4000 CPE Vocabulary List

dais:
n. 高座 raised platform for guests of honor

daisy:
n. デイジー any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

dampen:
v. 減衰 moisten; lessen in force or effect

dapper:
a. ダッパー neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert

dappled:
a. は、真っ白な浸透 spotted; having mottled or spotted skin or coat

daredevil:
n. 命知らず recklessly bold person; a person who risks life and limb for a living or to be seen

daring:
a. 大胆な bold; brave and taking risks

daub:
v. 塗り付ける smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings

daunt:
v. くじく frighten; abate the courage of; discourage

dauntless:
a. 不屈 bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless

dawdle:
v. 遊び人 proceed slowly; waste time

dazzling:
a. まぶしい bright or brilliant; extremely attractive or exciting

deadlock:
n. デッドロック standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate

deadpan:
a. 無表情 wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look

dearth:
n. 学者 scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops

debase:
v. 落とす reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade

debauch:
v. 暴飲暴食 corrupt; seduce from virtue

debilitate:
v. 弱体化 make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of

debonair:
a. 気さく friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful

debtor:
n. 債務者 a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt