4000 CPE Vocabulary List

creative work, as literary or musical composition

altogether; entirely; without reservation or exception

light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift

very reluctant to give out information

burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing

of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable

association of persons, especially a military unit or a business organization

incipient; coming into existence; emerging

in name only; insignificantly small

darken; make dim or indistinct; conceal in obscurity

contradictory; conflicting; adverse

impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster

indifference; lack of concern; composure

at some distance from the shore

one that looks on; spectator

having distinctive odor; emitting an odor; sweet of scent; fragrant

having distinctive odor; emitting an odor; sweet of scent; fragrant

beginning; start; origin; time at which something is supposed to begin

creative work, as literary or musical composition

all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force

relating to, or contributing to a sense of smell

burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing

having distinctive odor; emitting an odor; sweet of scent; fragrant

faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars

beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy

in name only; insignificantly small

very reluctant to give out information

not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar

all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force

marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others

impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster

hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to a persuasion

a subtle or slight degree of difference; a small difference in meaning

very reluctant to give out information

extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance

lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy

creative work, as literary or musical composition

exceed or surpass; leave behind

a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar

lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy