4000 CPE Vocabulary List

きらめく give off sparks; shine as if emanating sparks; twinkle or glow

同様 denote; mean; indicate

衣服 relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing

絞扼性は act of strangling, or the state of being strangled; excessive or abnormal constriction of any kind

惨劇 well-paid position with little responsibility

衣服 relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing

蒸し暑い burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot

スカベンジャー an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded

サファイア a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone

きざ of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious

土砂 deposit; matter deposited by some natural process

監督し oversee with the power of direction; take care of with authority; supervise

湧水 pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings

糧 act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health

スループ single-mast sailing boat

嫌というほど satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

潜水艦 beneath the surface of the water; undersea

きざ of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious

奴隷 slavish; suitable to slave or servant;  relating to servitude or forced labor

断面 consisting of or divided into sections; separating into sections

シングル small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles

スタントマン man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk

サッカリン having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet

スループ single-mast sailing boat

壊血病 fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby

同様 denote; mean; indicate

選択 choice; variety; collection

バラバラ separate; break or wrench apart

スタンザ unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph

スループ single-mast sailing boat

退屈 dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy

刺激 helps something to happen more quickly

なまけ lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy

平然とした enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint

スカベンジャー an animal that eats other decaying organic matter; someone who collects things that others have discarded

監督し oversee with the power of direction; take care of with authority; supervise

蒸し暑い burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot

シルク avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger

きざ of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious

お針子 woman whose occupation is sewing; needlewoman