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40 Cards in this Set
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Onerous |
troublesome and oppressive обременительный |
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Occlude |
to stop up закупоривать, преграждать |
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Permeate |
to penetrate проникать |
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Waver |
to fluctuate between choices колебаться |
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stigma |
a mark of shame or discredit позор, пятно |
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specious |
deceptively attractive благовидный, обманчивый |
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Diatribe |
an abusive, condemnatory speech унижительная критика или речь |
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Torpor |
an extreme mental and physical sluggishness апатия |
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Quiescent |
motionless неподвижный |
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Arbitrate |
to judge a dispute between two opposing parties выносить третейское решение |
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Opprobrium |
public disgrace позор |
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Eulogy |
Speech in praise of someone хвалебная речь |
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Laud |
to give praise хвалить |
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Monotony |
no variation; tediously the same обнообразие |
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Impervious |
Impossible to penetrate непроходимый |
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anachronism |
something out of place in time
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Abstain |
to choose not to do something воздержаться |
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Proliferate |
to increase in number quickly быстро увеличиваться |
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Enumerate |
mention one by one перечислять |
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Precipitate |
done made suddenly or without careful consideration осаждать |
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Exacerbate |
to make worse обострять |
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Adulterate |
to make impure подмешивать |
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Fawn |
lie or to grovel пресмыкаться |
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Euphemism |
To use inoffensive word instead of more distasteful one эвфемизм |
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Emulate |
to copy подражать |
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Foment |
to arouse or incite вызывать, пробудить |
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Malleable |
capable of being shaped податливый |
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Taciturn |
Silent, not talkative молчаливый |
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Lethargic |
Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner вялый |
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Abyss |
an extremely deep hole пропасть, бездна |
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Placate |
to soothe or pacify успокаивать |
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Iconoclast |
бунтарь |
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Engender |
To produce, cause or bring about порождать |
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Perfunctory |
done in a routine way; indiferrent поверхностный |
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Florid |
excessively decorated чрезмерно украшенный |
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Archaic |
Ancient; old-fashioned устарелый |
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Inimical |
unfriendly недружелюбный |
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Deride |
express contempt высмеивать |
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Diffident |
Lacking self-confidence неуверенный в себе |
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Transitory |
temporary временный |
