4000 CAE Vocabulary List

ヒス prolonged sounds like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth

磨く sharpen; perfect or make more intense or effective

ヒール back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast

チラッ male goose; fool and simpleton; look or glance

口が達者な performed with a natural or offhand ease

フープ a strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, united at ends; ring; a circular band

ヒール back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast

集める gather; store up; amass; acquire

ヒルビリー one who is from the hills, especially from a rural area, lacking refinement or sophistication

宝石 a precious stone; jewel; pearl, or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament

粉砕 crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

abrogate dwarf; a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground

満足 act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite

追い立てる urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to

宝石 a precious stone; jewel; pearl, or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament

口が達者な performed with a natural or offhand ease

満足 act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite

ホルモン any of various chemicals in the body that are carried by the blood and that influence the body’s growth

血みどろ bloody; full by bloodshed and violence

知事 head of a state government

偽善 pretending to be virtuous; deceiving

ハスラー one who is active and energetic in business; lively worker; a male prostitute who sells his services to men

厳しい unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding

チラッ male goose; fool and simpleton; look or glance

意識がもうろう overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs; shaky

abrogate dwarf; a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground

フープ a strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, united at ends; ring; a circular band

口が達者な performed with a natural or offhand ease

ハンディキャップ disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede

恐ろしい horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad

毛 bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair

磨く sharpen; perfect or make more intense or effective

ヒルビリー one who is from the hills, especially from a rural area, lacking refinement or sophistication

鉈 short ax used to chop wood

粉砕 crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

ハンディキャップ disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede

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花粉症 grass or other plants, cut and dried for fodder

ヤギ any of various ruminant mammals, of the genus Capra, related to the sheep; scapegoat

デマ an act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke