influence; huge or colossal

in a way that expresses a threat of something unpleasant or violent; aggressively

temporary worker, as in an office

in a way that expresses a threat of something unpleasant or violent; aggressively

easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile

forward; send from one person or place to another

having a toe or toes of a specified kind

unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin

payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; the mark of respect; praiseworthy quality

person's normal manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry

dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom

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

endure; withstand; allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit

right or claim to possession; a mark of rank; the name of a book or film

advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off

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

a thing of very little value or importance

easily crushed or bruised; fragile; easily chewed or cut

right or claim to possession; a mark of rank; the name of a book or film

lacking flavor; not having or showing good taste

easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile

going from one state of action to another

payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; the mark of respect; praiseworthy quality

easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile

push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses

easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely