4000 CELPIP Vocabulary List

heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative

in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization

festivity; traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows

round; shaped like or nearly like a circle

force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force

agreeing with or established by common usage; conventional; habitual

keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete

one who has charge of money; cash keeper

one who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; one who is reckless or irresponsible

any of various devices used to join, grip, support, or compress mechanical or structural parts

of or relating to climate, or meteorological conditions

upward movement; steady increase; the highest point; the greatest degree

one who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; one who is reckless or irresponsible

awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

one who contracts to build things; a party to a contract

gather or grow into bunches

overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

of or relating to non-military life

break into small pieces; cause to fall in pieces

lightweight elastic outer bark, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats

an arrangement in a particular order; union

gather or grow into bunches

chief; serving as an essential component

force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force

of or relating to the heart

provide; bestow a quality on

nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing

one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claim; one who competes; rival

force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force

keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete

ask with earnestness or importunity; ask with submission or humility; beg

take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp

compute; determine; estimate

one who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; one who is reckless or irresponsible

keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete

an expert who gives advice

overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride

festivity; traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows

an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions; a body of people associated together