4000 FCE Vocabulary List

hill; relatively flat highland

endure; withstand; allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit

beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace

having a pleasing flavor; savory

lateness; delay; sluggishness; state or quality of being tardy

disquieting; causing distress or worry or anxiety

a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving

tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly

trend; a general direction in which something tends to move

being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper

last stop of a railroad; final point or end; boundary or border

having a pleasing flavor; savory

end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion

gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings

shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder

beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace

dreadfully; frightfully; to a great extent; very much

paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly

easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely

wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood

hill; relatively flat highland

lacking flavor; not having or showing good taste

trend; a general direction in which something tends to move

poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison

wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood

partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen

suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place

physical features of a region; detailed, precise description of a place

being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper

hill; relatively flat highland

change in appearance, nature, disposition, condition, or the like

make a tender of; be disposed or inclined; move or extend in a certain direction

partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen

something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor

guide; give individual instruction

poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison

victory; win; expressing great joy

change in appearance, nature, disposition, condition, or the like

garbage; rubbish; worthless or discarded material or objects