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40 Cards in this Set
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Prudence |
wisdom, caution or restraint Благоразумие |
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Stolid |
(of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
unemotional, lacking sensitivity
флегматичный, бесстрастный, вялый |
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Castigate |
to punish or criticize harshly жестоко критиковать |
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Perfidious |
willing to betray one's trust предательский |
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Obdurate |
resistant to persuation упрямый |
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Malinger |
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill притворяться больным |
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Dilatory |
intended to delay медлительный, оттягивающий |
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Attenuate |
to reduce in force or degree; weaken ослаблять |
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explicit |
clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression явный |
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implacable |
unable to be calmed down непримиримый |
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lucid |
clear and easily understood; ясный |
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Disparate |
fundamentally different несоизмеримый |
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intransigent |
uncompromising бескомпромисный человек |
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volatile |
easily changeable изменчивый |
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deference |
respect уважение |
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Dogma |
a firmly held opinion, especially religious belief догма |
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desultory |
jumping from one thing to another несистематический |
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repudiate |
refuse to accept отвергать
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Caustic |
едкий |
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Discern |
to perceive or recognize распозновать |
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Dissonance |
a harsh and disagreable combination диссонанс |
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opaque |
impossible to see through не прозрачный |
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catalyst |
something that brings about a change in something каталист |
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Antagonize |
provoke to anger противодействовать |
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Equivocate |
to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead увиливать |
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Dogmatic |
dictatorial in one's opinion догматический |
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Aggrandize |
to increase in power or reputation возвеличивать |
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Propriety |
the quality of behaving in a proper way уместность, правильность |
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Condone |
to overlook or disregard игнорирование |
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tirade |
long, harsh speech or verbal attack Вербальная атака |
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Plethora |
excess; изобилие |
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lavish |
extremely generous щедрый |
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exculpate |
to clear from blame, prove innocent оправдать |
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garrulous |
tending to talk a lot болтливый
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Innocuous |
harmless безобидный |
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Pragmatic |
practical as opposed to idealistic прагматичный |
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Loquacious |
talkative общительный |
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Frugality |
the quality of being economical with money бережливость |
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eloquent |
persuasive, especially in speech красноречивый |
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Estimable |
admirable достойный уважения |
