FOUR-LETTER-WORD Flashcards

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Acme

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vrh, vrhunac

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Ajar

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slightly open, odškrinut

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Apex

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high point; pinnacle; zenith

- vhr, vršak

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Avid

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željan, strastven

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Bane

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a cause for ruin [PROKLETSTVO, NESRECA]

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Bard

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a poet

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Bevy

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a large group [JATO, STADO,KRRDO, GRUPA]

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Bilk

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to steal; to embezzle

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Boor

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a rude person [PROSTAK, SELJAK]

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Curt

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terse; abrupt; brief, bordering on rudeness [KRATAK, ODSJECEN]

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Deft

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skillful; adept [SPRETAN]

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Dire

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serious, urgent [STRASAN, OZBILJAN, HITAN]

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Diva

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female singer

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Dolt

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an obtuse person [BUDALA]

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Obtuse

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glup

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Dupe

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to trick [VARATI, NASAMARITI]

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Foil

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to baffle a plan; to thwart

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Gait

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manner or rate of walking

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Gale

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—a strong wind; gust

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Baffle

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—zastita, omotac

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Garb

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—clothing; attire [ODJECA]

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Glib

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—easeful with speaking, storytelling [LAK NA JEZIKU]

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Glut

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zasićenost, pretrpati

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Guru

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—a learned person who has followers

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Hack

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—hackneyed, trite, stale; to chop

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Hail

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—to praise

- zdravo!

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Hale

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—healthy [SNAZAN, ZDRAV]

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Heed

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—to listen to advice; to consider [BRIŽAN, SLUSA SAVJET]

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29
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Hone

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brusiti

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Icon

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—a religious image or symbol

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Iota

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—a very small amount [MALENKOST]

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Keen

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—sharp-minded

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Laud

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—to praise; to adulate [HVALITI]

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Loom

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razboj, nazirati se

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Mire

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—a swamp pit; mud; a quagmire [MOCVARA, UPRSKATI SE BLATOM]

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Mock

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—to poke fun at; to scoff at

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Molt

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—to shed hair, feathers, shell, or horns

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Opus

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—a great work, usually of music

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Oust

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—to forcibly remove a ruler from power [NAJURITI, IZBACITI]

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Pact

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—an agreement, contract; a compact

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Sway

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—influence, control, dominion

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Tact

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—finesse in dealing with people; diplomacy

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Tome

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—a very big book [OGROMNA KNJIZURINA, SVEZAK]

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Tout

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—to flaunt [VREBATI, MAMITI]

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Void

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—to cancel; to nullify [PONISTITI, IZBACITI]

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Wary

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—cautious; chary [LUKAV, OBAZIRLJIV]

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Whet

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—to sharpen; to stimulate an interest in [OŠTRITI]

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Wily

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—crafty, sly [LUKAV, PREPREDEN]

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Sly

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— tajan, lukav prepreden

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Snug

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Ugodan, topao

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taciturn

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(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

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demeanor

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PONASANJE; outward behavior or bearing: a quiet, somber demeanor.

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obdurate

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TVRDOGLAV, UPORAN

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BELITTLE

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omalovazavati

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to jot

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write (something) quickly: when you’ve found the answers, jot them down.
noun [ usu. with negative ]
a very small amount: you didn’t care a jot [ I have yet to see one jot of evidence.]

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vehement

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showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense

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enigmatic

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difficult to interpret or understand

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myriad

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a countless or extremely great number: networks connecting a myriad of computers.
2 (chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand.

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QUOTIDIAN

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occurring every day; daily: the car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic.
• ordinary or everyday, esp. when mundane:

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copious

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plentiful, ample, profuse, full, extensive, generous, bumper, lavish

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sundry

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of various kinds; several

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infinitesimal

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extremely small

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Tramp

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Lutalica

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reluctant

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unwilling, unenthusiastic, resistant, opposed; hesitant

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sober

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  • not drunk, (sober up - quit drinking)
  • serious
  • sober suit (traditional suit)
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deliberate

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Promišljen

67
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distort

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pull or twist out of shape: a grimace distorted her fine mouth.
• become twisted out of shape
2 give a misleading or false account or impression of: many factors can distort the results.

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intertwine

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twist

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transcend

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go beyond

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peculiar

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1 something peculiar began to happen: strange, unusual, odd, bizarre, weird, queer, unexpected
2 mannerisms peculiar to the islanders: characteristic of

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debris

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krhotine, rusevine

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dissipate

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trošiti

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congregate

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sakupiti

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awe

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wonder, respect

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offspring

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  • a person’s child or children: the offspring of middle-class parents.
    • an animal’s young.
    • the product or result of something: German nationalism was the offspring of military ambition.
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contemporaries

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suvremenjaci

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diverge

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razići se

78
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manifest

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adj. clear or obvious to the eye or mind
- obvious
(v) she manifested signs of depression: display, show, exhibit, demonstrate

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withstand

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izdržati, opirati se

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gloomy = dim

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dark, shadowy

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tentatively

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without confidence

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reclusive

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povučeni (ljudi u osobnosti)

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eminence

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his eminence as a scientist: fame, celebrity, illustriousness, distinction,

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revoke

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cancel, repeal

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vehement

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passionate, forceful, ardent, violent, fierce

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intimidating

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frightening, threatening, menacing, sinister

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radical

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revolutionary, complete

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inquisitive

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curious, interested

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defy

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usprotiviti se; Yeasus now and then does something that seems to DEFY physics, he walks on the water

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shrivel

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smrežurati se

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Radicals

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  • radical changes, huge and abrupt change

- tend to believe that old customs are nonsense and that change is always a good idea.

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restive

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Edward is getting restive. (restless)

to exhibit or be marked by impatience.