4000 CPE Vocabulary List

cabal:
n. 内阁 a small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

cabinetmaker:
n. 家具师,细木工匠 a woodworker who specializes in making furniture;

cacophonous:
a. 不和谐 discordant; inharmonious; sounding harsh; ill-sounding

cadaverous:
a. 尸体似的,苍白的 like a corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

cadence:
n. 平仄,重音 rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

cajole:
v. 哄骗,勾引 influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

calamity:
n. 灾难,不幸 the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery

calculate:
v. 计算,估计 compute; determine; estimate

caldron:
n. 大锅 large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron

calibration:
n. 校准,标度,刻度 adjustment; the process of checking a measuring instrument to see if it is accurate

calligraphy:
n. 漂亮的书法 beautiful writing; excellent penmanship

callow:
a. 年幼,稚嫩,无经验 youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

calorific:
a. 产热的 capable of producing heat; causing heat; heating

calumny:
n. 诽谤,中伤 false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

camaraderie:
n. 友情 good-fellowship; companionship; close friendship in friends or teammates

cameo:
n. 贝壳上的浮雕,特写（演员） piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role

cancellation:
n. 取消 act of canceling; calling off some arrangement

canker:
n. 溃疡,弊害 disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot; something evil that spreads through mind or society

cannibal:
n. 食人者,食同类的动物 a human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind

cannibalism:
n. 同类相食 the practice of eating the flesh of your kind