4000 CPE Vocabulary List

tao nhã showing a high degree of refinement

hoàn tục strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from the status as a member of the clergy

tác ý act of making a conscious choice; power or faculty of choosing

mẹ đẻ everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; standard native language of a locality

biến an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way

hoạt bát animated; lively; vigorous and active

đồng nhất sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference

tác ý act of making a conscious choice; power or faculty of choosing

dụ trick or stratagem practiced for deception

biến a quality of variability and lack of uniformity

om sòm offensively loud; noisy; making outcry

cồng kềnh difficult to use or handle because of size or weight, or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture

lung lay sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate

hàn unite closely or intimately; join together by heating

khác nhau về màu sắc streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful

biến an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way

binh vực clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend

bụng one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing

đầu nguồn crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems

cồng kềnh difficult to use or handle because of size or weight, or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture

ơn gọi career; a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation

hoạt bát animated; lively; vigorous and active

biến a quality of variability and lack of uniformity

tiết wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words

vise the tool has two jaws to hold the workpiece firmly in place

khối lượng capacity; amount of space occupied by an object

tĩnh mạch a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body

đới acting as a substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand

cồng kềnh difficult to use or handle because of size or weight, or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture

đồng nhất sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference

biến an event that departs from expectations; permission to do something differently from the usual way

sức sống active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force

đỉnh highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of the angle

wallop a hard or severe blow; ability to strike a powerful blow; capacity to create a forceful effect

cồng kềnh difficult to use or handle because of size or weight, or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture

binh vực clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend

unbridgeable wagon any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by a horse or tractor

ơn gọi career; a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation

veneer thin layer; coating consisting of thin layer; ornamental coating to a building

lung lay sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate