4000 CPE Vocabulary List

нормы convention; standard; rule

перегнать exceed or surpass; leave behind

нижние situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; lower; under

газетный киоск a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold

ниши small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it

проворные light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift

Нимфа goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters; lovely young girl; maiden; peacock butterfly

Огл look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice

никеля a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar

подобострастно slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

нормы convention; standard; rule

тупик perplex or bewilder someone; confound or flummox

подобострастно slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

никотин an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco

менее despite what has just been said or done; however

небрежность failing to be careful enough or to give enough attention to your responsibilities; inattentive

зритель one that looks on; spectator

ориентации position relative to points of directions; course introducing a new situation

олигархии government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families

кочевых leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled

хам person regarded as stupid or awkward

назначить officially suggest someone for an election, job, position, or honor

опалесцирующая varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous

ниши small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it

невзрачный dull and uninteresting; lacking distinct or individual

отверстие mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe; an opening

олигархии government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families

оптика maker and seller of eyeglasses

ниши small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it

Nostrum patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine

Нимфа goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters; lovely young girl; maiden; peacock butterfly

устранить bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of

подобострастно slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

крапива cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; vex

богатство extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance

оптика maker and seller of eyeglasses

подобострастно slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

потомство descendant; the young of an animal

устранить bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of

оптика maker and seller of eyeglasses