4000 CPE Vocabulary List

tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health

having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in the style of speech; easy to feel

ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect

hesitate as a result of conscience or principle

somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient

gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck

climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers

act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect

untidy or slovenly; shabby; great carelessness; done poorly or too quickly

hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids

axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow

temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay

consisting of or divided into sections; separating into sections

the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals

talking to oneself; the act of a character speaking to himself to reveal his thoughts to the audience

a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution

solid; heavy and compact in form

comparison of one thing with another,  in English generally using like or as

develop suddenly; jump; move forward by leaps and bounds

make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty

advocate of voting rights for women

move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner

laugh in half-suppressed or foolish manner; disrespectful laugh

ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity

develop suddenly; jump; move forward by leaps and bounds

make less active or intense; satisfy thirst

a mass of very small drops of liquid carried in the air

untidy or slovenly; shabby; great carelessness; done poorly or too quickly

cheat; one who defrauds or does a practice of defrauding others

the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals

fragments; atoms; splintered pieces; bits

laugh in half-suppressed or foolish manner; disrespectful laugh

of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious

having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent

daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

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

a mass of very small drops of liquid carried in the air

develop suddenly; jump; move forward by leaps and bounds

having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in the style of speech; easy to feel