4000 CPE Vocabulary List

a. ユビキタス being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
That 'The Little Drummer Boy' seemed ubiquitous; we heard the tune everywhere.

n. 審判 one who settles dispute or controversy between parties; referee or judge, one chosen to see that the rules of a game
A good answer by every umpire is to say that 'I saw it.'

a. 不可解 not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious
The military and CIA hire contractors who are completely unaccountable to Congress.  

a. 純粋 not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure
He felt much as an astronomer feels who has discovered a new planet -- no doubt, as far as strong, deep, unalloyed pleasure is concerned.

n. ライチョウ病的全会一致 complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
We were surprised by the unanimity with which members of both parties accepted our proposals.

a. ごくわずか impossible to assail; without flaws or loopholes
Penelope's virtue was unassailable; while she waited for her husband to come back from the war, no other man had a chance.

a. 素朴な modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant
He is so unassuming that some people fail to realize how great a man he really is.

a. 役に立たない not availing; ineffectual or useless
She buried her face in his bosom, she clung to him, she poured out her terrors, her unavailing regrets, and the far echoes turned them all to jeering laughter.

a. 意識 lacking awareness; senseless; unaware
So I think at this hour when I look back to the crisis through the quiet medium of time: I was unconscious of folly at the instant.

a. 粗野 lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Most biographers portray Lincoln as an uncouth and ungainly young man.

a. 調子の良い oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness
Uriah Heep disguised his nefarious actions by unctuous protestations of his 'humility.'

v. アンダー draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress
Addressing the jogging class, Kim would underscore the importance to runners of good nutrition.

a. そわそわ moving with wavelike motion
The Hilo Hula Festival was an undulating sea of grass skirts.

v. 発掘 bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
When they unearth the city, the archeologists find many relics of an ancient civilization.

a. 明確 admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous
My answer to your proposal is an unequivocal and absolute 'No.'

a. 的確 infallibly; without error, mistake, or failure
My teacher unerringly pounced on the one typographical error in my essay.

a. 計り difficult or impossible to understand; difficult or impossible to measure
Unable to get to the bottom of the mystery, Watson declared it was unfathomable.

a. 根拠 situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
For the first time, it recoiled, baffled, and for the first time glancing behind, on each side, and before it, it saw all round an unfathomed gulf.

v. 解放する liberate; free from chains; set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds
Chained to the wall for months on end, the hostage despaired that no one could unfetter him.

v. 特権を剥奪する strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from the status as a member of the clergy
To disbar a lawyer, to unfrock a priest, to suspend a doctor's license to practice-these are extreme steps that the authorities should take only after careful consideration.