4000 CPE Vocabulary List

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply

cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading

arousing or provoking laughter

knitted garment, such as a sweater or jacket that opens down the full length of the front

state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone

calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together

having a common center, circles of different size, one within another

a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point

swiftness of action or motion; speed

unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse

a device designed to transmit electricity, heat; the person who collects fares on a public conveyance

greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply

having a common center, circles of different size, one within another

surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply

act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope

having the quality of being vicious or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive

recover gradually from an illness

cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading

recover gradually from an illness

greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth

assigning to a class or category

cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading

cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated

a small room or cabinet used for storage space

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone

a group of people or organizations that have agreed to work together

crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals

worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

a secret agreement for any illegal purpose; conspiracy

act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope

common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

knitted garment, such as a sweater or jacket that opens down the full length of the front

an object that goes around the sun

force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force

a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point