4000 CPE Vocabulary List

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

a woodworker who specializes in making furniture

piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role

force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force

youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

a human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture

change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate

disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot; something evil that spreads through mind or society

a human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind

relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.

a person with prejudiced belief in the superiority of own kind

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water

covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed

the feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble

youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

steep, rugged rock; rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge

steep, rugged rock; rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge

a person with prejudiced belief in the superiority of own kind

covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed

a representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect

capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation

relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.

constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate

chat; talk informally; engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts

worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

feel or express pity or sympathy for

courtesy towards women

hollow; curved like the inner surface of a sphere

an increase in the density of something

limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

comply with; follow; fit; meet

arranged in order of time of occurrence

make a shop, sharp, cheerful sound, as of small birds or crickets

distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet, or sentimental

the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water