4000 CPE Vocabulary List

болтливый talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details

Граус complain or grumble; seek or shoot grouse

грызть bite or chew on with the teeth

зародышевых containing seeds of later development; creative

зевать open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness

обхвата distance around something; circumference; size; bulk

гош awkward or lacking in social graces; coarse and uncouth

опасности something dangerous and likely to cause damage; risk

ураган big storm; severe tropical cyclone

куча crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass

тощий very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren

неохотное unwilling or with reluctance; stingy

препятствовать put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress

зародышевых containing seeds of later development; creative

стадное sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others

прыгать dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully

препятствовать put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress

борона tool of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other and set with iron or wooden teeth

помеха something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle

поляне open passage through a wood; grassy open or cleared space in a forest; opening in the ice of rivers or lakes

зародышевых containing seeds of later development; creative

глянцевых smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth or polished surface; plausible

нащупать search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way

язычников irreligious person; pagan; one who does not acknowledge the God of the Bible

инославными unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine

понять ability or power to seize or attain; understanding; comprehension

рубить cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut

зевать open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness

нащупать search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way

обхвата distance around something; circumference; size; bulk

залива an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

понять ability or power to seize or attain; understanding; comprehension

гигиены the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean; sanitation

Граус complain or grumble; seek or shoot grouse

стайка a flock of geese; a cluster or group

стадное sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others

залива an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

инославными unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine

нащупать search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way

глянцевых smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth or polished surface; plausible