4000 CAE Vocabulary List

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n. таинство religious rite; oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation

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n. шалфей one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia

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n. сарказм a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony

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n. борьба unceremonious and disorganized struggle; rushing about hastily in an undignified way

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v. мерцание shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently

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n. спад sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass

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v. вагина grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly

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a. статического having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary

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a. Уставный enacted by statute; depending on the statute for its authority

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n. защитница one who insists on something unyieldingly; something puzzling or difficult