4000 CPE Vocabulary List

mảnh vụn fragments; atoms; splintered pieces; bits

việc xác slavish; suitable to slave or servant;  relating to servitude or forced labor

do dự hesitate as a result of conscience or principle

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

surly rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions

lẻ tẻ occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time

điêu khắc an artist who creates sculptures

sàn stiff and artificially formal; inflated

trạng thái mộng du sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep

người nịnh bợ one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man

thế tục worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century

thanh niên a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; spray; a youth; a lad; a brad, or nail without a head

chua chát disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking

dẻo flexible; moving and bending with ease

phân ra separate; break or wrench apart

trầm tích deposit; matter deposited by some natural process

cảm nhận able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment

loài a specific kind of something

vất vả arduous; intense; performed with much energy or force

snowdrift a mass of snow heaped up by the wind

chảo long-handled stewing pan or saucepan sometimes having legs; a vessel for stewing meat

bầy shallow place in a body of water; sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, sandbank, or sandbar

sentry the soldier placed on guard; guard

hoàng hôn daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

trạng thái mộng du sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep

Giả act of supposing; something supposed; assumption

thanh niên a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; spray; a youth; a lad; a brad, or nail without a head

chua chát disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking

tự phát arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor

kích thích the drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action

chua chát disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking

đáy biển bottom of a sea or ocean

phân ra separate; break or wrench apart

kích thích kinh tế helps something to happen more quickly

ổn định a situation in which something is not likely to move or change; constancy

ảm đạm gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color

làm giam hiệu lực cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder

sẫm màu dark; dusky; naturally having the skin of a dark color

vênh vang behave arrogantly or pompously; walk with a swaying motion

đáy biển bottom of a sea or ocean