4000 CPE Vocabulary List

острый stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic

скупости extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

приработок any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment

плутовской involving clever rogues or adventurers

папирус ancient paper made from stem of plant

выдвигать put forward; offer for consideration or debate

частичного incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others

совершенных having all the properties or qualities; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error

расхищать embezzle;  appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public money entrusted to one's care

PRECIS concise summing up of main points

бить beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly

приработок any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment

доисторических ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable

папирус ancient paper made from stem of plant

собственности an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

пронизывают spread or flow throughout; pervade

собственности an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

пестицидов a chemical used to kill pests

Прим very precise and formal; exceedingly proper

консервантов something used to preserve, especially a chemical added to foods to inhibit spoilage

плутократии society or government ruled by wealthy class

острый stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic

плутовской involving clever rogues or adventurers

частичного incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others

болото soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it isn't easy to free oneself

Предисловие something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay

парализовать make powerless and unable to function; disable

тип a major class of plants; primary branch of the animal kingdom; division

доисторических ancient; primitive; no longer fashionable

протекционистских an advocate of the policy of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports

разрешения consent; approval to do something

плутократии society or government ruled by wealthy class

запрещающие ban; taboo; forbid

нехватка scarcity; smallness of number; fewness

процесс act of proceeding; continued forward movement; a series of actions

консервантов something used to preserve, especially a chemical added to foods to inhibit spoilage

площади the open square in a European town, especially an Italian town

нехватка scarcity; smallness of number; fewness

фаланга a compact, close-knit group of people, animals, or things

запрещающие ban; taboo; forbid