4000 CPE Vocabulary List

знания legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience

абажуры a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view

омывать wash or flow against; wash one's face and hands

незначительные very small; tiny; lowercase letter

неправильное употребление слов comic misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound

муссона the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries

мол roughly handle someone or something; cause serious physical wounds

закваски cause to rise, especially by fermentation; add a rising agent to

лексикограф author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in the making of vocabulary or wordbook of language

зловонные foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor

мрачность feeling of depression or gloom; sullenness

летаргия inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

омара any large macrurous crustacean used as a food

лилипут extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty

пышное abundant; rich and splendid; fertile

маниакального wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane

прозрачная clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry

затишье moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest

лексикограф author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in the making of vocabulary or wordbook of language

освободителю someone who releases people from captivity

лингвистика humanistic study of language and literature

мотив dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration

озорной causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating

мятежных unruly; rebellious; turbulent and uncontrollable

линолеум inexpensive waterproof covering used for floors; a stiff, smooth material that is used for covering floors

лига association; a group of people or countries who join together because they have the same interest

ткацкий станок appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form

знания legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience

мрачность feeling of depression or gloom; sullenness

чудесным astonishing; very effective or surprising, or difficult to believe

лингвистика humanistic study of language and literature

ткацкий станок appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form

ткацкий станок appear or take shape, usually in an enlarged or distorted form

знания legend; wisdom; knowledge acquired through education or experience

омара any large macrurous crustacean used as a food

пышное abundant; rich and splendid; fertile

мрачность feeling of depression or gloom; sullenness

абажуры a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view

неправильное употребление слов comic misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound

мятежных unruly; rebellious; turbulent and uncontrollable