4000 CAE Vocabulary List

удар impact as from a collision; lump on the body caused by a blow

приманка harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap

сарай an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

испуг hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment

бальные large room used mainly for dancing

предвзятым favoring one person or side over another; prejudiced

маяк signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning

изгнать drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel

даровать give as a gift; present

приманка harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap

изгнать drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel

плотный husky; muscular and heavily built

Барб sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark

Боде foreshadow; indicate by signs; be an omen of; predict

стеб good-humored, playful conversation

Бум one who is devoted to a particular activity; murmuring or humming sound; lazy or shiftless person

эстафету a thick, heavy stick used as a weapon by police officers, or one transferred by runners in a relay race

барбекю a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

Бабочки insect typically having a slender body with broad, colorful wings

сарай an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

ракета-носитель device for increasing power or effectiveness; enthusiastic promoter, as of a sports team or school

маяк signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning

предать be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly

бампер something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

принизить disparage or depreciate; put down

желчи yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver; the bitterness of temper

плотный husky; muscular and heavily built

маяк signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning

блок hinder; obstruct;  indicate broadly without great detail; sketch

бальные large room used mainly for dancing

береза tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula

удар impact as from a collision; lump on the body caused by a blow

благодетеля gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help

телохранитель guard to protect or defend person; lifeguard

странное fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance

плотный husky; muscular and heavily built

Барб sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark

горький harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious

мрачная cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

метель a severe snowstorm with strong winds