4000 CPE Vocabulary List

Мадригал song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music

отставание delay; drag; the act of slowing down or falling behind

минимизации diminish; belittle; make small or insignificant

Лабиринт maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages

вручную by hand; using your hands

жилье accommodation; a temporary place to stay

модулировать tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another

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

фокусы show of skill or deceitful cleverness, considered magical by naive observers

Лабиринт maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages

зверинец collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept

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

либертар��анской one who advocates individual rights and free will

механизм device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something

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

минимизации diminish; belittle; make small or insignificant

митрополит city center; one who lives in a city center

разврат unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity; impurity in thought and deed

вручную by hand; using your hands

светило celebrity; a person who is an inspiration to others; a person who has achieved eminence in a specific field

скупой indicative of lack of generosity; cautious with money

Мозаика picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into the surface

разврат unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity; impurity in thought and deed

лирика a short poem of songlike; expressing deep personal emotion

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

заблуждение wrong apprehension of one's meaning or a fact; misunderstanding

Мадригал song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music

запуск begin; originate; initiate; send off; take off

водоворот whirlpool; powerful circular current of water

скупой indicative of lack of generosity; cautious with money

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

Лимерик humorous short verse; nonsense song or verse

либертар��анской one who advocates individual rights and free will

митрополит city center; one who lives in a city center

вручную by hand; using your hands

жилье accommodation; a temporary place to stay

микроба germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease

озорной causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; troublesome; irritating

скупой indicative of lack of generosity; cautious with money

мер actions that people in authority carry out to achieve a particular result