4000 CELPIP Vocabulary List

excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details

public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television

permitting leaks or leakage; permitting liquids to penetrate

humble; less ambitious; moderate

rich and superior in quality; lavish

freely; unrestrictedly; in a liberal manner

stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action

escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal

having many facets or aspects

diminish; belittle; make small or insignificant

educated; schooled; one who can read and write

life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material; attendant to protect swimmers

life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material; attendant to protect swimmers

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

painting or drawing included in a book; copy or model that represents in a greatly reduced size

long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds

tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing

behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another; tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment

escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal

dwelling-house of the better class; a large or stately residence

laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense

lengthy intent consideration; long and thoughtful observation; contemplation of spiritual matters

tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing

incomparable; having no match or equal; unsurpassed; peerless

the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty

automatic; monotonous; relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics

having many facets or aspects

uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition

public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television

virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit

one whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars

any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread

painting or drawing included in a book; copy or model that represents in a greatly reduced size

diminish; belittle; make small or insignificant

escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal

objects for sale; goods

laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense

of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading

the organ of the neck of mammals involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production

rich and superior in quality; lavish