CPE words

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list of words for CPE exam
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  1. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  2. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  3. dilatory
    wasting time
  4. nascent
    being born or beginning
  5. obviate
    do away with
  6. convoke
    call together
  7. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  8. solace
    comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable
  9. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  10. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
  11. quiescence
    a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
  12. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  13. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  14. artless
    simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
  15. artful
    not straightforward or candid
  16. inadvertently
    without knowledge or intention
  17. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  18. volition
    the act of making a choice
  19. stipulate
    make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  20. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  21. fawning
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  22. mendacious
    given to lying
  23. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  24. execrable
    unequivocally detestable
  25. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  26. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  27. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  28. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  29. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  30. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  31. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  32. faculty
    an inherent cognitive or perceptual power of the mind
  33. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  34. inherent
    existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
  35. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  36. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  37. supposition
    the cognitive process of conjecturing
  38. supportable
    capable of being borne though unpleasant
  39. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  40. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  41. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  42. peckish
    somewhat hungry
  43. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  44. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  45. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  46. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  47. transcendent
    exceeding or surpassing usual limits
  48. impermeable
    preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through
  49. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  50. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  51. confluence
    a place where things merge or flow together
  52. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  53. indeterminate
    not fixed or known in advance
  54. fickle
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  55. fiat
    a legally binding command or decision
  56. warrant
    formal and explicit approval
  57. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  58. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  59. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  60. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  61. panoply
    a complete and impressive array
  62. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  63. artifice
    the use of deception or trickery
  64. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  65. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
  66. lustrous
    reflecting light
  67. dislodge
    remove or force from a position previously occupied
  68. dislodge
    remove or force from a position previously occupied
  69. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  70. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  71. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  72. presentiment
    a feeling of evil to come
  73. premonition
    an early warning about a future event
  74. feral
    wild and menacing
  75. upshot
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  76. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
  77. prescriptive
    pertaining to giving directives or rules
  78. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications
  79. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
Created on Sat Jan 18 15:32:38 EST 2014 (updated Wed Feb 19 14:20:36 EST 2014)

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