4000 CPE Vocabulary List

lật đổ tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government

địa chấn caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking

thay thế be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power

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

để xa isolate; separate; keep away from others

cảm nhận able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment

mùa xuân develop suddenly; jump; move forward by leaps and bounds

bệnh affected with the disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health

địa chấn caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking

xa hoa magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious

răng cưa saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections

cự tuyệt reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn

bóng a slight amount or degree of difference; shadow; protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight

Spartan avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined

bảo vệ one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection

bó bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together

sàng a bowl-shaped tool with many small holes, used to separate larger from smaller pieces or solids from a liquid

sự trầm tỉnh nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of the given name

biếng nhác lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish

bài diển văn game; play; curling-match; talk

giật gân cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud

ảm đạm gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color

nghiêm ngặt demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid

đơn vị trực thuộc behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function

Spartan avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined

lẻ tẻ occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time

duy nhất bottom; underside of foot or shoe or boot; the bottom surface of a plow

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

Savant scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning

xa hoa magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious

giật gân cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud

địa chấn caused by an earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking

chắc nịch solid; heavy and compact in form

chăn a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock

nghiêm ngặt demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid

mùa xuân develop suddenly; jump; move forward by leaps and bounds

thừa being beyond what is required or sufficient

Spartan avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined

sàn stiff and artificially formal; inflated

bảo vệ one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection