4000 CPE Vocabulary List

сангвиники cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy

цинги fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby

коренастый solid; heavy and compact in form

светского worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century

стандартные criteria; basis for comparison

сектантских relating to religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited

винт cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head

высмеивать make object of satire; attack with satire; censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.

цинги fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby

устойчивости a situation in which something is not likely to move or change; constancy

Splashy full of dirty water; wet and muddy, to be easily splashed about; slushy

Serendipity gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck

ил mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake

цинги fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby

свернуть wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward

ступор state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness

скряга one who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

спазматические affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic

ил mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake

превзойти be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed

сочные full of juicy; full of richness; highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable

частокол a strong wooden fence built around an area to defend it against attack; enclosure made with posts and stakes

колючий prickly; barbed; having or covered with protective thorns

ступор state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness

смуглый dark; dusky; naturally having the skin of a dark color

рослый marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute

превзойти be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed

рычать growl viciously while baring the teeth; utter with anger or hostility

спазматические affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic

могильный of or about burial, to the grave, or monuments erected to the memory of the dead

синоптических providing general overview; summary

стимул helps something to happen more quickly

ножны the case for sword blade; sheath

синоптических providing general overview; summary

шатаются sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements

сводить на нет cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder

колючий prickly; barbed; having or covered with protective thorns

ступор state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness

залп release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault

основной essential; not imaginary; actual or real