4000 CPE Vocabulary List

悲惨 agonizing; distressing extremely painful

ゴーシュ awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth

雹 call for; salute; greet; praise vociferously

単調 lacking variety or excitement; monotonous

ハブ core port; nucleus; heart; center

横 coming into being of something; origin

不運 without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy

柄 handle, especially the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like

ブヨ blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex

発芽 cause to sprout or grow; come into existence

人柄 quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth

金メッキ coating of gold or of something that looks like gold

杯 a kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle

雹 call for; salute; greet; praise vociferously

傲慢 excessive pride or self-confidence

派手 very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner

ブヨ blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex

大群 a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd

おざなりな unwilling or with reluctance; stingy

休止 sleep throughout winter; be in an inactive or dormant state

ハリネズミ small European insectivore, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines

系譜を account or history of the descent of person or family from an ancestor; lineage

崇敬 make holy; set apart for holy or religious use; consecrate; treat or keep as sacred

出没 be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb

悲惨 agonizing; distressing extremely painful

おざなりな unwilling or with reluctance; stingy

横 coming into being of something; origin

過剰 fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily

疎か unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless

衝突 crash; move with or as if with great speed and rushing noise

派手 over-bright in color; tastelessly showy

発芽 cause to sprout or grow; come into existence

牧人 owner or keeper of a herd or herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle

雹 call for; salute; greet; praise vociferously

ハンドルハックヒース a low shrub, with minute evergreen leaves and handsome clusters of pink flowers

心気症 patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health and generally depressed

休止 time of animals sleep through the winter

単調 lacking variety or excitement; monotonous

群れ a flock of geese; a cluster or group

ギャロップ move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds