4000 CPE Vocabulary List

Dapper neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert

окольными departing from the correct and accepted way; misleading; not straightforward

обезглавить behead; cut off the head of

разврат extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness

пренебрежительно belittle;  speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank

нехватка scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops

разрушительное destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction

декольте having low-necked dress

растрепанные marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder

обезглавить behead; cut off the head of

отговорить persuade not to do; discourage

ящик a boxlike container in a piece of furniture, made so as to slide in and out

обезвоживает remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids

пренебрежительно belittle;  speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank

определяется keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting

замешательство make uneasy or perplexed;  cause to lose one's composure; disconcert

декольте having low-necked dress

возражений object because of doubts; hesitate

растягивая слова speaking with the slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit; lengthened, slow monotonous utterance

разврат extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness

вскрытия analysis; cutting apart in order to examine

обезглавить behead; cut off the head of

диссонанс discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds

разврат extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness

замешательство make uneasy or perplexed;  cause to lose one's composure; disconcert

грабить deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils

разрушительное destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction

обнаружить that can be noticed or discovered; measurable

определяется keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting

Dapper neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert

пожирать consume; eat greedily; destroy completely

развязки outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot

высмеивать ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt

ящик a boxlike container in a piece of furniture, made so as to slide in and out

преданный enthusiastic follower; one who is devoted or self-dedicated to a cause or practice

возражений object because of doubts; hesitate

диссонанс discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds

определяется keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting

разбавленных weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water

растягивая слова speaking with the slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit; lengthened, slow monotonous utterance