vocabulary 3

Question 1

credulity

Answer 1

łatwowierność

Question 2

scintillating

Answer 2

interesujący, błyskotliwy

Question 3

surveillance

Christopher Soghoian - Goverment surveillance, TED

Answer 3

inwigilacja, obserwacja

Question 4

abstain

Russia vetoed, China abstained.

Answer 4

wstrzymać się od głosu

Question 5

contention

Answer 5

twierdzenie

Question 6

belligerence

Answer 6

wojowniczość, agresywność

Question 7

impinge

Answer 7

uderzać, padać

Question 8

convene

Answer 8

zbierać się (gdzieś)

zwoływać spotkanie

Question 9

prodigious

Mlodinow at Talks at Google, Salvador Dali quote

Answer 9

cudowny

ogromny, kolosalny

Question 10

pompous

pompous ass (Mlodinow at Talks at Google, Salvador Dali quote)

Answer 10

nadęty

Question 11

subliminal

Mlodinow at Talks at Google

Answer 11

podświadomy, podprogowy

Question 12

intercept

Answer 12

nasłuch

przechwycona informacja

Question 13

accrue

Answer 13

zgromadzić

zwiększać, wzrastać

Question 14

onslaught

Answer 14

szturm, najazd

Question 15

tilt

Answer 15

nachylenie, przechył

Question 16

surpass

Answer 16

przewyższać

przekraczać (wyobrażenie)

Question 17

riddle

Answer 17

zagadka, łamigłówka

Question 18

crook

Answer 18

oszust

Question 19

stooge

Answer 19

marionetka, figurant

Question 20

discourse

political discourse

Answer 20

rozmowa, dyskurs

Question 21

resurgence

Answer 21

nawrót, odrodzenie się

Question 22

steadfast

Answer 22

niezłomny, nieugięty

stały, wierny

Question 23

wonk

Answer 23

kujon

Question 24

drag sb into sth

Answer 24

wciągnąć kogoś w coś

Question 25

quagmire

Answer 25

bagno | tarapaty

Question 26

despoil

Answer 26

rabować, plądrować

Question 27

puny

Answer 27

mizerny, wątły żałosny słabowity

Question 28

feeble

Answer 28

słaby, nikły, marny

Question 29

innately

Answer 29

z natury

Question 30

swallow sth up

Answer 30

pochłaniać coś (np. pieniądze)

Question 31

calamity

Answer 31

nieszczęście, tragedia, katastrofa

Question 32

precarious

Answer 32

nietrwały, niestały niebezpieczny, zagrażający niepewny, wątpliwy

Question 33

indefensible

Answer 33

niewybaczalny, nieuzasadniony | nie dający się obronić

Question 34

time and again | time after time

Answer 34

raz za razem

Question 35

lay out an argument

Answer 35

przedstawić argumenty

Question 36

lame

Answer 36

kiepski, słaby, nudny

Question 37

ferocious

Answer 37

zaciekły (o człowieku) srogi, ostry (o krytyce) dziki, niebezpieczny (o zwierzęciu)

Question 38

wean

Answer 38

odsuwać | odzwyczajać się

Question 39

supercilious

Answer 39

?

Question 40

bumpers

Answer 40

?

Question 41

exasperated

Answer 41

?

Question 42

irreproachable

Answer 42

?

Question 43

reproach

Answer 43

?

Question 44

infurating

Answer 44

?

Question 45

paint pot

Answer 45

Puszka farby

Question 46

vacantly

Answer 46

?

Question 47

coffin

Answer 47

trumna

Question 48

circumspect

Answer 48

?

Question 49

eschew

Answer 49

?

Question 50

feisty

Answer 50

?

Question 51

snidely

Answer 51

?

Question 52

grumbling

Answer 52

?

Question 53

conscientious

Answer 53

?

Question 54

kid (verb)

Answer 54

?

Question 55

dense

Answer 55

?

Question 56

spell it out

Answer 56

?

Question 57

laid-back

Answer 57

?

Question 58

latitude

Answer 58

?

Question 59

gist

Answer 59

?

Question 60

smirk

Answer 60

?

Question 61

wryly

Answer 61

?

Question 62

stir

Answer 62

?

Question 63

far-fetched

Answer 63

?

Question 64

chap

Answer 64

?

Question 65

devoid

Answer 65

Pozbawiony?

Question 66

garnish

Answer 66

?

Question 67

roe

Answer 67

?

Question 68

leek

Answer 68

por

Question 69

breaded

Answer 69

panierowany

Question 70

calamity

Answer 70

?

Question 71

plea

Answer 71

?

Question 72

humdrum worries

Answer 72

?

Question 73

intricate

Answer 73

?

Question 74

span

Answer 74

?

Question 75

basin

Answer 75

?

Question 76

expel

Answer 76

?

Question 77

mollusk

Answer 77

?

Question 78

dam

Answer 78

?

Question 79

shellfish

Answer 79

?

Question 80

reverence

Answer 80

?

Question 81

be well versed in sth

Answer 81

być dobrze obeznanym w czymś

Question 82

stall Growth stalled in the first quarter.

Answer 82

zatrzymać się Wzrost zatrzymał się w pierwszym kwartale.

Question 83

abrasive is partly due to his abrasive personality and fondness for Anglo-Saxon epithets

Answer 83

szorstki, opryskliwy

Question 84

Dissent Greece races to meet deadline as dissent over deal grows.

Answer 84

?

Question 85

Remuneration Keeping remuneration in line with long-term value creation

Answer 85

?

Question 86

Invincible It had made her feel invincible; life has the unfair way of offering great things to people when they are already on a roll.

Answer 86

?

Question 87

lavish lavishly illustrated

Answer 87

hojny, szczodry