4000 CPE Vocabulary List

speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech

able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste

bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless

retire from military service

breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing

speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech

stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid

easily influenced; flexible; pliable

adorn; add something to an object or place, especially in order to make it more attractive

near the back or upper surface

make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen

dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful

separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence

willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect

capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts

a pack of 52 cards; any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel

shrink; reduce in size; become less

willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect

pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for

act of dispersing or diffusing something

authorize and send another person as one's representative; commit or entrust to another

separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence

bright or brilliant; extremely attractive or exciting

something that discourages; tending to deter

capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts

dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind

blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade

swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure

make uneasy or anxious; trouble

unwillingness; lack of inclination; mild aversion

destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of

deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils

capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts

that can be noticed or discovered; measurable

make uneasy or anxious; trouble

blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade

a regulated daily food allowance; of or relating to the diet

something that discourages; tending to deter

break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances

a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep