4000 CPE Vocabulary List

sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow

moving with wavelike motion

not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure

green; full of juice in vegetation

affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide

any of numerous herbaceous plants to eat in a meal

a piece of orange or lemon peel used to give flavor to liquor; something that gives a pleasant taste; appetizer

any of various natural, oily, or greasy heat-sensitive substances

any of numerous herbaceous plants to eat in a meal

dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor

cosmos; everything that exists anywhere

severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall

highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of the angle

the resistance of a liquid to sheer forces; physics coefficient of viscosity; quality of flowing slowly

adhesive; gluey; covered with a sticky or clammy coating

unattractive; unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary

eager bark or cry; sharp, quick bark or cry caused by fear or pain

wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words

strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from the status as a member of the clergy

a person without a permanent home who moves from place to place; a wanderer; tramp

animated; lively; vigorous and active

any of numerous herbaceous plants to eat in a meal

adhesive; gluey; covered with a sticky or clammy coating

common person, or one of the common of the first or most respectable class; freeholder; man free born

a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body

large in volume or bulk;  large in number or quantity, especially of discourse

marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding

idealistic but usually impractical social reformer

adhesive; gluey; covered with a sticky or clammy coating

dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor

severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall

any of numerous herbaceous plants to eat in a meal

being or existing everywhere; omnipresent

one who is bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; devoted adherent of a cause or person or activity

marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding

adhesive; gluey; covered with a sticky or clammy coating

using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word

dense, soft, often curly hair forming the coat of sheep and certain other mammals

animated; lively; vigorous and active

violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset