4000 CPE Vocabulary List

парировать avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing

периферической located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary

похотливый having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having an eager desire for something

провозгласить declare; announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive

квинтэссенция pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing

пастырской rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life

явление appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; an extraordinary or very remarkable person or thing

нехватка scarcity; smallness of number; fewness

убогая unpleasantly small and uncomfortable; cramped

обильное in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal

патриция belong to noble origin; having high birth

экономной excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal

покрасоваться make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction

увиливать lie; stray from or evade the truth; behave in an evasive way such as to delay action

нехватка scarcity; smallness of number; fewness

процессии act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course

импульса beat; rhythm; the rate at which heartbeats

Педагогика teaching; the art of education; the science of teaching

разрешительной approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline

прелюдией introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface

разрешительной approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline

шкура the skin of a beast with the hair on; raw or undressed hides; skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it

квинтэссенция pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing

парировать avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing

увиливать lie; stray from or evade the truth; behave in an evasive way such as to delay action

фаланга a compact, close-knit group of people, animals, or things

перфорации pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate

кварца a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form

основной being of vital or central importance; crucial

обильное in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal

фарфор ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic

снаряда a weapon that is thrown or projected; self-propelled missile, such as rocket; a fired or thrown object

предопределяют determine, decide, or establish in advance; influence markedly

покрасоваться make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction

экономной excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal

цепкий capable of grasping or holding; having a keen intellect

предлагать hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance

цепкий capable of grasping or holding; having a keen intellect

снаряда a weapon that is thrown or projected; self-propelled missile, such as rocket; a fired or thrown object

языческих one who worships false gods; idolater; person not adhering to any major or recognized religion