4000 CPE Vocabulary List

台地を hill; relatively flat highland

煮えきらない態度を取る act evasively in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision

自明 undoubted or self-evident truth; obvious truth

転写 copy; write over again in same words

トランス substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange

炎熱 passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid

暗黙 indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent

指導を the capacity of guardian; guardianship; capacity or activity of tutor; instruction or teaching

転写 copy; write over again in same words

積立 disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile

等しい equivalent in effect or value

触覚 used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible

タペストリー a heavy textile with a woven design

自明 undoubted or self-evident truth; obvious truth

居酒屋 building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks

シルトをとぼとぼと歩くピボールド濁った muddy; having sediment disturbed; heavy, dark, or dense, like smoke or fog

ボロボロ torn into shreds; ragged; having ragged clothes; disordered or disrupted

異端 opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization

砲台 a small, circular tower that is part of a castle; a part of a military vehicle that contains a large gun

蛇行 marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous

したがって、 consequently; hence; for that reason

トレイ an open receptacle for holding or displaying, or serving articles or food

台地を hill; relatively flat highland

電信 apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire

暗黙 indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent

魅力 attractive; appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable

電信 apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire

異端 opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization

悪く言う cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame

不安 state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension;  involuntary trembling or quivering

触覚 used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible

金銭 relating to motif or idea; relating to theme or topic

口のうまい人 a person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man

悪く言う cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame

台地を hill; relatively flat highland

積立 disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile

蛇行 marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous

タブロー striking and vivid representation; picture

従順 easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile

休眠 having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed