4000 CAE Vocabulary List

バレリーナに principal woman dancer in a ballet company; woman ballet dancer

残虐 quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness

自慢 exhibiting self-importance

男爵 title or degree of nobility

クリーム something that relieves pain

自慢 exhibiting self-importance

バンプ impact as from a collision; lump on the body caused by a blow

ぼかし something hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance;  moral stain or blot

ねたむ resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of

鈍 having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive

脆性 pamphlet; small book usually having a paper cover

バンドリーダー leader of a dance band; a musician who leads a band of musicians

残忍な like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless

飲料 harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious

理髪店 haircutter; one whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards

前兆 foreshadow; indicate by signs; be an omen of; predict

寝室 small room, especially in which a lady may retire to be alone or to receive intimate friends; a lady's private room

ビーバー amphibious rodent about two feet in length; fur of the beaver; tall hat, originally made from beaver fur

樹皮 a sound made by a dog; harsh sound uttered by a dog

遺産 inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another

不毛 desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking

ブースト raise; advance; push or shove upward

相棒 good friend; comrade; partner, especially one of a pair or team

たくましい husky; muscular and heavily built

小川 creek; a small stream

前兆 foreshadow; indicate by signs; be an omen of; predict

ビーバー amphibious rodent about two feet in length; fur of the beaver; tall hat, originally made from beaver fur

法案 invoice; act; proposal; statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu

バンパー something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

ひな young birds hatched at one time; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age

残忍な like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless

胆汁 yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver; the bitterness of temper

バリア obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit

遺産 inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another

法案 invoice; act; proposal; statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu

胆汁 yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver; the bitterness of temper

自慢 exhibiting self-importance

バンドリーダー leader of a dance band; a musician who leads a band of musicians

バンプ impact as from a collision; lump on the body caused by a blow

飲料 harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious