4000 CPE Vocabulary List

ubiquitous:
a. being or existing everywhere; omnipresent

umpire:
n. one who settles dispute or controversy between parties; referee or judge, one chosen to see that the rules of a game

unaccountable:
a. not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious

unalloyed:
a. not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure

unanimity:
n. complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned

unassailable:
a. impossible to assail; without flaws or loopholes

unassuming:
a. modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant

unavailing:
a. not availing; ineffectual or useless

unconscious:
a. lacking awareness; senseless; unaware

uncouth:
a. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

unctuous:
a. oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness

underscore:
v. draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress

undulating:
a. moving with wavelike motion

unearth:
v. bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover

unequivocal:
a. admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous

unerringly:
a. infallibly; without error, mistake, or failure

unfathomable:
a. difficult or impossible to understand; difficult or impossible to measure

unfathomed:
a. situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed

unfetter:
v. liberate; free from chains; set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds

unfrock:
v. strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from the status as a member of the clergy