4000 CPE Vocabulary List

котел large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron

Каллоу youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

гусеница a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

волокита indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

полотно determine votes; examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize

катехизис book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

купол covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed

строгий critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

катехизис book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

нянчиться treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point

собираются assemble; convene; gather

крючкотворства mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry

строгий critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

гусеница a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

консерватизма a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

щель gap; a long narrow opening

консерватизма a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

собираются assemble; convene; gather

строгий critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

пропасть deep opening in the earth surface

волокита indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

бедствия the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery

сложности complication; the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand

сведению knowledge or recognition; awareness; a range of what one can know or understand

классификации assigning to a class or category

Каллоу youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers

пропасть deep opening in the earth surface

крючкотворства mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry

монастырь place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; a secluded, quiet place

волокита indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing

сложности complication; the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand

кантата story or poem set to music that a chorus can sing

культивировать improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of

комок cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading

консерватизма a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

катехизис book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

конгруэнтных possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding

прекращении bringing or coming to an end; cease

бедствия the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery

нянчиться treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point