CET-6 Vocabulary

Operated by liquid pressure; relating to hydraulics

A nerve cell that transmits electrical impulses in the nervous system

A person who manages property or affairs for another; a ship's or airline's attendant; to manage or care for something

Resembling or full of water; overly diluted

To shine with flashes of light; a bright glittering light; liveliness

A terminal through which electric current passes in a circuit

Safe and suitable to be eaten; a food item

A person who loves and defends their country

An extremely tall building with many floors

Mutual, two-way; (mathematics) the inverse of a number

To open the mouth wide from tiredness or boredom (v.); the act of doing so (n.)

To leave one's country to settle in another

Money given to corrupt someone's judgment; to offer such payment

Any one that; no matter which

The most intense or decisive point of something; to reach that point

The floor of a fireplace; the home as a symbol of warmth

Containing high levels of moisture in the air; damp

To draw broad conclusions from specific cases; to speak in general terms

Formal admission to a position or group; reasoning from specific to general; electromagnetic induction

A regional or social variety of a language

A container used to boil water

Showing unfair preference or prejudice

Not able to be trusted or depended on

Lasting only a short time; temporary or fleeting

To feel or show great happiness

The force or process that drives something forward

The act of happening again or repeatedly

A small shallow dish placed under a cup

Existing in name only; insignificantly small

To a very great degree; extremely

The need or desire to drink; a strong craving

To domesticate or subdue; not wild; dull and unexciting

Having great knowledge and education; scholarly and well-read

Well known and respected; famous

A vessel that heats water to produce steam or hot water

The act of piercing into something; keen insight

Not fair or right; violating justice

The act of telling or recounting a story or events

Bitter conflict or disagreement

A drainage channel along a road or roof; a degraded environment

A false belief firmly held despite evidence to the contrary; the state of being misled

To combine elements into a whole; to produce by chemical synthesis

To make or become solid; to consolidate or strengthen

To attribute something to a particular cause or person

A single sheet of glass in a window; a panel or section

To wake someone from sleep; to stir up excitement or emotion

To force out or expel someone or something

The quality of being genuine and free from pretense