4000 CPE Vocabulary List

accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt

make or become better; improve; grow better

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

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

highest point; vertex; summit; climax

definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

muddle; drive crazy; become confused

family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage

cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

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

manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance

attendant; appearing or going with someone or something else

cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain

give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

be present at; go to; take care of; tend

accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt

give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

having time error in the story; erroneous in date; in the wrong time

family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage

fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; the act of seizing or capturing; understanding

science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in

give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain

cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in

definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; the act of seizing or capturing; understanding

beg pardon; tell someone that you are sorry for having done something

large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible

combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy metal with mercury

hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice

be present at; go to; take care of; tend

condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

declare to be true; affirm

secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated