New Words Flashcards

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Circuitous, meandering, serpentine, sinuous

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Savijajući, skretajući

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Capricious, whimsical, fickle, impulsive, volatile

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Promjenjiv

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Conviction, credo, doctrine, dogma, tenet

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Vjerovanja

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Calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, premeditated

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Planiran

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Acute, astute, keen, penetrating, perspicacious, sagacious, screwed

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Mentalno oštar, mudar…

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Equivocate, embroider, fabricate, prevaricate

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Malo izokrenuti, uljepsati istinu

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Prevaricate

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Izbjegavati istina

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Germinate

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Klijati

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Sluggish

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Spor, inertan

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Tangible

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Shvatljiv, opipljiv

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Affectionate, amorous, demonstrative, effusive, tender

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Pokazivanje zahvalnosti, topline, dragosti

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obsolete

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outdated, old-fashioned

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dim

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blijed, taman, subdued (quiet and depressed)

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condemn

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express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure

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expurgate

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remove matter through to be objective

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egregious

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very bad, shocking

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disposed

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willing, inclined - we are not disposed to argue

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effigy

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sculpture or a model of a person

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galvanize

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shock or excite usually to take an action

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inexorable

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nezaustavljiv, nemoguce ga je uvjeriti

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indulgence

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  • satisfaction, gratification

- they viewed vacations as an indulgence: extravagance, luxury

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rashness

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brzopletost, naglost

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prolific

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plentiful, abundant

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immaculate conception

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bezgresno zacece

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maculate
okaljati
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prevalent, prevailing
prevladava
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voracious
žestok, proždrljiv
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imperiled
ugrožen
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verbatim
literally, doslovno
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misconstrued
misunderstand, misinterpret
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reclusive
povučen, osamljenik
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subtle
fin, prepreden
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hermit crab
rak samac
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reticent = reclusive
- reserved, withdrawn, shy | - ne da mi puno informacija
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sweeping
očaravajuće
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prolific
puno radi, plodonosan, produktivan
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morbid
potišten, bolestan
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earnest
ozbiljan, iskren
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institute
uvesti
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lackadaisical
površno, previše se zaza, purposeless, idle
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affluence
bogatstvo, puno
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bias
predrasuda
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prejudice
predrasuda
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indignant
ljuto uvrijeđen | [nemogu vjerovat... nakon toliko godina]
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bland
bljutavo
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effervescent
neumoran, živahan, veseo 1 sparkling, bubbly 2 vivacious, lively
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surplus
višak (budget surplus)
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obsolete =
no longer produced or used; out of date
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supercilious
plitak
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resolute
odlučan
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resolve
settle or find a solution to
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rebuttle
odbiti, pokazati suprotno
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refute
disprove, prove wrong, prove false, debunk | attempts to refute Einstein's theory:
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discrete
nenametljiv
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discourtesy
odbiti pravila (obicno za ljude)
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defy
odbiti, prkositi
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farther vs. further
physical vs. imaginary
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few
ljudi - brojivo
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less
money - nebrojivo
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BOTH ..... +.....?
AND
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thwart
stand in the way of, stop
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thwart = hinder
a
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hinder
create difficulties for, result in a delay
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supercillious
bahat, gledati s visoka
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effervacent
1 živahan, entuzijastičan | 2 mjehuričasta tekučina
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progenitor
predak
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glutton
žderonja, prežderavanje
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fraud
prevara
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prodigious
1 napredan | 2 remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree: the stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel
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minute
malen, | moment, small detail
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IN the INTERIM
u međuvremenu
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ICONOCLAST
kad netko krši jako bitna pravila
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frail
krhak
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obscure
unclear, in doubt
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embellished
make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features
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ephemeral
transitory, transient, fleeting, passing, short-lived
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martinet
a strict disciplinarian, esp. in the armed forces.
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inexorable
unstoppable, relentless