4000 CAE Vocabulary List

барсук pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

маяк signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning

барбекю a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

баллада popular kind of narrative poem adapted for recitation or singing

бабуина large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

Барб sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark

бекон back and sides of a pig salted and smoked

выпивка a short period of excessive consumption; rapid and excessive consumption of food, especially of excessive alcohol

едва just; only; hardly; scarcely

повысить raise; advance; push or shove upward

бальные large room used mainly for dancing

барбекю a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

Бадж move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude

барбекю a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

баржа flatboat; long, large boat for transporting freight that is unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft

горения marked by flames or intense heat; of immediate import; urgent

барьер obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit

Боде foreshadow; indicate by signs; be an omen of; predict

предать be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly

лампа the rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball

буржуазной middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional

мрачная cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

получатель a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

едва just; only; hardly; scarcely

бравада defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery

ляпнуть utter suddenly and impulsively

Бадж move off; move or stir slightly; alter a position or attitude

предать be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly

блокбастер something, such as a film or book that sustains widespread popularity; high-explosive bomb

кабинет small room, especially in which a lady may retire to be alone or to receive intimate friends; a lady's private room

вот have in sight; see clearly; look at; perceive by the visual faculty

выпивка a short period of excessive consumption; rapid and excessive consumption of food, especially of excessive alcohol

взрыва explode; burst; gale; a powerful gust of wind or air

получатель a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

бекон back and sides of a pig salted and smoked

богохульст��о act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God

бравада defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery

мрачная cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

барсук pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts

бабуина large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles