4000 CAE Vocabulary List

парадокс something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct

престижной honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence because of high status

периода an amount of time; a fixed time during the life of a person or in history

Prodigy a person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder

опасности danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction

удивительный impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous

добычу hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense

частичного incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others

пошлости dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality

близости state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation

преследование seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

до not yet decided or settled; awaiting conclusion or confirmation

продолжать follow in; go in search of or hunt for

престижной honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence because of high status

положение condition or state, especially a bad state or condition

проповеди advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of

предшественником the former occupant of a post; ancestor or forefather

предписано set down as a rule or guide; stated

преследование seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

благоразумие quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; good judgment

вид not genuine or sincere; feigned; supposed; alleged

пони a small horse;  small glass of beer; word for word translation of a foreign language text

Prodigy a person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder

пьедестал architectural support or base, as for a column or statue; support or foundation

проповеди advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of

опасности danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction

положение condition or state, especially a bad state or condition

продолжить follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward

вид not genuine or sincere; feigned; supposed; alleged

движение drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push

сохранения uphold; retain; maintain in safety from injury, peril, or harm

пастбище field covered with grass; meadow

преследование seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

проповеди advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of

паника sudden mass fear and anxiety

провинциальных relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated

провинциальных relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated

доблесть extraordinary ability; military bravery; superior skill or ability

конкурс elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display

платонический not sexual in nature; of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors