Unknown Vocabulary: Test 1, 2 & 3 (14.01.2023) Flashcards
(70 cards)
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abeyance
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not in usage
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obeisance
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deep respect
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carnage
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mass murder
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moiety
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half, a half share
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malleable
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ковак метал
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brittle
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easily broken
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adamantine
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unable to be broken
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aspersion
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unkind words
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prevarication
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lie
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dictograph
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машина, която произнася думи
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palaver
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to speak foolish things
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caucus
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to talk on political matters
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consort
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to mix up with bad company
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cavort
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to dance, make noisy exclamations
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perversion
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lie
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dispersion
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scattering, distribution
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internecine
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internal(in between)
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esoteric
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known to a few
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emperical
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practical, not theoretical
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fluctuation
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отклонение
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rescind
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in court, отменям присъда
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countermanded
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revoke or cancel an order
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crustaceans
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черупчени животни
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mollusks
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мекотели
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proselytize
convince(in a political/religious way)
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reticent
unwilling to speak out
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diffident
timid
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recidivism
tendency to relapse into criminal behaviour
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chauvinism
attitude of superiority to the opposite sex
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renascence/renaissance
renewal, revival
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recrudescence
the recurrence of undesirable condition
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lecher
sinful person
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voyeur
prying observer; gets sexual stimulation through visual means
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morose
gloomy
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adipose
fat
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lachrymose
tearful, mournful
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comatose
drousy
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finite
with definable limits
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prolix
prolonged or drawn out
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prolific
fruitful
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propounded
to offer for discussion
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pontifical
splendid, magnificent
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fiasco
failure
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stalement
draw
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debacle
a great disaster
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clandestine
superstitious(or with secrecy)
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sibylline
mysterious, having predicting powers(oracle-like)
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aquiline
eagle-like
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asinine
utterly foolish
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bovine
placidity, dullness
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inception
beginning
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disbandment
break up as an organization
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contentious
likely to come to a disagreement
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restive
stubbornly resisting control
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tether
rope that holds something in place
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hawser
rope for a security of a ship
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tryst
an agreement(between lovers) to meet
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consort
spouse
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obsequious
eager to please/obey instructions
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venal
purchasable, open to corrupt influence
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servile
submissive
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vilifying
to speak ill of, put down someone
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quagmire
difficult, entrapping position
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spurious
false, deceitful nature
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counterfeit
forgery
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felonious
villainous
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anathema
disliked position, curse by church authorities
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corequisite
formal course required to be taken simultaneously with another
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precursor
precedes, indicates approach of another
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prerequisite
something that must be gained to gain smth else
