CAEL Vocabulary List
Our CAEL vocabulary list contains words that are commonly used in academic texts on the exam.
Our vocabulary download has a word list. There is a definition and example sentence for each word in the download. There are also vocabulary exercises with answers.
Learning these commonly-used words will improve your English language skills and enhance your performance on the CAEL test!
absorb
abstemious
accessible
accommodation
accompany
accost
accumulate
accustomed
acquit
adjacent
adjourn
adornment
advent
adversary
adverse
advocate
affable
affiliation
affirm
afflict
affluent
ailment
alacrity
alignment
alliance
allocate
allot
allude
aloof
altruistic
ambiance
ambiguous
amiable
amiss
animosity
antecedent
appalling
apparent
appease
appliance
apprehend
apprehension
arduous
aspiration
assailant
assembly
assert
assiduous
assurance
astray
atrocious
avid
babble
backing
baffle
banish
banner
bargain
bashful
battle
biased
bigoted
bill
bland
blandishment
bleak
blunder
bolster
boom
breach
bribe
budge
bureaucratic
calamity
campaign
capitulate
charming
clandestine
clarify
classify
cogent
collaboration
colossal
comb
commemorate
commence
commended
commentary
commercial
commodity
compassion
compel
component
comprehensive
compulsory
consensus
consistency
console
consolidate
conspicuous
constituent
culminate
cumbersome
cumulative
debris
defect
deft
defunct
defy
demoralize
denial
depict
deplore
desolate
desperation
detention
deterrent
detract
diligent
discrepancy
dismal
disparity
diversification
diversion
duplication
earnest
eerie
elaborate
eminent
emission
emulate
encompass
encounter
endeavor
endorse
entail
enterprise
evaluate
evident
exacerbate
exaggerate
exclusive
exertion
exorbitant
expel
exploit
exploration
extenuating
extermination
extravagant
fabricate
feasible
flaw
flexibility
fluctuate
forbid
forecast
foremost
forerunner
fundamental
gauge
gorgeous
graduation
guarantee
hearty
heinous
heritage
hilarious
hindrance
hindsight
idle
ignite
illicit
immaculate
immature
immense
impact
impartial
impeccable
imperative
implement
implementation
incidental
incongruity
incriminate
incumbent
indispensable
inhabitant
insuperable
insurmountable
jeopardize
jurisdiction
kennel
kettle
knack
lassitude
loathe
loiter
lucrative
magnanimity
magnify
materialize
mettle
misconstrue
neutral
nominate
notion
notorious
noxious
obliterate
obsequious
obsession
obsolete
obstacle
obstinacy
obtain
odious
ostensibly
paramount
parsimonious
partake
penchant
penetrate
perfidy
potential
precarious
precedent
profound
profuse
quarry
querulous
quest
radical
receptacle
recess
recession
recite
rectify
register
rehabilitation
reluctant
remedy
rudimentary
scrutinize
scrutiny
sequence
servility
simulate
simultaneously
spacious
strenuous
stupendous
sturdy
subordinate
tantamount
temperamental
temporal
tenet
treacherous
turbulent
unanimous
unconventional
undertaking
undoing
uniformity
vacillate
variation
versatility
vicissitude
wayward
weary
wholesome
widespread
winsome
yank
yearn
zeal