4000 CAE Vocabulary List

рассказ story; art, technique, or process of telling a story

откровенным given to expressing yourself freely or insistently

знак any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil

православных traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion

непрозрачной impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster

тошнота the feeling of sickness in the stomach by an urge to vomit; strong aversion; disgust

возможность favorable or advantageous circumstance; a chance for progress or advancement

НПД a period of time spent sleeping

зловещий threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

нейтронов an elementary particle with 0 charges and mass about equal to a proton

Нагота quality or state of being nude; nakedness.

препятствие act of obstructing; any structure that makes progress difficult

грызть bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits

препятствие act of obstructing; any structure that makes progress difficult

перевешивают go beyond; surpass; exceed

противника contestant; someone who offers opposition

в частности especially; in a notable manner; remarkably; particularly

переговоры discussion intended to produce an agreement

Одиссея long, eventful journey; extended adventurous voyage or trip

овальные elliptic; rounded like an egg

экспромтом without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately

дуб any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus; durable wood of any of these trees or shrubs

Роман printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction

Нагота quality or state of being nude; nakedness.

НПД a period of time spent sleeping

оазиса fertile or green spot in a waste or desert

православных traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion

овальные elliptic; rounded like an egg

знак any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil

Цель not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality

экспромтом without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately

нейтрализовать make neutral and thus inoffensive

в частности especially; in a notable manner; remarkably; particularly

неприятный causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive

Новинки quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual

петлю a loop formed in a rope using a slipknot so that it binds tighter as the rope is pulled; trap

исходящих sociable; going out or away; departing

перевешивают go beyond; surpass; exceed

одержимость compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion

морских relating to ships, sailors, or navigation