4000 CAE Vocabulary List

грани edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge

сбалансированного hold or carry in equilibrium

жестокий like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless

болтать reveal secret matters; chatter thoughtlessly or indiscreetly; gossip without reserve or discretion

банкет feast; entertainment of eating and drinking

бесплодной desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking

лампа the rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball

грани edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge

бюст the occasion for excessive eating or drinking; complete failure; sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

Барб sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark

оживленная marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic; swift; keen or sharp in speech or manner

раздутой swollen or puffed as with water or air

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

плотный husky; muscular and heavily built

Парикмахер haircutter; one whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards

шантажа extortion of money or value from a person by threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information

вот have in sight; see clearly; look at; perceive by the visual faculty

барьер obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit

валун a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil

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

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

бабуина large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

бобра amphibious rodent about two feet in length; fur of the beaver; tall hat, originally made from beaver fur

валун a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil

друзей good friend; comrade; partner, especially one of a pair or team

доброжелательный generous in providing aid to others; charitable

распада divorce; separation; loss of control or composure

буржуазной middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional

предать be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly

бравада defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery

принизить disparage or depreciate; put down

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

сбалансированного hold or carry in equilibrium

раздутой swollen or puffed as with water or air

жестокий like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless

тупой having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive

валун a rounded rock lying on the surface of ground or embedded in soil

Барб sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark

алкоголь drink greedily or immoderately, especially alcoholic liquor

капот headdress for men and boys; a covering for the head, worn by women, protecting the back and sides of the head