4000 CPE Vocabulary List

शुष्क make very hot and dry; become superficially burned

सेटिंग context and environment in which something is set

व्यंग्य make object of satire; attack with satire; censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.

अलगाव act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union

तर soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

वृथा be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power

शंका guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence

दिखौवा seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally

शंका guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence

अलगाव act of seceding; withdrawal; withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union

तलछट deposit; matter deposited by some natural process

semiliterate barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write

तर soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

फैलाव extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly

कामचोर move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner

निर्मल completely clear and fine

काली छाया ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect

डूब sink; immerse; put underwater

शाफ्ट axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow

मड़ई a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood or cardboard, in which poor people live

तलछट deposit; matter deposited by some natural process

पार be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed

एक साथ existing, happening, or done at the same time

काली छाया ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect

काली छाया ghostly apparition; phantom; haunting or disturbing image or prospect

लंबे दस्ते की कड़ाही long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs; a vessel for stewing meat

मदरसा school, especially a theological school for the training of priests; school of higher education, especially for girls

परत a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society

कंजूस one who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

semiliterate barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write

एक साथ existing, happening, or done at the same time

नाटा solid; heavy and compact in form

एक साथ existing, happening, or done at the same time

कामचोर move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner

संप्रभुता the power of a country to control its own government

मूर्ख बनाना cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder

ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा being beyond what is required or sufficient

मांगना request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application

पार be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed

खोल the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals