4000 CPE Vocabulary List

природные biologist knowledgeable about natural history

Ответственность burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity

орнитолог one who makes special study of birds

оппозиция condition of conflicting; the act of opposing something

кочевых leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled

всеядны eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having an interest in a variety of subjects

ненависть strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute

некромантия belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future

отрицание act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything

ничтожество person of no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination

противника contestant; someone who offers opposition

орнитолог one who makes special study of birds

обонятельной relating to, or contributing to a sense of smell

проворные light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift

репрессивных unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh

никеля a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar

номинального someone who has been nominated for something; candidate

сокрушить cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force; charge someone with too many tasks

наркотических the addictive drug, such as opium that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior; inducing sleep

ничтожество person of no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination

уклончиво very reluctant to give out information

башка small mug or cup; unit of liquid measure equal to one-quarter of a pint; human head

руды a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined

Ответственность burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity

руды a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined

ненависть strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute

окостенеть change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue

менее despite what has just been said or done; however

хам person regarded as stupid or awkward

отрицание act of denying; assertion of the nonrealistic or untruthfulness of anything

ил be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily

украшения decoration; things added to something to provide decoration

косой having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined

препятствие act of obstructing; any structure that makes progress difficult

проворные light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift

менее despite what has just been said or done; however

пророческий prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous

ниши small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it

уклончиво very reluctant to give out information

препятствие act of obstructing; any structure that makes progress difficult