4000 CPE Vocabulary List

रसना be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily

नवजात शिशु newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old

नौगम्य wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered

नशा medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction

अजीब तरह curiously; bizarrely; unusually

flunk noncommittal very reluctant to give out information

न्यूरॉन a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

समझना express an opinion;  think; suppose

नाफ़र्मानी failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence

निराकरण bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of

निकोटीन an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco

overwrought extremely disturbed from emotion

ornery disagreeable and contrary in disposition; mean or coarse

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

इष्टतम most favorable or advantageous

उधेड़ - बुन perplex or bewilder someone; confound or flummox

घृणा strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute

बदनामी known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame

नाममात्र in name only; insignificantly small

निकोटीन an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco

प्रकाशविज्ञानशास्री maker and seller of eyeglasses

आश्रम house in which nuns reside; cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows

ऑर्केस्ट्रा a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together

overwrought extremely disturbed from emotion

घूरना look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice

फिर भी despite what has just been said or done; however

वैवाहिक relating to marriage or wedding ceremony

नाममात्र in name only; insignificantly small

समन्वय act of admitting to holy orders; disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement

आश्रम house in which nuns reside; cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows

व्यवसाय act of occupying or taking possession; control of a country by military forces of a foreign power

वैवाहिक relating to marriage or wedding ceremony

ऑक्टोपस any of several marine mollusks

बदनामी known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame

रसना be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily

flunk noncommittal very reluctant to give out information

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

अलंकरण decoration; things added to something to provide decoration

घृणा strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute

नौसिखिया recent convert to a belief; one newly initiated