4000 CELPIP Vocabulary List

easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise

bring into being; give rise to; produce

reach a conclusion; become systemic and spread throughout the body

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

thankful; appreciative of benefits received

of the same or similar nature or kind

bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy

head of a state government

unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding

made at home, usually by hands

containing a high amount of water or water vapor

treating people with respect and making certain they are safe, happy, healthy

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless, highly flammable diatomic gas

pledge that something will happen or that something is true

a common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz; unyielding endurance

a precious stone; jewel; pearl, or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament

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

a precious stone; jewel; pearl, or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament

move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds

sexual identity, especially about society or culture; category

easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise

quality or condition of being harsh; excessive sternness

accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly

one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

kind of gas they were using to fill the balloon

treating people with respect and making certain they are safe, happy, healthy

make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of

accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly

breed; emerge from the egg

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

crouch or curl up; mass; heap;  crowd or draw together

any of various ruminant mammals, of the genus Capra, related to the sheep; scapegoat

refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port

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

sexual identity, especially about society or culture; category

having a horn, or hornlike parts

expanse of space surrounding the earth; sky; place where the sun, moon, and stars appear

crouch or curl up; mass; heap;  crowd or draw together

made at home, usually by hands

a precious stone; jewel; pearl, or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament