4000 CPE Vocabulary List

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

nuốt consume; eat greedily; destroy completely

mê sảng a mental disorder marked by confusion

ngâm speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech

chê bai express strong disapproval of; disparage

xấu become worse; decline

xu a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar

suy giảm act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting

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

xấu become worse; decline

phân định portray; depict; draw or trace the outline of; sketch out

Trục trặc determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding

xấu become worse; decline

dân chủ a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of elected people

nuốt consume; eat greedily; destroy completely

mê sảng a mental disorder marked by confusion

rời rạc separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts

trướng lên swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure

xu a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar

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

chế nhạo ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt

đồng bằng an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea

chỗ place of residence of a person or a family

làm tổn hại annul in part; repeal partly; restrict; limit the action of

bất bình a longing for something better than the present situation

nhận thấy catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny

nhỏ bé drawl speaking with the slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit; lengthened, slow monotonous utterance

pha loãng weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water

nhỏ bé drawl speaking with the slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit; lengthened, slow monotonous utterance

suy giảm act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting

hại harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss

lưng near the back or upper surface

xu a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar

hạ phẩm giá degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing

trướng lên swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure

không thể bắt chước biểu lộ meaning or  indication; distinguishing by name; something, such as a sign or symbol, that denotes

xấu become worse; decline

biến dạng alteration in the shape or dimensions; a change for the worse

bất bình below the average size; very small; little

demoniac extremely evil or cruel; possessed or controlled by a demon