4000 CAE Vocabulary List

v. стол set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time

n. плато hill; relatively flat highland

n. табу ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition

n. курс small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head

a. липкий slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky; lacking style or good taste; distasteful or offensive

n. контакт the ability to do the right thing without making anyone unhappy; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty

n. тактика plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end

v. зараза contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally

n. талисман charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power

v. подсчет record by making a mark; reckon or count; keep score

a. ручные domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften

v. тамперный interfere in a harmful manner; alter improperly

n. загар yellowish-brown color; brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun

a. материального able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable

n. танго dance in two-four time by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps

n. Таннер a person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides;  sixpence

n. истерика a burst of ill humor; display of temper; ill-natured caprice

v. кран draw upon; strike lightly; make good use of

n. тарантула any large, hairy, chiefly tropical spider

n. опоздания lateness; delay; sluggishness; state or quality of being tardy