4000 CAE Vocabulary List

dabble:
v. плескаться splash liquid gently and playfully; undertake something without serious intent

dagger:
n. кинжал knife; a short pointed weapon with sharp edges

dainty:
n. лакомство delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything

damp:
a. влажной humid; moist; slightly wet

dandy:
n. денди man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; something very good or agreeable

dangerous:
a. опасные full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe

dangle:
v. болтаться hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely

dank:
a. сырой disagreeably damp or humid; cold moisture; unpleasant humidity

darn:
v. штопать mend, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by the needle; sew together with yarn or thread

dart:
v. дартс move suddenly and rapidly

daunt:
v. устрашить frighten; abate the courage of; discourage

deadlock:
n. тупик standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate

deadly:
a. смертельно fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death

debacle:
n. фиаско sudden downfall; complete disaster

debatable:
a. спорным disputable; unsettled; open to doubt or debate

debate:
n. обсуждение discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points

debauchery:
n. разврат corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance; the excessive indulgence of the appetites

debrief:
v. опрашивать to question someone after a military mission to obtain intelligence

debris:
n. мусор remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

debut:
n. дебютный beginning or first attempt; first appearance before the public