4000 CPE Vocabulary List

curved or hooked like an eagle's beak

shortening something by omitting parts of it

subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity

candidate; a person who formally requests something, especially a job

assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

outcome; consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune

renounce upon oath; abandon forever

act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place

assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention

deep gully; a dry gulch; brook or creek; watercourse

something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

a chronological record of the events of successive years

analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to the test

expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert

upward slope, as of hill

eye defect that prevents proper focus

assent; agree without protesting

hereditary nobility; privileged class

pile up; collect;  mount up; increase

name; title; the act of naming; the act of appealing for aid, sympathy

mental keenness; quickness of perception

struck by shock, terror, or amazement

branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

authorize; commission; give credit for

act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god

assent; agree without protesting

expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

obscure; profound; difficult to understand

curved or hooked like an eagle's beak

act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god

a chronological record of the events of successive years

convenient features; courtesies

attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous

hereditary nobility; privileged class

contrast; direct contrast; opposition

attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous

the sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

upward slope, as of hill

capable of knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible or perceptive