4000 FCE Vocabulary List

disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede

crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

petrol; flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons

jewel; the precious stone that may be used as a jewel when cut and polished

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

put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress

the main office of a large organization

a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea

one who has received an academic or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study

an idea having general application; reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded

employing or showing humor; funny; amusing

the main office of a large organization

provide an extensive explanation for words or phrases

an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast

crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

a person with discriminating taste in food and wine

one who has received an academic or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study

act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile

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

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

utter a deep guttural sound, like an angry dog; give forth an angry, grumbling sound; emit low guttural sound

back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast

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

crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded

crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass

descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law

jewel; the precious stone that may be used as a jewel when cut and polished

a person with discriminating taste in food and wine

employing or showing humor; funny; amusing

jewel; the precious stone that may be used as a jewel when cut and polished

genetics; inheritance; the genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring

a person with discriminating taste in food and wine

pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

jewel; the precious stone that may be used as a jewel when cut and polished

by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry

pour something down or forth; greet or acclaim enthusiastically

opening through mountains; pass; conspicuous difference or imbalance