4000 CELPIP Vocabulary List

knife; a short pointed weapon with sharp edges

deny; take something take away

humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level

a substance used to color materials

choice and use of words in speech or writing

having or causing a whirling sensation

recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits

quick and skillful; neat in action or performance

erase; strike out; remove or make invisible

pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle between difference

graph; chart; figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement; plan

set apart for a deity or special purposes; devote; consecrate

clearly noticeable; separate and different

overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy

make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties; erase

float; moving aimlessly; wander

humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level

show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove

gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless

free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable

act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere

graph; chart; figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement; plan

clear to the mind;  in a distinct way

set apart for a deity or special purposes; devote; consecrate

ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward

reliable; worthy of being depended on; trustworthy

gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless

make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties; erase

ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward

having or causing a whirling sensation

prescribe; rule as a dictator

a boxlike container in a piece of furniture, made so as to slide in and out

fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively

the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy

collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval

knife; a short pointed weapon with sharp edges

collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval

prescribe; rule as a dictator

having or causing a whirling sensation