4000 CPE Vocabulary List

n. диверсанта one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property

a. сахарин having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet

n. мешок bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases; enclosed space

a. священных concerned with religion; worthy of respect or dedication

a. кощунственным acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane

a. священный regarded as sacred and inviolable

n. защиты one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection

n. саги any legend; long detailed report; Scandinavian myth

a. прозорливый perceptive; shrewd; having insight

a. непристойный lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

a. основные prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs

a. целебный healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome

a. благотворное tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health

n. залп release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault

n. санкции approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance

v. санкции give authorization or approval to something; penalize a state, especially for violating international law

a. сангвиники cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy

v. сок diminish; undermine the foundations; dig

n. саженцев a young tree, especially one with a slender trunk

n. сапфир a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone