4000 CELPIP Vocabulary List

light; brightness; fierce or angry stare

of an entire group or class; general

a fried bread of minced beef served on a bun

one who is from the hills, especially from a rural area, lacking refinement or sophistication

weed, cultivate, or dig up with a tool, which has a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle

long usually narrow room; covered corridor

feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of the body

bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed

friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner

laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; laugh in light, affected, or silly manner

of the same or similar nature or kind

bacteria; the earliest form of an organism; seed

provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to

the force of attraction between all masses in the universe

like a glacier; lacking warmth and friendliness; extremely cold or slow

large stinging paper wasp; insect of the wasp family

gather; collect; pick up

a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything

like a glacier; lacking warmth and friendliness; extremely cold or slow

having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical

pledge that something will happen or that something is true

bring into being; give rise to; produce

kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth

the mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of the body

terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training

provide living quarters for; lodge; contain; harbor

an established disposition of the mind or character; distinctive dress, especially of a religious order

friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner

provide living quarters for; lodge; contain; harbor

stop; stand in doubt; hesitate

of home; domestic; familiar; intimate; plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished

make and administer the public policy and affairs of

a fried bread of minced beef served on a bun

kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth

the force of attraction between all masses in the universe

period of greatest popularity, success, or power; the golden age

cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw

quality or condition of being humble; a low estimate of one's self; self-abasement

displaying superhuman strength or power; of extreme difficulty