4000 CAE Vocabulary List

канарейки pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance

целомудрие state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

Торжественное formal or ritual; ceremonious

компенсации make amends for; reimburse

каприз sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind

сокращения act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope

пожелай wish for with eagerness; desire possession of; long for inordinately or unlawfully

понимание grasp; ability to understand

хронических lasting for a long period;  marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases

коллега duplicate copy; one that closely resembles another

постоянной invariable; repeating; continually occurring; persistent

целомудрие state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

залога security pledged for repayment of loan

знаменитости a widely known person

цепи electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow

конкурирующих engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally

сосуществовать exist together, at the same time, or in the same place

залога security pledged for repayment of loan

хранитель a person who has responsibility for or looks after something; guardian

обниматься lie close or snug; crouch; nestle; embrace closely

понимание grasp; ability to understand

громоздким heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk

вогнутой hollow; curved like the inner surface of a sphere

Комиссия fee for services; a group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

конкурирующих engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally

консоли cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort

кактус any plant of the order Cactaceae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus

обниматься lie close or snug; crouch; nestle; embrace closely

концентрических having a common center, circles of different size, one within another

кризис chew with force and noise; crush, grind or tread noisily

осужденного find or declare guilty

понимание grasp; ability to understand

диван sofa; arrange or dispose as in a bed

Комиссия fee for services; a group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize

память serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony

вогнутой hollow; curved like the inner surface of a sphere

доверять disclose; reveal; tell in confidence

компенсации make amends for; reimburse

концессии act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission

концентрических having a common center, circles of different size, one within another