4000 CPE Vocabulary List

ножны the case for sword blade; sheath

катушки something similar to such a cylinder in shape; the amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder

суверенитет the power of a country to control its own government

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

скрупул hesitate as a result of conscience or principle

рабство forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom

катушки something similar to such a cylinder in shape; the amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder

краткий brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words

катушки something similar to such a cylinder in shape; the amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder

мелководье shallow place in a body of water; sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, sandbank, or sandbar

клеймить accuse; condemn; mark as wicked

шов line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces; line across a surface, as a crack; scar

клеймить accuse; condemn; mark as wicked

благовидным seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally

Шанти a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood or cardboard, in which poor people live

коса an instrument for mowing grass, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge

восход the time in the morning when the sun starts to rise in the sky

сухожилий tendon or tendon tissue; muscle; nerve

синоптических providing general overview; summary

рабство forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom

Шанти a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood or cardboard, in which poor people live

уловки pretense; something intended to misrepresent

Сплит break apart; cut; divide

видимость seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form

ножны the case for sword blade; sheath

спортивных playful; relating to or interested in sports

восход the time in the morning when the sun starts to rise in the sky

успокоить cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to

тупик deadlock; the situation in which further action is blocked

ожог burn with hot liquid or steam; pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid

восход the time in the morning when the sun starts to rise in the sky

насыщение soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

ожог burn with hot liquid or steam; pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid

рослый marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute

сухожилий tendon or tendon tissue; muscle; nerve

краткий brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words

стигмы symbol of disgrace; small mark, like scar or birthmark; mark made with a red-hot iron

рой dense moving crowd; a large group of honeybees

насыщение soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

вытеснить replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another