Complete CAE vocabulary

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• Eye-opener revelación surprises teaches facts life people living
• Sift filtrar examinar cuidadosamente escudriñar
• Salir social event drink come
• Amusement diversión feeling entertained made laugh looked
• Strangeness extrañeza quality unusual unexpected difficult understand
• Resemble parecerse like or a
• Fed harto bored annoyed disappointed experienced long job
• Be/get fed sth estar harto de algo] 
• Round visitar ir ver  to visit home tonight
• Splitting headache jaqueca severe pain feel head migrate
• Things happened earlier expected middle end sentence verb 
•  to talk situation action continuing longer time expected
•  we're expecting happen happened end sentence question  questions
• Strange ing refers situation familiar longer people found
• Ing refers process familiar situation surprising quickly people
• Regime government régimen system method corrupt totalitarian overthrown
• Sumptuous suntuoso lujoso luxurious showing rich celebrity guests
• Meal feast festín banquete special good food large
• Unrestrained libre de ataduras limited controlled
• Wind sb molestar annoy upset teachers easy life
• Duty deber part job feel thing agency act
• Eat times graze picotear small amounts food day
• Sth heredar]  money property title receive result death
• Bound estar seguro i pub bound.) 
• Deranged demente transtornado completely unable behave controlled mental
• Beloved querido love romantic relationship sending flowers
• Purse fruncir los labios bring lips tightly form
• Haughtily de manera arrogante
• Neglect desatender ocuparse de give care attention people
• Blissful feliz extremely completely happy childhood/holiday
• Wholeheartedly sinceramente con todo el corazón completely enthusiastic
• Assertion afirmación statement strongly true i agree men
• Haunt perseguir recuerdo)] to repeated suffering anxiety fighting vietnam
• Chore tarea rutinaria job piece work boring unpleasant
• Galley cocina de barco un
• Bunk litera] a narrow bed fixed wall boat train
• Outlast durar más live exist stay energetic determined
• Attrition desgaste gradually making weaker destroying strength confidence
• Vase vasija
• Manage conseguir lograr formal to
• Students ámbos connector test frank bob live chicago
• Cualquiera de los dos connector student test.  frank
• Bob live frank chicago ninguno de los dos
• Poco/s contable describe la cantidad de forma negativa
• Poco/s contable decribe la cantidad de forma positiva
• Poco incontables describe una opinión negativa time
• Poco incontables describe una opinión positiva  do money
• Lot of/lots mucho/s contable e incontable más informal] 
• Back refund reembolso amount money happy product service
• Forthcoming próximo happening received information conference
• Give speech dar discurso a
• Give lecture dar una conferencia
• Give talk  dar una charla
• Give performance dar una actuación
• Give information dar información alguien
• Give details dar detalles
• Give advice dar consejo
• Make recommendation dar una recomendación
• Make comment hacer comentario un
• Make apology disculparse
• Give chance dar alguien una oportunidad
• Give opportunity dar una oportunidad
• Give refund devolver el dinero alguien
• Give money back devolver el dinero
• Hacer lo posible sth do
• Make telephone call llamar por teléfono
• Create/make impression sb causar una impresión create impact
• Give false impression dar la impresión de
• I missed miss escaparse perder late event transport
• Goalmouth área pequeña en boca de gol]  the area
• Leaflet folleto brochure
• Sheer puro transparente pure see-through coincidence met
• Stiff rígido agarrotado moving easily  handle door man's
• Single-handed sin ayuda voyage without
• Run quedarse sin agotar finish sell left milk/money/ideas/patience
• Separable inseparable iniciar comenzar emprender start hobby sport
• Mild blando suave violent severe extreme accept criticism
• Released parole libertad condicional permission prisoner period prison
• Life sentence parole cadena perpetua
• Bit rusty poco oxidado ha perdido la práctica
• Rust óxido
• Command knowledge dominio de great subject ability impressive
• Loanword préstamo term language taken
• Mother tongue lengua materna native language
• Pick sth sb separable recoger stop  a vehicle
• Fluency fluidez soltura
• Articulate highly elocuente utiliza el lenguaje con destreza
• Working pressure trabajar bajo presión
• Staff personal empleados
• Start iniciarse comenzar begin sth started meeting monthly
• Afford estar alcance sentido permitirse al positivo fuera
• Dire terrible desesperada situación extreme people
• Workplace lugar de trabajo
• Lot cram apiñar force things small space children
• Bashed-up gastado deteriorado propósito para dar la sensación
• Spike haired pelo de punta
• Strip lighting tubo fluorescente long fluorescent ceiling lights
• Hotchpotch mezcolanza batiburrillo confused mixture things age thinking
• Plant spider commonly found houses offices long flat
• Thirsty sediento needing drink i felt/was hot game
• Claustrophobic claustrofóbico hate small spaces
• Lift ascensor elevator
• Hotbed invernadero en sentido figurativo y literal police
• Signpost letrero
• Clue pista sign information helps find answer problem
• Dreariness monotonía] 
• Dreary aburrido monótono boring making feel unhappy town
• Cramp limitar coartar restrict worry lack money lives
• Cramped space espacio limitado
• Stifling sofocante agobiante extremely hot unpleasant i bear
• Nasty repugnante asqueroso desagradable unpleasant smell
• Carpet tile loseta
• Threadbare harapiento andrajoso describes material clothes thin damaged
• Clutter follón desbarajuste lot objects state untidy kitchen
• Committed comprometido
• Cellar  sótano basement
• Candle vela
• Warm cálido
• Lift levantar alzar move lower higher position table
• Ceiling techo
• Sparkle brillar reflejar shine brightly lot small points
• Alleviate aliviar paliar calmar make bad pain problems
• Clutter desordenar llenar de porquería fill untidy badly
• Draw line poner límites set limit restriction
• Fluffy acolchado esponjoso blando
• Fluffy animal peluche blando
• Teeth one's hincar el diente involved interested lots
• Bland soso insulso insípido tasteless
• Kill birds stone matar dos pajaros de tiro
• Break romper dividir separate split
• Glare reflejo
• Cosmetic superficial
• Perk beneficio como puede ser coche de empresa
• Recruit contratar] to persuade work company member organization
• Marvel maravilla thing person surprising lot admiration miniature
• Attuned coger tono get
• Hypothesize  conjeturar proponer una hipótesis suppose make hypothesis
• Buckle hebilla
• Bow inclinarse doblegarse ceder bend head body forward
• Horseman jinete
• Thumbnail miniatura
• Gasp último aliento final breath dying
• Greet recibir dar la bienvenida words action react
• Bowed legs piernas arqueadas como los jinetes] 
• Endanger arriesgar estar en peligro de extinción put
• Setback revés contratiempo
• Neat genial clever simple solution problem
• Sth ir al grano start direct efforts attention
• Nuisance molestia fastidio bother irritant
• Amount wealth riqueza large money valuable possessions successful
• Seek buscar look for
• Sought buscado past participle seek
• Byway camino sendero
• Fringe periferia suburbio] the outer important part area group
• Anathema algo te gusta o apruebas strongly disliked
• Ban prohibir expulsar excluir forbid refuse officially film
• Warmly amablemente sinceramente friendly sincerely
• Touch pizca poco concerned una preocupado
• Aggrieved ofendido preocupado apesadumbrado unhappy angry unfair treatment
• Spread extenderse propagar extend propagate
• Blame culpar wrong responsible bad happening
• Sweep barrer
• Lado aparte aside a un
• Lose object perder objeto para el resto de
• Lost perderse get
•  converse conversar charlar talk chat
• Make understand sb hacerse entender needed leave
• Deal tratar lidiar con with
• Make sentence hacer frases learning nouns start
• Make decision tomar una decisión
• Make mistake cometer error a
• Make effort hacer esfuerzo an
• Make point hacer breve comentario
• Make proposal hacer una propuesta
• Make suggestion hacer una sugerencia
• Una make complaint formalizar queja formular
• Make change enmendar corregir a
• Make friend hacer amigos
• Make choice tomar la elección correcta
• Make sth hacer uso de algo
• Make improvement hacer una mejora
• Job encontrar trabajo conseguir un
• Qualitification obtener título o certificación
• Business conseguir ayuda empresarial get
• Information obtener más información get
• Job hacer tu trabajo do
• Hacer curso do a course
• Activities hacer actividades do
• Business negociar do
• Exercise hacer ejercicio do
• Harm hacer daño do
• Shopping hacer algo de compra
• Sport practicar deporte generalmente se utiliza para son
• Play sport practicar deporte se utiliza para de
• Household familiar doméstico group people family live 1960s
• Household realizar tareas domésticas do
• Chores realizar los quehaceres hacer labores cotidianas
• Cooking cocinar do the
• Reform i reformar modificar mejorar]  to make improvement changing
• De recruitment process proceso selección personal
• Care carer caring uncaring careful carefully careless carelessly
• Critic criticise criticism critical critically uncritical uncritically
• Child childhood childlike childish childishly childishness childless
• Break broken unbroken breakable unbreakable unbreakably outbreak breakdown
• Occasion occasional occasionally
• Sled[ge uk]  trineo for
• Force forceful forcefully forcible forcibly enforce reinforce
• Deep deepen depth deeply deepening
• Fragile fragility 
• Friend friendly friendliness unfriendly unfriendliness friendship befriend friendless
• Care preocuparse afectar concerned be
• Carer cuidador asistente person responsible sb's well-being
• Caring cariñoso solícito describes kind emotional support thought
• Uncaring indiferente insensible] not worrying people's troubles bishop criticized
• Careful cauto cuidadoso prudente cautious
• Carefully con cuidado detenidamente cautiously
• Careless descuidado negligente poco cuidadoso si tiene cierto
• Carelessly descuidadamente sin cuidado
• Carefree despreocupado tranquilo problems worried i remember student
• Uncritically sin sentido crítico
• Childlike infantil ingenuo se suele utilizar en sentido
• Childish infantil inmaduro se suele utilizar en sentido
• Childishly de manera infantil
• Childishness infantilismo
• Childless sin hijos couples feel excluded rest society
• Outbreak brote enfermedad time suddenly begins disease dangerous
• Breakdown avería
• Force fuerza physical violent strength power wind brought
• Forceful convincente enérgico personality serve politics
• Forcefully de manera contundente enérgicamente powerfully
• Forcible forzoso forzado police's entry building lot criticism
• Forcibly por la fuerza de manera violenta
• Enforce hacer cumplir ejecutar make people obey lay
• Reinforce reforzar fortalecer reafirmar make stronger pockets jeans
• Deeply profundamente fondo a
• Deepening creciente intense becoming more
• Friendly amable kind warm neighbours to/towards
• Friendliness simpatía amabilidad
• Unfriendly antipático frío
• Friendship amistad
• Befriend hacerse amigo de friend befriended lady
• Friendless sin amigos
• Tyre neumático
• End terminar en sitio o situación finally place
• Stand good stead sb servirle uno beneficial work
• Plough arar labrar
• Meticuloso concienzudo minucioso thorough
• Rough áspero rugoso
• Tacaño miserable give share things money buy ring
• Budget presupuesto monetary plan
• Reliance dependencia confianza
• Rousing emocionante impactante delivered speech full anger passion
• Cope salir adelante superar hacer frente overcome difficulties
• Loan préstamo
• Stand tener una opinión]  to opinion how/where foreign policy
• Drop abandonar dejar stop completely finished dropped race
• Earthquake terremoto
• Enrol apuntarse inscribirse
• Wear sth deteriorarse exhaust destroy moving parts engines
• Shut cerrar/cerrado close/closed
• Meal eaten supper cena] a main evening small late
• Heater radiador
• Keen aficionado fond liking eating chinese food
• Principal jefe director
• Honeymoon luna de miel
• Strike huelga
• Flair talento dón
• Flair tener don para have
• Hump day miércoles
• Hill sobre los over the
• Benchwarmer calienta banquillo
• Canteen cantina cafetería
• Apenas hardly
• Willpower fuerza de voluntad
• Shape dar forma moldear
• Panick ponerse muy nervioso i felt lost mobile
• Collect recoger
• Chart trazar delinear
• Glue clavar la vista pegar los ojos
• Attention span periodo de atención
• Junk basura
• Exert ejercer autoridad
• Instill inculcar put feeling idea principle gradually someone's
• Dull soso aburrido wrote respectable articles local newspaper
• Draw utilizar echar mano de valerse information knowledge
• Propel sth propulsar impulsar
• Ciertamente efectivamente indeed
• Devote sth sth/sb dedicarse entregarse give time effort
• Sum resumir up
• Meaningful significativo
• Certainty certeza sureness
• Regard con respecto with to
• Accustom habituar acostumbrar habituate
• Earth qué diablos estás haciendo
• Put inseparable aguantar soportar tolerate
• Grub's la comida está lista ven por ella
• Extent alcance extensión
• Adventurous arriesgado atrevido
• Ultimately básicamente finalmente
• Endow sth dotar otorgar lucky people endowed brains
• Inborn innato innate natural
• Trait rasgo característica
• Mould moldear material make soft substance shape plastic
• Eye-catching atractivo llamativo attractive
• Engage captar la atención de alguien para mantener
• Series affecting spain english correct] english sth
• Effects people's daily lives correct] what
• English correct] english word begins capital letter
• Budge correct] budget
• Good command english correct a
• Programmes budgets largest correct] these larger
• Allowing people improve english correct
• Spanish watchers expand horizons correct] besides
• Spanish correct] spanish
• Citizens topics usa correct] usa think
• Clap aplaudir
• Outskirts o periferia zonas al borde de pueblo
• Petty crime delitos menores minor offences
• Convey expresar verbalizar poetry great sense religious devotion
• Mind en realidad la verdad es work
• Tale cuento historia
• Enliven amenizar animar make interesting game enlivened teams
• Meet encontrarse conocer por primera vez speak time
• Fellow colega compañero de profesión describes job interests
• Colleague colega group people work entertaining ben's tonight
• Peer person age social position abilities group necesarily
• Workmate compañero de trabajo del te hecho amigo
• Search buscar sth for look
• Bring support brindar apoyo
• O i backing apoyo monetario intelectual una persona
• Pave for/to allanar el camino  if paves makes
• Flourish prosperar florecer grow develop successfully tomatoes flourishing
• Appeal gustar atraer interest attract sth i skiing
• Lure atraer seducir tentar con algo interesante persuade
• Cuidadosamente concienzudamente/completamente totalmente thoroughly
• Utterly completamente totalmente
• Completamente totalmente surprising entirely it
• Conduct experiments dirigir experimentos
• Things fiddle juguetear move touch purpose put papers
• Morale moral confianza amount confidence felt person group
• Cohesion situation members group society united social/national
• Conclusion draw sacar una conclusión facts situation make
• Leap saltar brincar precipitarse en una conclusión  to
• Experience wide/vast/extensive vast/extensive
• Impact huge/extreme/powerful huge/powerful
• Flexibility high/great/big high/great 
• Pressure heavy/constant/high heavy/constant
• Reputation excellent/big/unrivalled excellent/unrivalled 
• Competition high/fierce/intense fierce/intense
• Number high/large/great high/large
• Increase strong/huge/considerable huge/considerable
• Skills expert/high/specialist expert/specialist
• Knowledge vast/extensive/strong vast/extensive
• Rub frotar restregar] to press pressed circular up-and-down repeated
• Pat dar una palmadita en la espalda o
• Tap tocar alguien en el hombro golpear] to hit
• Stroke acariciar move hand part body object gently
• Pet acariciar animal child touch gently kindly hands
• Bad sheltered protegido resguardado protected from weather things life
• Horrifically de manera espantosa terriblemente
• Sort en cierto modo just
• De workforce fuerza trabajo mano obra
• Unemployment paro desempleo
• Yell gritar chillar scream
• Boundary frontera límite
• Likelihood probabilidad
• Break averiarse refiriéndose una máquina o vehículo deja
• Long en breve muy tarde
• Adept experto erudito expert skilled person
• Sth contemplating time contemplate future retirement year carefully
• Awful horrible terrible
• Forgetting olvido
• Conceivably posiblemente
• Es de lejos it is
• Outing excursión short journey made group people pleasure
• Sprain torcer hacerse esguince i sprained ankle
• Equip equiparse proveer] to provide person place objects purpose
• Flipper aleta de animal o para nadar
• De wetsuit traje neopreno o buzo
• Plunge adverb/preposition lanzarse zambullirse] to move fall suddenly long
• Skydive practicar paracaidismo
• Parachute paracaidas practicas paracaidismo
• Freefall practicar caída libre skydive parachute
• Exhilaration excitación euforia
• Wilderness naturaleza tierra salvaje
• Whirr emitir zumbido normalmente por máquinas machines make
• Flood inundarse desbordarse
• Treadmill cinta de correr
• Fingers crossed cruzar los dedos
• Twist i sb's arm convencer convince scared heights
• Blood boil make hierve la sangre i people
• Stab sb apuñalar acuchillar]  to injure sharp pointed object
• Stab back sb apuñalar por la espalda james
• Turn blind eye sth hacerse el tonto hacer
• I pull sb's leg tomar el pelo alguien
• Gut feeling informal corazonada sensación] a strong belief completely
• Hands tied tener las manos atadas
• Skin teeth por pelo los
• Hair chin por pelo los
• Chin barbilla
• Kick teeth informal puñalada por la espalda tratar
• Put foot mouth meter la pata]  to accident embarrasses
• Brown-nose informal pelota] to hard position authority people find
• Noisy entrometido cotilla]  too interested people wanting discover complaining
• Wet ears ser inmaduro o carecer de experiencia] to
• Sore thumb stand/stick destacar sobresalir en grupo de
• Remember rack brain(s romperse la cabeza estrujarse el
• Grease sb's palm sobornar secretly give money order
• Red-handed catch sb atrapar con las manos en
• Top head de memoria lo uno se acuerda
• La tip tongue en punta de lengua
• Flat slap abofetear] to hit part hand object slapped
• Slap wrist informal amonestación o castigo menor del
• Whip fustigar azotar con latigo)]  to hit person animal
• Pain neck informal incordio estorbo] someone annoying child real
• Finger discount informal robo shoplifting
• Limits realistic correct realise accept
• Subjects tend thought deepen marks correct] it people study
• Hour run correct] run one went
• Stop correct] stop thinking to think
• Life follow correct] your continue will
• Addition weeks plan correct] in planning
• Suggest i verb-ing formal sugeriría end recommendations heading
• Suggest i formal sugiero que] usually end recommendations heading (i
• Formal debería] usually end recommendations heading (its activities advertised widely
• Recommend i verb-ing formal recomendaría] usually end recommendations heading (i
• Recommend i formal][recomiendo que] usually end recommendations heading  start
• Good idea infinitive formal sería una buena idea] usually
• Infinitive informal porque  usually end recommendations heading (why phone
• We/you infinitive informal porque  usually end recommendations heading (why
• Verb-ing informal hay sobre  usually end recommendations heading (how
• Infinitive informal] usually end recommendations heading (let's party

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