4000 CPE Vocabulary List

cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to

acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane

lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

cut the surface of; cause friction

isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude

not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull

lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

winding; bending in and out; not morally honest

be disturbed; boil; be in a state of turmoil or ferment

seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form

hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food

fragments; atoms; splintered pieces; bits

enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint

abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface

cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to

stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel

relating to space; existing in or connected with space

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse

be disturbed; boil; be in a state of turmoil or ferment

winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake

a blow; light touch; sudden loss of consciousness for brain blood vessel lacking oxygen

abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface

seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form

smirk; smile in an artificial way to make an impression

deliberately sink a ship by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action

act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health

relating to space; existing in or connected with space

acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane

lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

yielding; inclined or ready to submit

form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly

extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly

enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint

act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health

lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude

enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint

condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from a static balance

abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface

stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel