4000 CPE Vocabulary List

焼く of brownish, tawny color, with streaks, spots, or patterns

背景 background; the view behind something

戯れ teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

隠す make less visible; obscure or blur; darken with or as if with clouds

脅し bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats

バン a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success

嘆く regret strongly; express disapproval of

自治区 an incorporated town that is not a city; a town, or a division of a large town

不毛 desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking

大当たり boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money

自治区 an incorporated town that is not a city; a town, or a division of a large town

グシャグシャにする wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places

バン a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success

戯れ teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

安ピカ small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

バーレスク give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously

当惑させる confuse thoroughly; becloud and confuse, as with liquor; make stupid with alcohol

だまし mislead; delude; deceive by guile

傷 mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

ぶっきらぼう abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly

自治区 an incorporated town that is not a city; a town, or a division of a large town

話題 confusion of activity and gossip; the sound of rapid vibration

遺言 leave to someone by a will; hand down

安ピカ small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy

手招き signal or summon, as by nodding or waving; attract because of inviting or enticing appearance

婚約させるには become engaged to marry; promise to marry

話題 confusion of activity and gossip; the sound of rapid vibration

会計係 treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

遅ればせながら having been delayed; done or sent too late

曲げる using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency

バザー market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East

失策 mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner

雑踏 move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem

暗い cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

騒々しい rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

耐え難い covered with beads of liquid

包囲 surround with armed forces; harass with requests

当惑させる confuse thoroughly; becloud and confuse, as with liquor; make stupid with alcohol

自治区 an incorporated town that is not a city; a town, or a division of a large town

安ピカ small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy