4000 CPE Vocabulary List

wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look

be worthy of; have a right to

idle person; male bee; someone who takes more time than necessary

make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen

mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of

change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless

be worthy of; have a right to

shrink; reduce in size; become less

dead; no longer in use or existence

left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty

take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard

an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place, a regular visitor

an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place, a regular visitor

consider; think about carefully; weigh

slandering; act of discrediting from someone's reputation

state of collapse caused by illness or old age

determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding

emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid

left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty

annul in part; repeal partly; restrict; limit the action of

annul in part; repeal partly; restrict; limit the action of

separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts

deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils

depository; a storehouse; a building where supplies or vehicles, especially buses, are kept

make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen

withdrawing support; the act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty

state of collapse caused by illness or old age

recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen

wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look

fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar

a pack of 52 cards; any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel

sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting

backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt

failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime

the commercial center of a town or city

discourage; cause to lose courage or hope

different; unlike; not similar

separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts

sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting

the commercial center of a town or city