4000 CPE Vocabulary List

реквизировать force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force

безбрачие state of being unmarried; single life

спутник associate; partner; either of two matching objects

бичевать criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to the publication

неуклюжие awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

забить congest; become blocked or filled so that movement or activity is difficult

кометы an object that goes around the sun

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

осторожность care; being attentive to possible danger

людоеда a human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind

консультант an expert who gives advice

Cacophonous discordant; inharmonious; sounding harsh; ill-sounding

собор a large and important church, esp. one that is the center of a large area

наказываю rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

безбрачие state of being unmarried; single life

бичевать criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to the publication

рубить hew; cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax

кордоном line around an area to enclose or guard it

наказываю rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

катарсис purging or cleansing of any passage of body

спутник associate; partner; either of two matching objects

картограф one who makes maps or charts

рубить hew; cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax

разговорное characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

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

сопутствующих in conjunction with; accompanying; associated with

скоропись flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running

золы partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct; hot coal without flame

тарелка a metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes sound by hitting side; someone who applauds

врожденных present at birth; inborn; innate

реквизировать force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force

командира chief; an officer who is in charge of a military operation

размышлять think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply

сплоченной cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated

сотник officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division

сопутствующих in conjunction with; accompanying; associated with

катастрофы calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune

неуклюжие awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude

Комментарий written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

начала the first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start