4000 CPE Vocabulary List

司令 chief; an officer who is in charge of a military operation

食器棚 a small room or cabinet used for storage space

死人 like a corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

噴石 partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct; hot coal without flame

たくらむ form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design

チョーク breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply

懲らしめる criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to the publication

彩 a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere

触媒 an agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

因果 having relationship, link, etc. between two things in which one causes the other

和音 combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together

回廊鼻につく distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet, or sentimental

摂氏 a measure of temperature used widely in Europe

死人 like a corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

自己満足 the feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble

精通 familiar, as by study or experience; able to converse knowledgeably

説得 power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility

確信は state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence

意地の悪い人 an ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions

回廊鼻につく distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet, or sentimental

簡潔 brief and compact; expressing much in few words

食器棚 a small room or cabinet used for storage space

シェフ a professional cook

コケット flirt; a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

チョーク breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply

累積 increasing by successive addition

厳しい critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

けらけら笑う chuckle with delight;  joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint

食いしばる close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch

弁護士 give advice to someone; suggest

和音 combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together

たくらむ form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design

ごまかし mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry

回廊鼻につく distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet, or sentimental

阿漕 greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth

肥満 very fat; large in the body; overweight

阿漕 greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth

求愛 a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman

矛盾 confront; state the opposite of what someone has said

仔馬 young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; a young, foolish fellow