400 CELPIP Word List

blurry

not clear

cozy

comfortable

rigorous

detailed or thorough

rehearse

practice

allege

blame

convict

criminal (noun) or
criminally charging someone (verb)

testify

to bear witness

verdict

final decision

adore

appreciate

envy

be jealous of someone (verb)

enthusiasm

eagerness

brag

show off

cautious

careful

affection

love or emotions

fond

proud of

poverty

lack of money

tenant

the one renting

landlord

the owner of the premises

slogan

saying (mostly of companies)

valuable

important (useful)

crew

group

harvest

to take out crops when they are fully grown

prosper

to be successful

possess

own something

shallow

not deep

fluid

water like substance

decay

go bad

batch

group

aftermath

after events

plethora

a lot of

temper

mood

postpone

delay

conceal

hide

swap

exchange

exhaust

use up

shrink

become small

tremble

shake

soak

make wet in the water

timid

shy

urge

persuade

agitate

disturb

absolute

the most or the greatest

classify

to attach a name to something

scaffolding

outer structure

supplant

replace

aura

vibes

focal

point of focus

astray

go away from the right path

pursue

run after

aggregate

total

explicit

to make clear or

detailed instructions (adjective)

deviate

move away from course
or move from the current course of action

arbitrary

based on random judgement

predominant

powerful

indifferent

not caring

reinforce

remind

considerable

a lot

constrain

to limit someone
(often abstract - rules, circumstances, pressure)

convene

to come together

correspond

matches with

demonstrate

show

specify

to give a title or assign a position

impose

force

implicate

to suggest something

subsequent

next

despite

instead

hypothesis

to assume after considering various options

draft

rough version

evolve

to grow

equivalent

equal version

adapting

getting used to something

advocate

support

equip

to gift you with some tool

empirical

based on facts

contrary

opposite

ideology

a set of beliefs

hierarchy

a system of a management structure

intervene

interrupt

successor

one taking the office after you

predecessor

one taking the office before you

undertake

to take the responsibility of doing a task

ignorant

people who are not fully aware of situations with complete information

interval

periods of time

paradigm

a way of thinking

simulate

copy

distort

to change the shape of something

sphere

round object

restrain

stop someone from doing something

minimal

very little

preliminary

initial stages

norm

commonly accepted

confine

limit someone or something
(often physically)

cease

stop

coherent

organized

coincide

happen at the same time

attain

to get something tangible or intangible

erode

erase

integral

important (essential)

rigid

difficult to change

concurrent

same as current