4000 CPE Vocabulary List

層別化 divide into parts, pieces, or sections

クエスト act of searching for something

ひだ braid, especially of hair; flat fold; doubling, as of cloth

推進 something that propels or drives forward

は、牧歌的な rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life

先延ばし postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness

粒子 a tiny piece of anything

口実 act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play

ドキドキ beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements

困ら trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations

推進 something that propels or drives forward

俗物 a person who refuses to see the beauty or the value of art or culture.

妥当性 fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness

柱 a strong column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of a building

先延ばし postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness

生産 bring forward; lead forth; offer to view or notice; exhibit; cause to be or to happen

妥当性 fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness

所持 act of having and controlling property; belongings

皮をむく remove outer covering or skin with a knife or similar instrument

可塑 ability to be molded, formed, or modeled; quality or state of being plastic

好ましい ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable

pugilist one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer

えこひいき inclination; favorable prejudice or bias; special fondness

困ら trouble; disturb; annoy; harass with petty vexations

宣言 declare; announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive

音声 branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes, including its production and perception

人格 the complex of all the attributes of a person; the totality of qualities and traits of a person

言語学 study of language; investigation of language and its literature

弟子 a person guided and protected by a more prominent person

プロムナード walk for pleasure, display, or exercise

ハク having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored

浸透 spread gradually; cause the liquid to pass through small holes; filter

妥当性 fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness

pugilist one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer

保護 an advocate of the policy of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports

浸透 spread gradually; cause the liquid to pass through small holes; filter

生産 bring forward; lead forth; offer to view or notice; exhibit; cause to be or to happen

浪費 inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral

保護 an advocate of the policy of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports

挑発 arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate