4000 CPE Vocabulary List

非行 failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime

高座 raised platform for guests of honor

まぶしい bright or brilliant; extremely attractive or exciting

薄汚い darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored

推定可能 capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts

遊び人 proceed slowly; waste time

時代遅れ lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby; old-fashioned

脱水 remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids

自堕落 lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices

延期 delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time

分解 breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing

逸脱 turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge

減価償却 devaluation; decrease in price or value

水薬 wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly

脱水 remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids

非行 failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime

廃止 express disapproval of; protest against; belittle

嘆く feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret

枯渇 decrease fullness of; use up or empty out

遊び人 proceed slowly; waste time

略奪 plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss

嘆く feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret

劣等 backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt

ドーマー a window set vertically into a small gable projecting from the sloping roof; sleeping-room

捧げる dedicate; give your time or effort completely to something you believe in

落葉 falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth

遺棄 left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty

略奪 plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss

離党 withdrawing support; the act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty

高座 raised platform for guests of honor

下手な詩 poor verse; of crude or irregular construction

落胆させる discourage; cause to lose courage or hope

くじく frighten; abate the courage of; discourage

落葉 falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth

歪曲 twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent

分解してみて cut into small parts; withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body

分解 breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing

消費 unrestrained by convention or morality; wasteful of health or possessions in pursuit of pleasure

嘆く feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret

破壊 destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction