Some New Words Flashcards
(175 cards)
Lull
Zatišje, tren tisine
Ubiquity
Sveprisutnost
Minutiae
Sitnice, detalji
Skimp
Biti škrt
Consolation
Uteha
Astute
having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage.
Anthropogenic
Human-induced/ ljudski
Nuance
Nijansa
Indigenous
Urođenički (native, original)
Facilitate
Make an action or process easier / olakšati
Comprise
Consist of/ be made up of/ sadrže
Misogyny
Hatred, dislike, mistrust of women, or prejudice against them
Apostasy
a total desertion of or departure from one’s religion, principles, party, cause, etc.
Amnesty
An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences
Inviolable
Adj: prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence
Infringement
A breach, as of law, right, or obligation;
Violation
Asylum
An inviolable refuge (as for debtors or criminals)/ an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, etc
Indispensable
Absolutely necessary
Oversight
An omission or error due to carelessness
Remedy
Something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application or treatment
Persevere
To persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose inspite of difficulty/obstacles/discouragement
Paramnesia
A distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused
As in condition or phenomenon
Lateral
Adj: of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: ‘a lateral view’
Constellation
- any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given, as Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Cancer, Orion.
- the section of the heavens occupied by such a group.