4000 CPE Vocabulary List

n. интрига a small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

n. краснодеревщик a woodworker who specializes in making furniture;

a. Cacophonous discordant; inharmonious; sounding harsh; ill-sounding

a. трупный like a corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

n. каденции rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat

v. задобрить influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

n. бедствия the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery

v. расчет compute; determine; estimate

n. котел large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron

n. калибровка adjustment; the process of checking a measuring instrument to see if it is accurate

n. каллиграфия beautiful writing; excellent penmanship

a. Каллоу youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

a. калорийности capable of producing heat; causing heat; heating

n. клевету false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander

n. товарищества good-fellowship; companionship; close friendship in friends or teammates

n. камея piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role

n. отмены act of canceling; calling off some arrangement

n. язва disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot; something evil that spreads through mind or society

n. людоеда a human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind

n. каннибализм the practice of eating the flesh of your kind