4000 CPE Vocabulary List

симметричные proportionally balanced; even; having a likeness in the form and size

благотворное tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health

диверсанта one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property

симбиоз the interdependent relationship between groups or species, often mutually beneficial

заставки cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud

бурлить be disturbed; boil; be in a state of turmoil or ferment

благотворное tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health

шпиль spire, also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form

гальки small signboard outside the office; coarse beach gravel of little water; worn stones and pebbles

священный regarded as sacred and inviolable

подхалим one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man

издеваться mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily

благотворное tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health

избегать avoid deliberately; keep away from

помогать aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve

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

голод act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

шпиль spire, also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form

вытеснить replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another

упрощенной overly simple; simplifying something so that its complexity is lost or important details are overlooked

наспех haphazard; careless; done hastily

хитрость deceptive scheme; military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise enemy

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

защиты one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection

защиты one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection

звучным having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in the style of speech; easy to feel

бурлить be disturbed; boil; be in a state of turmoil or ferment

разрастания extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly

диверсанта one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property

помогать aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve

ход a blow; light touch; sudden loss of consciousness for brain blood vessel lacking oxygen

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

ход a blow; light touch; sudden loss of consciousness for brain blood vessel lacking oxygen

скудный inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting

стандартные criteria; basis for comparison

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

наспех haphazard; careless; done hastily

сибарит person devoted to pleasure and luxury

стро��а unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph

убожество filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state