4000 CPE Vocabulary List

specialist; a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

care; being attentive to possible danger

quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy

clergymen collectively; the body of people ordained for religious service

swiftness of action or motion; speed

the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college; course or program

compatible; in agreement or harmony with

specialist; a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function

trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

natural consequence or effect; result

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply

goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; a symbol of abundance

any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

common; assembled into or viewed as a whole

hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger

hew; cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax

clergymen collectively; the body of people ordained for religious service

place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; a secluded, quiet place

of various predominantly aquatic arthropods of the class Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimps

cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass

consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals

natural consequence or effect; result

trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others

approach; tend to meet; come together

a series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding; spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes

courtesy towards women

carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

specialist; a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts

planned or accomplished together; combined

a commissioned military officer

courtesy towards women

joking;  use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule

place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; a secluded, quiet place

the first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start

act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

planned or accomplished together; combined

carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious

specialist; a person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts