Words Flashcards
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PARTISAN
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Adj. Showing too much support for one person, group, or idea, without considering it carefully.
“Most newspapers are politically partisan”.
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INSULAR
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Adj. Only intested in your own country, ideas, etc., and not in those from outside.
“The British are often accused of being insular”
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BELIE
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Verb. To give a false impression of sb/sth.
“Her energy and youthful good looks belie her 65 years”.
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EXTRANEOUS
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Adj. Not directly connected with the particular situation you are in or the subject you are dealing with.
SYN: Irrelevant
“We do not want any extraneous information on the passage”.
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INALIENABLE
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Adj. That cannot be taken away from you.
“The inalienable right to decide your own future”.
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PERUSE
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Verb. to read sth, especially in a careful way.
“A copy of the report is available for you to peruse at your leisure”.
Past: Perused.
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NUANCE
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Noun. A very slight difference in meaning, sound, color, or sb’s feelings that is not usually very obvious.
“He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression”.
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HECTIC
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Adj. Very busy. Full of activity.
“To lead a hectic life”.
“A hectic schedule”.
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INADVERTENT
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Adj. By accident. Without intending to.
SYN: UNINTENTIONALLY
“We had inadvertently left without paying the bill”.
“An inadvertent omission”.
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PRISTINE
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Adj. Fresh and clean, as if new.
SYN: IMMACULATE
“The car is in pristine condition”.
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UPBRAID
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Verb. To criticize sb or speak angrily to them because you do not approve of st that they have said or done.
SYN: REPROACH
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RESTIVE
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Adj. Unable to stay still, or unwilling to be controlled, especially because you feel bored or not satisfied.
Noun: RESTIVENESS
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BIASED
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Adj. Having a tendency to show favour towards or against one group of people or one opinion for personal reasons. Making unfair judgements.
Having a particular interest in one thing more than others.
“Biased information / sources / press reports”.
“A school biased towards music and art”.
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SURGE
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Verb. To move quickly and with force in a particular direction. To increase suddenly.
“Flood waters surged into their homes”.
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DROUGHT
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Noun. A long period of time when there is little or no rain.
“Two years of severe drought”.
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POPULACE
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Noun. All the ordinary people of a particular country or area.
“He had the support of a large sections of the local populace”.
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PREVARICATION
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Noun. To avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth.
“Stop prevaricating and come to the point”.
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AROUSAL
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Excitación.
Excite.
“Emotional/ sexual arousal”.
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FLOUR
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Harina.
A fine, white, or brown powder maid from grain, especially wheat, and used in coking for making bread, cakes, etc.
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CONFOUND
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- To confuse and surprise sb.
- To prove sb / sth wrong.
“The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists”.
“She confounded her critics and proved she could do the job”.
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ASSUAGE
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To make an unpleasant feeling less severe.
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DIFFUSION
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Spread over a wide area.
Not clear or easy to understand.
“A diffuse style of writing”.
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GAINSAY
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Deny.
To say that sth. is not true.
“Nobody can gainsay his claims”.
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QUIESCENT
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Quiet.
Not active.
SYN: Dormant.
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CACOPHONY
A mixture of loud unpleasant sounds.
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INTRACTABLE
-Of a problem or a person-. Very difficult to deal with.
| OPP. Tractable.
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EXTRAPOLATION
To estimate STH, or form an opinion about STH, using the facts that you have now and that are valid for one situation and supposing that they will be valid for the new one.
"The figures were obtained by extrapolating from past trends".
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AMELIORATE
To make sth better.
| "Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation".
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ARTICULATE
To express or explain your thoughts or feelings clearly in words.
"She struggled to articulate her thoughts".
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COHESION
The act or state of keeping together.
SYN. Unity
"The cohesion of the nuclear family".
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CONVERGE
(Of people or vehicles). To move towards a place from different directions and meet: "Thousands of supporters converged on
London for the rally".
To move towards each other and meet at a point.
"To paths converged".
OPP: Diverge
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EULOGY
A speech or piece of writing praising sb/sth very much: "a eulogy to marriage".
A speech given at a funeral praising the person who has died.
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IMPLACABLE
Adj. Of strong negative opinions or feelings that cannot be changed. Of a person unwilling to stop opposing sb / sth: "An implacable enemy".
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LUMINOUS
Adj. Shining in the dark; giving out light.
| "Staring with huge luminous eyes".
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PEDANTIC
Adj. Too worried about small details or rules.
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RECALCITRANT
Adj. Unwilling to obey rules or follow instructions. Difficult to control.
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SYCOPHANT
Noun. A person who praises important or powerful people too much, and in a way that is not sincere, in order to get sth from them.
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VACUOUS
Adj. Showing no sign of intelligence or sensitive feelings.
| "A vacuous expression".
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ANALOGOUS
Adj. Similar in some way to another thing or situation and therefore able to be compared with it.
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death".
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ARBITRATE
Verb. To officially settle an argument or a disagreement between two people or groups.
"To arbitrate in a dispute".
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SETTLE
Verb. To put an end to an argument or a disagreement.
| "There is pressure on the Union to settle".
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BOMBASTIC
Adj. From the noun BOMBAST.
Words which sound important but have little meaning, used to impress people.
"A bombastic speaker".
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EMULATE
Verb. To try to do sth as well as sb else because you admire them: "She hopes to emulate her sister's sporting achievements".
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DILATE
Verb. To become or to make sth larger, wider or more open.
| "Dilated pupils".
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FLORID
Adj. (Of a person's face) red: "a florid complexion".
| (Usually disapproving) Having too much decoration or detail: "Florid language".
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INNOCUOUS
Adj. Not intended to offend or upset anyone.
SYN. Harmless.
"It seemed a perfectly innocuous remark".
"An innocuous substance".
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OSTENTATION
Noun. (Disapproving) An exaggerated display of wealth, knowledge or skill that is made in order to impress people.
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PLETHORA
Noun. An amount that is greater than is needed or can be used.
SYN. Excess.
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RHETORIC
Noun. (often disapproving) Speech or writing that is intended to influence people, but that is not completely honest or sincere.
"The rhetoric of political slogans".
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ZEAL
Noun. Great energy or enthusiasm connected with sth that you feel strongly about:
"Her political zeal".
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IRASCIBLE
Adj. Becoming angry very easily.
| SYN. IRRITABLE
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TRUCULENT
Adj. Tending to argue or be bad-tempered; slightly aggressive.
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CHURLISH
Adj. Rude or bad tempered.
Rude or bad-tempered.
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer".
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MALEVOLENT
Adj. Having or showing a desire to harm other people.
| SYN. Malicious, Wicked.
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VINDICTIVE
Adj. Trying to upset or harm sb; or showing that you want to, because you think that they have harmed you.
"He accused her of being vindictive".
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CURMUDGEON
Noun. A bad-tempered person, often an old one.
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MISANTHROPIC
Adj. Hating and avoiding other people.
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GREEDY
Adj. Wanting more money, power, food, etc., than you really need.
"The shareholders are greedy for profit".
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MISERLY
Adj. Hating to spend money.
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VENAL
Adj. Prepared to do dishonest or immoral things in return for money.
SYN. Corrupt.
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COVETOUS
Adj. Having a strong desire for the things that other people have.
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PENURIOUS
Adj. Very poor.
| SYN. Penniless
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RAPACIOUS
Adj. Wanting more money or goods than you need or have a right to.
"The rapacity of landowners seeking greater profit".
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REDRESS
Verb. To correct sth that is unfair or wrong."To redress an injustice".
Noun. Payment, etc., that you should get for sth wrong that has happened to you or harm that you have suffered.
"To seek legal redress for unfair dismissal".
SYN. Compensation.
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ACQUIT
Verb. To decide and state officially in court that sb is not guilty of a crime.
"The jury acquitted him of murder".
OPP. Convict.
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PALLIATE
Verb. To make a disease or an illness less painful or unpleasant without curing it.
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PERIPATETIC
Adj. Going from place to place, for example in order to work.
"A peripatetic music teacher".
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MEANDER
Verb. To curve a lot rather than being in a straight light.
"The stream meanders slowly down to the sea".
To walk slowly and change direction often especially without a particular aim.
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EUPHONIOUS
Adj. pleasant to listen to (sound, word, etc.).
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STEWARD
Noun. A person whose job is to arrange for the supply of food to a college, club, etc.
A person who manage another person's property, especially a large house or land.
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HUSBAND
Verb. To use sth very carefully and make sure that you do not waste it.
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GALLEYS
Drafts of a book about to be published.
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ANGUISH
Noun. Severe pain, mental suffering or unhappiness.
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CARNAGE
Noun. The violent killing of a large number of people.
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STANDOFFISH AND GLACIAL
Both can mean emotionally cold and distant.
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SEDULOUS AND ASSIDUOUS
Mean hardworking or persistent.
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PROBITY
Noun. The quality of being completely honest.
| "Financial probity".
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PROBITY
Noun. The quality of being completely honest.
| "Financial probity".
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LENIENT
Adj. Not as strict as expected when punishing sb or when making sure that rules are obeyed.
"A lenient sentence".
-Leniency-
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SWINDLE
Noun. To cheat sb in order to get st, especially money.
| "They swindled 100 USD out of him".
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DISABUSE
Verb. To tell sb that what they think is true is, in fact, not true.
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DELUGE
Noun. A sudden very heavy fall of rain. A large number of things that happen or arrive at the same time.
"A deluge of complaints".
Verb. To send or give sb / st a large number of things at the same time.
"We have been deluged with applications for the job".
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UNCONSCIONABLE
Adj. (Of an action, etc.) So bad, immoral, etc., that it should make you feel ashamed.
SYN. EXCESSIVE
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SCRUPULOUS
Adj. Careful about paying attention to every detail.
"Scrupulous attention to detail".
SYN. METICULOUS
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EMBODY
Verb. To express or represent an idea or a quality.
"A politician who embodied the hopes of black youth".
(Formal) To include or contain sth: "This model embodies many new features".
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DISREGARD
Verb/Noun. To not consider something.
"Safety rules were disregarded".
SYN. IGNORE
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CITE
To mention sth as a reason or as an example.
"He cited his heavy workload as the reason for his breakdown".
SYN. QUOTE
-Cited-
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SIDEREAL
Adj. (Astronomy). Related to the stars that are far away, not the Sun or planets.
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TANGENTIAL
Adj. Having only a slight or indirect connection with something.
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PREPOSTEROUS
Adj. Absurdo.
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PITHY
Adj. (A comment, writing, etc.) Short but expressed well and full of meaning.
"Pithily expressed".
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PREPOSTEROUS
Adj. Completely unreasonable, especially in a way that is shocking or annoying.
"Preposterous clothes".
SYN. OUTRAGEOUS
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FLEETING
Adj. Lasting only a short time.
"Fleeting smile"
SYN. BRIEF
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INSIDIOUS
Adj. Spreading gradually or without being noticed, but causing serious harm.
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CAUSTIC
Adj. Able to destroy or dissolve other substances.
2. Critical in a bitter or sarcastic way.
"Caustic comments".
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FECKLESS
Adj. Having a week character; not behaving in a responsible way.
"Her husband was a charming, but lazy and feckless man".
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SUPERSEDED BY
Sustituida por
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ON PAR WITH
A la par de
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AN HOMAGE TO
Un homenaje a
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AN ACCRUAL TO
Una provisión para
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TANTAMOUNT TO
Equivalente a
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PUCKISH
Travieso
| Juguetón
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BEDAZZLED
Deslumbrado
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FLABBERGASTED
Asombrado
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PUNDIT
Experto
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FLEETING
Fugaz
| Efímero
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EXPEDITIOUS
Adj. That works well without wasting time, money, etc.
| SYN. EFFICIENT
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AUCTION
Subasta / Remate
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HARBINGERS
Noun. (of sth) A sign that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad.
SIGNIGICADO: "Presagio"
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STARK
Adj. (Often disapproving) Looking severe and without any color or decoration.
"I think white would be too stark for the bedroom".
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RIFE
Adj. If sth bad or unpleasant is RIFE in a place, it is very common there.
"It is a country where corruption is rife"
SIGNIFICADO: Abundante / Común
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CROPS
Cultivos
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PRETERNATURAL
Adj. That does not seem natural; that cannot be explained by natural laws.
"The city was preternaturally quiet".
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DICHOTOMIES
Noun. The separation that exists between two groups or things that are completely opposite to and different from each other.
SIGNIFICADO: Dicotomía: División en dos partes.
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REALM
Reino / Campo
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MILIEU
Medio ambiente / Ambiente
| "To establish the milieu en which she worked".
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FORCEFUL
Enérgico / Vigoroso / Fuerte
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DISPERSAL
Dispersión: Separar y diseminar lo que estaba o solía estar reunido.
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ACUMEN
Perspicacia / Agudeza
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DISSIMILAR
Adj. Not the same.
"This wines are not dissimilar" = "are similar"
OPP. SIMILAR
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DEBUNK
Verb. To show that an idea, a belief, etc., is false.
To show that sth is not as good as people think it is: "His theories have been debunked by recent research".
*DEBUNKING
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BOGUS
Adj. Pretending to be real or genuine.
SYN. False.
"A bogus Doctor/ contract".
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EXACTING
Meticuloso / Severo
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THRIFT
Noun. The habit of saving money and spending it carefully so that none is wasted.
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CONVOLUTED
Adj. Extremely complicated and difficult to follow.
| "A convoluted argument / explanation".
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CONSTRUE
Verb. To understand the meaning of a word, a sentence, or an action in a particular way.
SYN. INTERPRET
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FORGERY
Noun. The crime of copying money, documents, etc. in order to cheat people.
"Experts are dismissing claims that the painting is a forgery".
SYN. FAKE
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PEDDLE
Verb. To try to sell goods by going from house to house or from place to place.
"He worked as a door-to-door salesman peddling clothes and brushes".
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DISCREPANCY
Noun. A difference between two or more things that should be the same.
"What are the reasons for the discrepancy between girls and boys performance in school?".
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SIMPLEMINDEDNESS
Simpleza
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MISTOOK
To not understand or judge sb/sth correctly.
"I admit that I mistook his intentions".
Past Tense of MISTAKE
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ARTLESS
Adj. Simple, natural, and honest.
"The artless sincerity of a young child".
Adj. Make without skill or art.
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CRAFT
Noun. An activity involving a special skill at making things with your hands.
"It was constructed with such craft".
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CUNNING
Adj. Able to get what you want in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating sb.
SYN. CRAFTY
"He was cunning as a fox".
Also, clever and skillful. SYN. Ingenious: "It was a cunning piece of detective work".
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VEXATION
Noun. The state of feeling upset or annoyed. A thing that upsets or annoys you.
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UBIQUITOUS
Adj. Seeming to be everywhere or in several places at the same time; very common.
"The ubiquitous movie star, Jennifer Lawrence".
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EBULLIENT
Adj. Full of confidence, energy and good humor.
| "The Prime Minister was in ebullient mood".
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GLUM
Adj. Sad, quiet, and unhappy.
"The players sat there with glum looks on their faces".
SYN. GLOOMY
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GARRULOUS
Adj. Talking a lot, especially about unimportant things.
| SYN. TALKATIVE.
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LACONIC
Adj. Using only a few words to say sth.
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TACITURN
Adj. Tending not to say very much, in a way that seems unfriendly.
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MENDACITY
The act of not telling the truth.
| SYN. LYING
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INTELLIGIBLE
Adj. That can be easily understood.
"His lecture was readily intelligible to all students".
SYN. UNDERSTANDABLE
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AHISTORICAL
Adj. Not showing any knowledge of history or of what has happened before.
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ANACHRONISM
Noun. A person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and does not belong to the present.
"The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world".
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PUGNACIOUSLY
Adj. Having a strong desire to argue or fight with other people.
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INSCRUTABLE
Adj. If a person or their expression is inscrutable, it is hard to know what they are thinking or feeling, because they do not show any emotion.
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COPIOUS
Abundant in supply or quantity.
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INVOLVED
Adj. Complicated and difficult to understand.
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BOLSTER
Reforzar
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PERIPHERAL
Adj. Not as important as the main aim (objective), part of sth.
"Peripheral information".
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PROSAIC
Adj. Ordinary and not showing any imagination.
"A prosaic style".
SYN. UNIMAGINATIVE
Adj. Not romantic.
"The prosaic side of life".
SYN. MUNDANE
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RUMINATION
Verb. To think deeply about something.
"Deepen our understanding through rumination on what is already closest to us, like our thoughts".
SYN. PONDER
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ALOOF
Adj. Apartado, huraño.
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SKITTISH
Adj. Not very serious and with ideas and feelings that keep changing.
"Skittish financial markets".
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RESTIVE
Adj. Unable to stay still, or unwilling to be controlled, especially because you feel bored or not satisfied.
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UNSEEMLY
Adj. (of Behaviour) Not polite or suitable for a particular situation.
SYN. IMPROPER
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STARTLING
Very surprising
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JETTISON
Throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.
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PUGNACIOUSLY
Eager or quick to argue or fight.
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INSCRUTABLE
Adj. Impossible to understand or interpret.
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PRECARIOUS
Adj. (of a situation). Not safe or certain; dangerous.
| "He earned a precarious living as an artist".
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POSTURING
Noun. Behaviour that is not natural or sincere but is intended to attract attention or to have a particular effect.
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A HINDRANCE TO
HINDRANCE = Noun. A person or thing that makes it more difficult for sb to do sth or for sth to happen:
"To be honest, she was more of a hindrance than a help".
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BEHOLDEN TO
BEHOLDEN: Adj. Owing sth to sb because of sth that they have done for you.
"She didn't liked to be beholden to anyone".
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DECEIT
Noun. Dishonest behaviour that is intended to make sb believe sth that is not true.
"He was accused of lies and deceit".
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SHREWD
Adj. Clever at understanding and making judgements about a situation.
"A shrewd businessman".
SYN. Astute
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OUTSPOKEN
Adj. Saying exactly what you think, even if this shocks or offends people.
"She was outspoken in her criticism of the plan".
SYN. BLUNT
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NETTLES
Verb. To make sb slightly angry.
"My remarks clearly nettled her".
SYN. ANNOY
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ELUSIVE
Adj. Difficult to find, define, or achieve.
| "Eric, as elusive as ever, was nowhere to be found".
