4000 CPE Vocabulary List

niken a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar

áp đảo cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks

thê lương không phù hợp failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence

nghịch ngợm noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry

nhà hùng biện skilled public speaker; a person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer

ngay từ đầu beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin

lựa chọn act of choosing; power or freedom to choose

sắc thái a subtle or slight degree of difference; a small difference in meaning

đối thủ contestant; someone who offers opposition

dịch the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome; eruption; explosion

otherworldly not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar

dinh dưỡng nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially the nourishing ingredient in a food

ngoại thành part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border

lựa chọn act of choosing; power or freedom to choose

nhà cổ tiền học collector and student of money, in particular of coins

béo phì extremely fat; grossly overweight

u ám covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist; gloomy; melancholy

pháp lệnh decree; authoritative command or order

xiên having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined

nhanh nhẹn light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift

nhanh nhẹn light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift

toàn năng all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force

nubile of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable

nether situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; lower; under

trắng đục varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous

nhà cổ tiền học collector and student of money, in particular of coins

không chuyên amateur; not professional

đối lập contradictory; conflicting; adverse

béo phì extremely fat; grossly overweight

opera a drama set to music and consists of singing

mặt ở khắp nơi universally present; being present everywhere

không chuyên amateur; not professional

tỏ bày express an opinion;  think; suppose

béo phì extremely fat; grossly overweight

nude bare and pure; completely unclothed

thuốc của lang băm patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine

ngay từ đầu beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin

sự cao hơn a natural consequence of the development

đối thủ contestant; someone who offers opposition

tiêu diệt destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace