4000 CPE Vocabulary List

laborious:
a. трудоемким demanding much work or care; tedious

labyrinth:
n. Лабиринт maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages

lace:
n. кружева delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets

lachrymose:
a. слезливый weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow

lackadaisical:
a. вялый lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; lacking spirit or liveliness

lackluster:
a. тусклым dull; lacking luster or shine

laconic:
a. лаконичный brief; effectively cut short; marked by the use of few words

lag:
v. отставание delay; drag; the act of slowing down or falling behind

laggard:
a. отстающие slow; sluggish; wasting time

lament:
v. плач grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply

lampoon:
v. пасквиль ridicule; subject to abusive ridicule expressed in work of art

lampshade:
n. абажуры a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view

landmass:
n. суши a large continuous extent of land

landslide:
n. оползень slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; overwhelming electoral victory

languid:
a. томный lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness

languish:
v. томиться lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor

languor:
n. вялость the feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression

larder:
n. кладовая pantry; place where food is kept

largess:
n. щедрость generous gift; money or gifts bestowed

lark:
v. жаворонок any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae; one who wakes early