4000 CPE Vocabulary List

ひょうきん joking ,often inappropriately; humorous

利己主義 excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others

最前線は cutting edge; the leading or most important position or place

熱心な extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt

誤りを犯す likely to fail or be inaccurate

占う give indication beforehand;  indicate by signs

解放 free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate

利己主義 excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others

安易 done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent

エクスパゲイト clean; remove offensive parts of book

偉業 achievement; accomplishment; an act that shows skill, strength, or bravery

制定 acting of a role or representation of a character in a play; passing of a law by a legislative body

エスパイ catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance

大喜びする rejoice; feel extreme happiness

撲滅 completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate

安易 done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent

エバネッセント fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor

彫り込む carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving

国庫 one of the superior courts of law; the government department that receives and gives out public money

彼岸 period of equal days and nights; the beginning of Spring and Autumn

エクスパゲイト clean; remove offensive parts of book

進化 develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually

溝 trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face

巻き込ま throw into confusion; deeply involved, especially in something complicated

掘り出す dig out of ground; remove from grave

制定 acting of a role or representation of a character in a play; passing of a law by a legislative body

鉗子 a pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction

反対されそうな open or liable to objection or debate; liable to cause disapproval

占う give indication beforehand;  indicate by signs

国庫 one of the superior courts of law; the government department that receives and gives out public money

虚構 fictional, relating to imaginative creation

反対されそうな open or liable to objection or debate; liable to cause disapproval

熱心な extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt

ひょうきん joking ,often inappropriately; humorous

巨大 hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness

脱出 departure of a large number of people

足場は holding with the feet; firm standing; something on which one may tread or rest securely

ひょうきん joking ,often inappropriately; humorous

国庫 one of the superior courts of law; the government department that receives and gives out public money

大喜びする rejoice; feel extreme happiness