4000 CPE Vocabulary List

wholly absorbing one's attention

of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair

bringing again into activity and prominence

abandon; disown; turn away from; give up

search thoroughly; search every place or part of

retort; comeback; answer to a reply

disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of

cultured; purified; made pure

broken fragments; irregular pieces of rock

go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate

arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past

harsh and rough-sounding; disturbing public peace; loud and rough

act of receiving; how something is greeted

ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy

go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate

surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past

put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly

occurring or appearing again or repeatedly

a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for

dependence; certainty based on experience

surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past

bringing again into activity and prominence

chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water

say, state, or perform again or repeatedly

opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative

arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past

broken fragments; irregular pieces of rock

transmitting money, bills, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in the discharge of an obligation

reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner

act of receiving; how something is greeted

restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin

a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for

retort; comeback; answer to a reply

put down by force or intimidation; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide

go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate

restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin

daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake

voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with

chew over and over mentally, or like cows physically; mull over; ponder

cultured; purified; made pure