4000 CPE Vocabulary List

総 one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown

戯れ teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

浮力 able to float; cheerful and optimistic

バン a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success

逆立った having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable

バッフル frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

戯れ teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

つば brink; the very top edge of a container

バランス being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability

つば brink; the very top edge of a container

病 blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate

下品 indecent; obscene; humorously coarse

浮力 able to float; cheerful and optimistic

尻込みする a drawback, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear

盆 the bowl-shaped vessel, usually used for holding food or liquids

惑わすは lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes

バザー market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East

太字 brave; daring; intrepid; impudent

悪意 portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

ブローチ cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated

空白 advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being; welfare; gain

大言壮語 blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner

バッフル frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

小太り healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly

失っ deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss

包囲 surround with armed forces; harass with requests

大言壮語 blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner

誹謗 rebuke or scold angrily and at length

渦巻く swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms

ブローチ cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated

バース an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life

グシャグシャにする wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places

納屋 an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

騒音 loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light

つば brink; the very top edge of a container

湯通し cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach

だまし取るは defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from

恩恵 blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request

会計係 treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

口 combination; mixture; forming a uniform mixture