4000 CAE Vocabulary List

gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty

book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; a book of record in business transactions

act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city

done by, used by, or operated with the hands; of small reference book

walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily

dislike greatly; hate; cause to dislike or avoid

deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble

coming from the side; situated at or extending to the side

proverb; formulation of fundamental principle or general truth

relating to marriage; relating to husband

tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing

of linger; delaying; remaining long

independent in thought and action

dislike greatly; hate; cause to dislike or avoid

a place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest; goal to which adherents of religious faith

relating to language or linguistics; relating to the study of language

a place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory

educated; schooled; one who can read and write

put in order; arrange or place something in line

imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking

busy; energetic; vigorous

of linger; delaying; remaining long

dislike greatly; hate; cause to dislike or avoid

female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest

suitable for servant; having low nature

song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep

legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience

act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city

scheme for distribution of prizes by chance; gaming in which tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes

educated; schooled; one who can read and write

objects for sale; goods

wound or injury; an infected or diseased patch of skin

authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory

redundant; relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

a master in any art, especially in music; a composer

enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter

a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay

deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred

hammer; a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head; a light drumstick with a rounded head