4000 CPE Vocabulary List

eager:
a. 熱心 wanting very much to do or have something

earthenware:
n. 陶器 ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat

earthy:
a. 素朴な unrefined; crude or indecent; of this world; worldly

eaves:
n. 教化 edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which cast off the water that falls on the roof

ebb:
v. 潮 fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage

ebullient:
a. 沸騰 showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

eccentric:
a. 偏心 departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern

eccentricity:
n. 偏心 oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center

ecclesiastic:
n. 聖職者 minister or priest; cleric; one holding an office in the Christian ministry

eclectic:
a. 折衷 composed of elements from a variety of sources

eclecticism:
n. 折衷 any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles

eclipse:
v. 日食 darken; exceed in importance; outweigh

ecologist:
n. 生態 a biologist who studies the relationship between organisms and their environment

economics:
n. 経済 branch of social science that deals with the production and consumption and their management

economize:
v. 細長い save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty

edict:
n. 勅令 the decree, especially issued by a sovereign; official command

edification:
n. 駆け落ち building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement

edify:
v. 啓発 instruct or correct, especially to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement

efface:
v. 消す rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing

effectual:
a. 効果的 able to produce the desired effect; valid