4000 CAE Vocabulary List

ビュッフェ table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out

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

片言 talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds

ベーコン back and sides of a pig salted and smoked

尻込み hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment

ブロック hinder; obstruct;  indicate broadly without great detail; sketch

対決 move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude

ベーコン back and sides of a pig salted and smoked

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

苦味 make or pronounce holy; consecrate; make happy

さわやか mild and pleasant; fragrant

いじめ noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow

ビート whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly

裏切る be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly

口走る utter suddenly and impulsively

毛布 heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing

良性 kindly; favorable; not malignant

厚かましい having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless

バックル fold or collapse; bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

受益者 a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

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

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

むちゃ a short period of excessive consumption; rapid and excessive consumption of food, especially of excessive alcohol

良性 kindly; favorable; not malignant

白樺 tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula

境界 dividing line; border; frontier

ボイコット refrain from buying or using

口走る utter suddenly and impulsively

ブロック hinder; obstruct;  indicate broadly without great detail; sketch

冗談 good-humored, playful conversation

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

バラード popular kind of narrative poem adapted for recitation or singing

残虐 quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness

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

ブレード the flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument

むちゃ a short period of excessive consumption; rapid and excessive consumption of food, especially of excessive alcohol

毛布 heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing

対決 move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude

見よ have in sight; see clearly; look at; perceive by the visual faculty

尻込み hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment