4000 CPE Vocabulary List

漁業 business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place

外来は not essential;  coming from outside

エリート a group or class of persons enjoying the superior intellectual or social, or economic status

啓発 instruct or correct, especially to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement

エリート a group or class of persons enjoying the superior intellectual or social, or economic status

讃える raise in rank or dignity; praise

行き詰まり rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly

潔白を証明する pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

環境 parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs

断続的な intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable

巻き込ま throw into confusion; deeply involved, especially in something complicated

形成 the way something is naturally made or the way it has been arranged; pattern

老朽化 in the early stage of development; of an organism before birth; related to embryo

警句 witty thought or saying, usually short; short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation

漁業 business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place

細心の注意 insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy

形成 the way something is naturally made or the way it has been arranged; pattern

軽薄 not serious or sensible; acting like a clown; something of little value or significance

運命 decisive; having an important and usually negative effect

絡み twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle

讃える raise in rank or dignity; praise

酵素 any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in biochemical reactions

折りたたみ bending so that one part covers the other

細心の注意 insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy

外来は not essential;  coming from outside

哀歌 poem or song expressing lamentation;  mournful poem

讃える raise in rank or dignity; praise

エンボス mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design

煙 a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles

外来は not essential;  coming from outside

細心の注意 insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy

根絶 root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly

砦 decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something

エンボス mold or carve in relief; decorate with or as if with a raised design

魅力 capacity to attract intense interest

霜 cover with frost; damage or kill by frost; anger or upset

エリート a group or class of persons enjoying the superior intellectual or social, or economic status

酵素 any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in biochemical reactions

運命 decisive; having an important and usually negative effect

霜 cover with frost; damage or kill by frost; anger or upset