4000 CPE Vocabulary List

amount produced; crop; income on investment; the energy released by an explosion

pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

not intimidating; not making one fearful

offensively loud; noisy; making outcry

clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend

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

severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply

shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly

liberate; free from chains; set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds

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

point directly overhead in the sky; summit

unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste

any of numerous herbaceous plants to eat in a meal

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

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

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

everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; standard native language of a locality

automobile; means of conveying; medium

appearance of truth; probability; likelihood

in waves; fluctuate; having curls

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

an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way

pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial

gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of

pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial

final result; outcome or effect; central idea or point; gist

appearance of truth; probability; likelihood

appearance of truth; probability; likelihood

not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious

everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; standard native language of a locality

lie in wait for and attack from ambush; wait in hiding to attack; intercept unexpectedly

bright; lively; graphic; having striking color

offensively loud; noisy; making outcry

sorcery; power or effect that appears magical; great ability in the specified field

not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious

act of vacillating; moving one way and other; wavering

liberate; free from chains; set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds

using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word

act of making a conscious choice; power or faculty of choosing