CET-4 Vocabulary

A place of safety and protection from danger

A penetrating coldness or shiver; to make cold; calm and relaxed

To shout approval or encouragement; a shout of joy; happiness

To guide the direction of a vehicle or vessel; a piece of advice

An opening for escape or release; a means of expression; an electrical socket

To grow vigorously; to prosper and be successful

To explain in detail; highly detailed or complex

To crush food with the teeth; the act of chewing

A great victory or achievement; to win or succeed

Able to be compared; similar in quality or degree

To carry people or goods from place to place; a system or vehicle for doing so

One's inner sense of right and wrong

The process or result of calculating

To mark or rub a surface with something sharp; a shallow cut or mark on a surface

A period of time or space between two events or points

Not asleep; to stop sleeping or cause someone to wake up

The large-scale buying and selling of goods; trade

A cover for a container; an eyelid

Unable to speak; silent; (informal) stupid

Large size or volume; the greater part of something; large in quantity

To scatter small drops or particles over something; a light shower

The process of changing from one form or belief to another

The large organ that processes nutrients and removes toxins; also used as food

Peaceful agreement; a pleasing combination; musical chords

Acceptance of different beliefs or practices; ability to endure hardship or a substance

Only; exclusively

A hoofed mammal related to sheep; a scapegoat

A poor agricultural worker or small farmer; an uncouth person

Clean and tidy; skillfully done; (of drinks) undiluted

Capable of moving easily; relating to mobile phones; a hanging decorative sculpture

A system showing days, months, and years; a list of planned events

Hair on a man's face; to boldly confront someone

A woman whose husband has died; to make someone a widow or widower

To place money in a bank; money stored in a bank; a layer of sediment

A device to slow or stop a vehicle; to apply such a device

To prohibit or disallow something

The soft thick hair of an animal; animal skin used as clothing material

Done freely by choice, without being forced; working without payment

To jab with a finger or stick; a prod or jab

Logically sound; legally acceptable; well-founded

The act of taking away or eliminating something; dismissal from office

A thin cord used in sewing; to pass through a narrow space

Feeling sad or dissatisfied

A small part of a whole; a mathematical ratio expressed as one number over another

Dried cereal stalks; a drinking tube

To use up completely or tire out; waste gases from an engine

A sphere; the Earth; a spherical model of the Earth

The science of substances and their reactions; natural attraction between people