4000 FCE Vocabulary List

robber on seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on seas

make or place something to another's side; of or relating to multiple operations at the same time; not intersecting

row slowly and gently; move through the water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs

rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

evidence; demonstration; statement or argument used in such a validation

a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

take part in something; share in something

field covered with grass; meadow

natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection

expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity

possibility of future success; belief about future

odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric; mysterious; suspicious; questionable

act or process of publishing printed matter; communication of information to the public

sponsorship; support; state of being a sponsor

grant made by the government to creator the sole right; invention protected by grant

one who loves and defends his or her country

endurance; tenacity;  state or quality of being persistent; persistency

forward-looking; advancing; incremental

rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction

make impure; make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter

endurance; tenacity;  state or quality of being persistent; persistency

odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric; mysterious; suspicious; questionable

opinion formed without due examination; leaning toward one side of a question

an animal kept for amusement or companionship

likelihood; quality of being predictable

pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes

likely but not certain to be or become true or real

traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee

make or place something to another's side; of or relating to multiple operations at the same time; not intersecting

voting; survey; some votes cast or recorded

painter or drawer of portraits

take part in something; share in something

originator; explorer; a person who is one of the first people to do something

natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection

paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation

inquiry; doubt in mind; mental reservation

not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; not bright or brilliant

provoke or arouse; excite to anger; wound pride of

forward-looking; advancing; incremental