4000 CPE Vocabulary List

greediness for wealth; the insatiable desire to gain

positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath

a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

renounce upon oath; abandon forever

pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels

something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

ambition; something that you hope to achieve

act of accompanying someone or something

act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable

causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another

causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

act of accompanying someone or something

pile up; collect;  mount up; increase

a violent attack; an onslaught

positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory

a gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the workforce without firing employees; wearing away through harassment

leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

very similarly; roughly

positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath

greediness for wealth; the insatiable desire to gain

a violent attack; an onslaught

apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote

a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic

scratch; friction; the process of rubbing away the surface of something

leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

capable of knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible or perceptive

consisting of, relating to, or being in the water

cut off part of the body, especially by surgery; prune

emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent

aloft; flying; in the air

destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate

act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable

inform; give notice to; make aware

lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference

agree; give consent, often at the insistence of another; concede