4000 CAE Vocabulary List

бартер trade goods or services without the exchange of money

бойкот refrain from buying or using

значок a distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person

бить whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly

значок a distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person

доброкачественной kindly; favorable; not malignant

жестокость quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness

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

ракета-носитель device for increasing power or effectiveness; enthusiastic promoter, as of a sports team or school

горький harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious

партия quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together

распускаться grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly

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

телохранитель guard to protect or defend person; lifeguard

тупой having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive

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

мрачная cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

бюджет estimate; a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose

бойкот refrain from buying or using

тупой having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive

Блюз gloom; depressed spirits

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

мрачная cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable

баллада popular kind of narrative poem adapted for recitation or singing

фиктивные counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine

партия quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together

бить whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly

хрупкого easily broken; having little elasticity

тупой having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive

блок hinder; obstruct;  indicate broadly without great detail; sketch

ракета-носитель device for increasing power or effectiveness; enthusiastic promoter, as of a sports team or school

напитки liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment

доброжелательный generous in providing aid to others; charitable

бить whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly

кривоногий have legs that curve outward at the knees

бальные large room used mainly for dancing

бойкот refrain from buying or using

выпуклости cause to curve outward; swell up; stick out; protrude

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

бальные large room used mainly for dancing