4000 CPE Vocabulary List

краев full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow

Браун solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs

балласта heavy substance used to add stability or weight

бланшировать cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach

край brink; the very top edge of a container

БАТЭ let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderate

район an incorporated town that is not a city; a town, or a division of a large town

бомбардировки attack with missiles; continuous attack with shot and shell upon a town, fort, or other position

утраты grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death

Бок stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly

благословение blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

Браун solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs

звериной beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

порока mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

балласта heavy substance used to add stability or weight

бисером covered with beads of liquid

бланшировать cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach

зубр any of several large shaggy-manned humped bovid having large heads and short horns

баланс being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability

Бок stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly

мрачная cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

бланшировать cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach

Бонанса boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money

закрывать глаза a drawback, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear

Браун solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs

мрачная cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

слитках gold and silver in the form of bars

самоуверенный offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

ругать rebuke or scold angrily and at length

замарать wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places

порока mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind

смесь combination; mixture; forming a uniform mixture

благословение blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes

звериной beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

закрывать глаза a drawback, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear

край brink; the very top edge of a container

самоуверенный offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing

зубр any of several large shaggy-manned humped bovid having large heads and short horns

Бунгало small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic

порча blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate