4000 CPE Vocabulary List

work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

bringing or coming to an end; cease

an arrangement in a particular order; union

grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune

awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

classify; put people or things into groups with the same features

curving outward; having a surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of a sphere

contest; try to be more successful than someone else

a solid geometric figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross-section

cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part

a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort

gap or crack; short, sharp sound; money; cash

contest; try to be more successful than someone else

cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave

tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis

marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity

be compatible, similar or consistent; exchange messages

any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

gap or crack; short, sharp sound; money; cash

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

cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part

awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

pick out from others; weed out; remove rejected members or parts from

contest; try to be more successful than someone else

gap or crack; short, sharp sound; money; cash

contestant you hope to defeat

the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college; course or program

gap; a long narrow opening

arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow

the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college; course or program

the shape of a mass of land or other objects, especially its surface formed by its outer edge; outline

an increase in the density of something

bodily; of material nature; tangible

the shape of a mass of land or other objects, especially its surface formed by its outer edge; outline

contestant you hope to defeat

constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate

an arrangement in a particular order; union