CPE (C2 PROFICIENCY) – VOCABULARY

1. Riddled with rats

2. Yearn for something
3. Defaced by
4. Peculiar to this area
5. Scowl on her face
6. Grinning
7. Be on the lookout
8. Run-down
9. Laden with grocery bags
10. Quayside
11. Abyss
12. Sifting
13. Put me down for three tickets
14. Hopes are fading
15. Persevere
16. Loitering
17. To no avail
18. Onset
19. Soothe the pain
20. Elusive
21. Evasive
22. Helping
23. It is your go now
24. Take its toll on someone
25. Fall in with someone
26. Fall for someone
27. Someone is made the scapegoat
28. Outstrip
29. Energy expenditure
30. Splitting headache
31. Scald oneself with hot water
32. Fumble a ball
33. Broad daylight
34. To dither
35. Unmanned probe
36. Come to an abrupt halt
37. He is too bossy for my liking
38. Emit a high-pitched sound
39. Perverting the course of justice
40. Dire consequences
41. Smudge the letter (ink pen)
42. Proceeds
43. Nothing the wiser
44. Pouring with anger
45. Truth will emerge
46. Financial plight
47. Impasse
48. With a view to (-ing)
49. Walking with a limp
50. The number of people dwindled to zero
51. He did not take it kindly
52. A great deal more money
53. In the event of
54. She is thought of as being …
55. In all probability
56. Feel wary of something
57. Act with such horror
58. Cannot make out what something is
59. All around the house
60. In much the same way as …
61. A deterrent against breaking the law
62. Take on too much responsibility
63. Conjure up images of something
64. At the mouth of a cave
65. Armed with something
66. Not once did he thought of calling me
67. To do something with the ease
68. To become accustomed to something
69. Change is on the horizon
70. Something makes up % of something