4000 CPE Vocabulary List

a. 努力,奋发 demanding great effort or labor; difficult
Her arduous efforts had sapped her energy.

a. 荒芜的 dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
The cactus has adapted to survive in an arid environment.

n. 贵族 hereditary nobility; privileged class
Americans have mixed feelings about the hereditary aristocracy.

n. 贵族 one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble
Her color photographs describe a special kind of aristocrat, one with innate dignity and nobility.

n. 算数 theory of numerical calculations
He found a way to set up equations about integers and other constructs in arithmetic.

n. 舰队 a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
Queen Elizabeth's navy defeated the mighty armada that threatened the English coast.

n. 纹章,兵工厂,军械库 arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
The adjutant general may designate an officer to be in direct charge of each armory, arsenal, camp, base, or other facilities.

a. 芬芳的 fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor
Medieval sailing vessels brought aromatic herbs from China to Europe.

n. 觉醒,激励 act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep
When arousal is too low, we become bored and seek out activities to stimulate our minds.

v. 传讯,责问 officially charge someone in a court of law
After his indictment by the Grand Jury, the County Criminal Court should arraign the accused man.

n. 排列,安排 composition; a plan for how something will happen
This party is intended to legitimize the power-sharing arrangement and iron out at least some of the inequalities in representation.

n. 欠债 being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation
He was in arrears with his payments on the car.

v. 非法霸占,僭越 claim without justification; claim for oneself without the right
Lynn watch in astonishments as her coworkers arrogate the credit for her brilliant work in the project.

n. 干枯的河床 deep gully; a dry gulch; brook or creek; watercourse
Until the heavy rains of the past spring, this arroyo had been a dry bed.

n. 技巧,欺骗 subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and artifice were often more effective than the military might.

n. 工匠 manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to an artist
A noted artisan, Arturo, was known for the fine craftsmanship.

a. 坦诚,直率 free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
Sophisticated and cynical, Jack could not believe Jill was as artless and naive as she appeared to be.

v. (渐渐)上升,升高,攀登 move up or climb something; mount
Boys ascend through the skylight onto the roof.

n. 统治,控制 superiority or decisive advantage; domination
Leaders of religious cults maintain ascendancy over their followers by methods that can verge on brainwashing.

n. 攀登,上升 upward slope or grade; movement upward
An unforgettable 2-hour ascent follows a 30-minute hike up to the base of the ferrate up the cliff.