4000 CPE Vocabulary List

взрыва a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success

крепкий having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy; muscular in build; strong or muscular

опоры support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

хоккей с мячом discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly

дирижер a conductor of a band

банкротом cause to become financially ruin; ruin

балет a sort of theatrical representation by dancers

шутовство clowning;  arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks, and postures

щетинистыми having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable

Брук creek; a small stream

Казначей treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

похабные indecent; obscene; humorously coarse

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

Бегемот huge creature; something enormous in size or power

Казначей treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community

базар market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East

ушедшей past; gone by

осаждать besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops

насмешливо good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone

ругать rebuke or scold angrily and at length

нарушение breaking of waves or surf; fissure or gap

ошеломленный confused; lost in thought; preoccupied

омрачена suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled

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

краткость quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression

баррикада hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle

нарушение breaking of waves or surf; fissure or gap

желчных suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly

обмануть defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from

дирижер a conductor of a band

свеклы biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seeds the second year

ушедшей past; gone by

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

сарай an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

обмануть defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from

фанатизм stubborn intolerance; excessive zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect, or opinion

звериной beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason

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

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

омрачена suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled