4000 CPE Vocabulary List

медлить postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness

палимпсест manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing erased

мирской violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse

распространяться cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to a broader area or larger number

палимпсест manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing erased

движение drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push

ничтожные insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless

зарплаты a check issued in payment of wages or salary

распространяться cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to a broader area or larger number

Философия body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality

медлить postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness

панорамным related to unobstructed and comprehensive view; with a wide view

грабеж take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob

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

нехватка scarcity; smallness of number; fewness

приходских narrow in outlook; related to a local church community

многословие tedious wordiness; verbosity;  great length; minute detail

распространяться cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to a broader area or larger number

проницаемой penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass-through

знакомиться read or examine, typically with great care

квинтэссенция pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing

убогая unpleasantly small and uncomfortable; cramped

приходских narrow in outlook; related to a local church community

филология study of language; investigation of language and its literature

грабеж rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils

многолетних lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time

нехватка scarcity; smallness of number; fewness

предчувствие the sense that something is about to occur; anticipatory fear; premonition

грабеж take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob

предрасполагают give inclination toward; make susceptible to; settle or dispose of in advance

распространяться cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to a broader area or larger number

приходских narrow in outlook; related to a local church community

малодушных cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind

убогая unpleasantly small and uncomfortable; cramped

щегольство distinctive and stylish elegance; a bunch of feathers or plume, especially on a helmet

многолетних lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time

филантроп a person who loves humankind in general; a very generous person or institution

властитель monarch;  ruler who is unconstrained by law

нехватка scarcity; smallness of number; fewness

изображать depict; describe; draw