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222 Cards in this Set
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Fraud |
Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain |
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Inkling |
A hint, an intimation, a slight or imperfect idea or notion, inclination, desire |
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Outdated |
Being out of date, antiquated, outmoded, unfashionabel |
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Collude |
Act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose |
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Splendor |
Great brightness, brilliant luster |
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Temerity |
Безрассудство |
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Opulence |
Wealth, affluence, изобилие |
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Celerity |
Rapidity of motion, swiftness |
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Fecklessness |
Безответственность |
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Semblance |
The state of being like of similar, similarity, countenance |
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Conciliatory |
Tending to conciliate, pacific, mollifying |
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Simpering |
Притворно или глупо улыбаться |
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Snide |
False spurious, tricky ехидный |
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Snide |
False spurious, tricky ехидный |
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Affable |
Easy of conversation or approach, mild, benign, приветливый |
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Provocative |
Вызывающий, задорный, провокационный, stimulant |
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Derogative |
Унизительный, уничижительный, disparaging, belittling |
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raconteur |
A story teller, a person given to or skilled in relating anecdotes |
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raconteur |
A story teller, a person given to or skilled in relating anecdotes |
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Maverick |
To take possession of without any legal claim; appropriate dishonestly or illegally
Showing independence in thoughts or actions |
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raconteur |
A story teller, a person given to or skilled in relating anecdotes |
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Maverick |
To take possession of without any legal claim; appropriate dishonestly or illegally
Showing independence in thoughts or actions |
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Entice |
To draw or induce by exciting hope or desire; allure; attract; invite |
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Deceive |
To mislead by a false appearance or statement; cause to believe what is false |
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Deceive |
To mislead by a false appearance or statement; cause to believe what is false |
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Seemly |
Comely, doodle, handsome, beautiful |
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Precipitous |
Hasty, rash, precipitate |
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Diminutive |
Small, little, narrow, contracted |
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Diminutive |
Small, little, narrow, contracted |
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Mediocrity |
Moderation, temperance |
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Tentative |
An essay, trial, experiment |
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Bewildered |
Baffled, confused, mystified |
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Complacent |
Civil, kindle, giving pleasure, self satisfied |
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Sparse |
Thinly scattered, dispersed round about |
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Innumerable |
Cannot be counted, myriad |
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Dithering |
Колебаться |
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Dithering |
Колебаться |
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Underwhelm |
Disappoint |
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Meek |
Кроткий, мягкий, безответный |
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Plucky |
Courageous, spirited |
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Disenchant |
Разочаровывать |
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Tax |
Чрезмерно напрягать |
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Trounce |
To punish, censure, to win against by a great margin |
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Obtuse |
Dull, lacking in acuteness of sensibility, stupid |
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Wily |
Full of wiles, tricks, artful |
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Uncanny |
Unsafe, strange, weird, ghostly, сверхъестественный |
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Undiscerning |
Lacking judgement or the power of discrimination, неразборчивый |
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Candid |
Open and sincere |
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Candid |
Open and sincere, ingenious, outspoken |
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Timorous |
Fearful, afraid, timid, боязливый |
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Bellicose |
Inclined to war or contention, aggressive, hostile |
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Vigorous |
Physically strong and active, энергичный, бодрый |
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Perplexing |
Embarrassing, puzzling, troublesome, confusing |
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Pellucid |
Transparent, clear, easily understood |
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Cherished |
Deeply loved or valued, highly valued |
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Skirt |
To border, move along the edge |
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Trumpet |
Proclaim widely or loudly |
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Condone |
Освобождать от ответственности |
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Acolyte |
Служитель |
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Outlandish |
Looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar, foreign, alien |
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Anti climatic |
Разочаровывающий |
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Indulge |
To be kind of complaisant to; to grant as a favor; to give way to; give free course to; быть снисходительным, позволять себе удовольствие, давать себе волю; |
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Harried |
Harassed; rushed; panicked; overly busy or preoccupied; Harry- разорять, тревожить, беспокоить |
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Besiege |
Surrounded by hostile forces |
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Disbar |
Исключать из корпорации, лишать звания адвоката |
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Feted |
Honoured, celebrated |
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Inure |
Вступать в силу, приучать, становиться действительным |
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Unguarded |
Not guarded, not watched, not defended, careless, negligent, not cautious |
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Ornate |
Ornamented; artistically finished; elaborately ornamented, often to excess; finely finished; as a style of composition; |
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Embellish |
Приукрашивать, украшать, прикрасить |
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Truculent |
Fierce, savage, cruel, destructive, ruthless |
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Ominous |
Conveying some omen; serving as a sign or token, significant, giving an indication of coming ill, threatening |
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Complacency |
A feeling of contented self satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble An instance of self satisfaction |
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Timidity |
The character of being timid; or easily frightened, daunted, cowardice |
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Insatiable |
Incapable of being satisfied or appeased; voracious, unquenchable; inordinately greedy |
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Derelict |
Left; abandoned by the owner or guardian; unfaithful; neglectful of requirement or responsibility; |
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Erratic |
Wandering; having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; deviating from the proper or usual course in opinion or conduct; eccentric |
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Inducement |
Побуждение, стимул, побуждающий мотив |
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Salvation |
Salvation, preservation from destruction; danger or calamity; deliverance Спасение |
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Benighted |
Overtaken with night; involved in moral darkness or ignorance; plunged into darkness; Lacking knowledge or education, unenlightened |
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Insularity |
The state of being an island; or of being insular in situation; restriction with or within an island; Замкнутость, сдержанность |
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Beatification |
The state of supreme happiness
Благословение |
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Retroactively |
Done after the fact; applying to the events that have previously transpired; after the fact Задним числом, |
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Spasmodically |
Судорожно, с перерывами, intermittently |
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Incessantly |
With constant repetition; unceasingly; instantly; immediately; continually; without interruption |
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Desperate |
Отчаянный |
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Deign |
Изволить, снисходить, удостаивать, |
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Fawning |
The act of caressing or flattering servilely; obsequiousness; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
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Litigious |
Inclined to litigate or go to law, contentious, argumentative, спорный |
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Volatile |
Transient not permanent; not lasting |
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Protracted |
Prolonged; continued; a religious meeting continued for many successive days, lasting for a long time |
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Notable |
Notorious; well or publicly known; useful, profitable, prudent |
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Unseemly |
Неблаговидный; неподобающий; непристойный Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste |
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Sordid |
Dirty, filthy, squalid, foul Противный, убогий |
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Notoriety |
Дурная слава, известность, знаменитость |
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Virulent |
Full of virus, extremely poisonous |
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Benign |
Of a kind disposition, gracious, kind, favorable |
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Glean |
To collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, or portions, pick up here and there; gather slowly and assiduously |
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Allot |
To divide or distribute, as by lot; distribute or parcel out; to grant; assign; appropriate |
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Purge |
To cleanse or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure. To remove by some cleansing or purifying process or operation; clear or wash away |
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Deride |
Насмехаться, высмеивать |
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Profound |
To cause to sink deeply; cause to penetrate far down; deep |
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Smother |
Подавлять |
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Spark |
Искра, вспышка, зажигать, побуждать |
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Provisional |
Temporary; under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon |
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Unorthodox |
Unusual; unconventional; idiosyncratic; independent in behavior or thought |
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Unorthodox |
Unusual; unconventional; idiosyncratic; independent in behavior or thought |
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Enact |
To act; perform; represent; to do effect; represent on or as on the stage To establish by legal and authoritative act |
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Abrogate |
Annulled; abolished; to keep clear of; to avoid To put an end to; to do away with |
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Promulgate |
To make known or public; To put into effect as a regulation; state or announce; put a law into effect by formal declaration |
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Depict |
To represent; map; describe; to portray in words |
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Subvert |
To overthrow; overturn; ruin utterly; destroy; corrupt; confound |
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Elaborate |
To improve or refine by successive operations; work out with great care; work up fully or perfectly |
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Timeliness |
Being at the right time; timely convenience |
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Notoriety |
Well known; the state of being generally or publicly known |
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Verisimilitude |
The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood |
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Scathing |
Damaging; wounding; blasting; scorching; harshly or bitterly critical; harmful or painful |
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Perfunctory |
Done mechanically or without interest or zeal and merely for the sake of getting rid of the duty |
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Draconian |
Punishment so severe as to seem excessive for the crime being punished; very severe, oppressive or strict |
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Tarnishing |
Lose or cause to lose luster, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture |
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Fulsome |
Отвратительный; похотливый; грубый; чрезмерный; преувеличенный |
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Condemnation |
The act of condemning; the act of judicially or officially declaring sth to be unfit for use or service; Strong censure; disapprobation |
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Derision |
Посмешище; высмеивание; осмеяние |
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Derision |
Посмешище; высмеивание; осмеяние |
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Exhaustive |
Исчерпывающий; истощающий |
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Unimpeachable |
Not impeachable; not capable of being impeached; accused; censured or called in question; free from guilt |
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Deceitful |
Tending to mislead; tricky; deliberately misleading or cheating |
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Untenable |
Incapable of being defended or justified |
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Contemporaries |
All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age |
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Adversary |
Opposed; opposite to; an unfriendly opponent or antagonist; enemy |
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Criny |
An old familiar friend; an intimate companion; an associate |
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Chum |
A tent; dwelling; one who lodges or resides in the same chamber or rooms with another; An intimate companion; a crony |
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Nuanced |
Having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern or meaning |
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Industriously |
With habitual diligence; assiduously |
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Partiality |
Liking; predilection; leaning ; fancy |
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Facile |
Easy to be done; performed or used; not difficult. Ready quick; dexterous |
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Debonair |
Of gentle mien; of pleasant manners; courteous; affable; attractive; charming, confident and carefully dressed Жизнерадостный, галантностей |
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Smug |
Affectedly or conceitedly smart; one who is affectedly proper and nice; a self-satisfied person |
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Histrionic |
Pertaining to actors or acting; befitting the stage; theatrical; unreal A dramatic performer; a stage player |
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Spotty |
Full of spots; marked with spots; patchy; lacking harmony of parts; without unity |
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Sated |
To fill full; glut; surfeit; satiate
Насыщать; пересыщать |
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Voracious |
Greedy in eating; eating food in large quantities |
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Bleak |
To make white or pale; bleach; exposed to cold and winds; desolate Cheerless; dreary |
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Cogent |
Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful; reasonable and convincing; based on evidence |
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Noble |
Благородный |
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Cede |
To yield; give way; submit; to pass; be transferred; lapse; to transfer; deliver; convey |
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Annex |
To attach at the end; subjoin; to join; be united; Прилагать |
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Surrender |
The act of surrendering; the act of yielding or resigning the possession of something into the power of another; a yielding or giving up |
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Dismiss |
To send away; order or give permission to depart; to discard; remove from office, service or employment To put aside, put away; dismiss the subject |
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Curtail |
Сворачивать, сокращать, урезать, укорачивать |
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Aggravated |
Made more severe or intense; especially in law; incited especially deliberately, to anger; Обострять, усугублять, ухудшать, надоедать, раздражать |
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Stealthy |
Скрытый, тайный, невидимый, бесшумный |
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Spinelessness |
The state or quality of being spinelessness, cowardice, the quality of lacking a strong character, an irresolute disposition |
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Spinelessness |
The state or quality of being spinelessness, cowardice, the quality of lacking a strong character, an irresolute disposition |
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Surge |
To cause to rise and swell forth with a billowy motion; to rear high and roll, as waves; especially, to ride near the shore, right at anchor |
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Fledgling |
Неопытный, ребёнок, оперившийся |
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Consummate |
Законченный; совершенствовать, совершенный |
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Wallow |
Валяться; погрязать; барахтаться |
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Carousing |
Разгуляться; кутить; пировать; бражничать |
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Carousing |
Разгуляться; кутить; пировать; бражничать |
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Amiability |
Любезность; дружелюбие; приветливость |
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Juvenile |
Childish |
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Inclement |
Not clement; unmerciful, severe, harsh; rough; stormy; merciless |
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Sweltering |
Sweltry; sultry; suffocating with heat; hot and humid; oppressively sticky |
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Precarious |
Dependent on the will or pleasure of another; uncertain; insecure; Hence, dangerous, hazardous |
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Presumptuous |
Going beyond the limits of propriety or good sense in thought or conduct; Самонадеянный, дерзкий, нахальный, самоуверенный |
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Subvert |
To overthrow, overturn, ruin utterly, destroy |
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Incendiary |
Зажигательный, поджигающий, мятежник |
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Volatile |
Изменчивый, непостоянный, взрывоопасный, ветреный, неуловимый |
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Astute |
Проницательный, (discerning), хитрый, сообразительный, коварный |
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Perennial |
Laying or continuing without cessation through the year, or through many years Continuing without stop or intermission |
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Protracted |
Prolonged, continued; lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual |
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Lanchrymose |
Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying |
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Penurious |
Бедный, скупой, скудный |
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Contentiousness |
Сварливость |
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Stultify |
Сводить на нет, выставлять в смешном виде |
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Assuage |
Смягчённый, успокаивать, утолять, умиротворять, |
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Assuage |
Смягчённый, успокаивать, утолять, умиротворять, |
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Hamper |
Препятствовать, мешать, тормозить, затруднять, стеснять движения, затруднять движения |
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Spurned |
Отвергнутый, оттолкнуть, отвергать с презрением, отпихивать |
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Brash |
To break to pieces; smash; he brashed in the door, to disturb; disorder; attack |
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Forthright |
Straightforward; honest; direct; immediate |
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Candid |
Pure, clear, bright, white, fair, honest and frank |
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Recondite |
Profound, dealing with abstruse, not easily seen |
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Prosaic |
Dull, uninteresting, commonplace, unimaginative |
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Sedulously |
In a sedulous manner; diligently, industriously, assiduously |
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Inadvertently |
Heedlessly, carelessly, unintentionally, without knowledge or intention |
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Heinous |
Отвратительный, гнусный, ужасный |
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Foolhardy |
Отчаянный, безрассудный, отчаянный, безрассудно храбрый, любящий риск |
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Schmoozing |
Выслушивать болтовню |
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Machinating |
Строить козни, интриговать |
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Machinating |
Строить козни, интриговать |
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Hobnob |
Водить дружбу, пить вместе, водить компанию |
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Scheme |
Planning, contriving, artful, intriguing |
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Muckraking |
The exposure of scandal (especially about public figures) |
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Intermingling |
Смешиваясь, перемешивать, перемешиваться, смешиваться, |
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Intermingling |
Смешиваясь, перемешивать, перемешиваться, смешиваться, |
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Lavishness |
The state or quality of being lavish, profusion, prodigality, excessive spending Расточительность, щедрость, обилие |
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Stinginess |
Extreme avarice, miserliness, a lack of generosity, a general unwillingness to part with money |
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Verbosity |
The state or character of being verbose, employment of a superabundance of words |
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Verbosity |
The state or character of being verbose, employment of a superabundance of words |
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Rile |
To stir up in feelings, to make angry, make turbid by stirring up the sediments of |
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Hoodwink |
To cover, hide, to blind by covering the eyes, blindfold, disguise, concealment |
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Corral |
To capture, make prisoner of, take possession of, appropriate, scoop |
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Valor |
Value; worth; a man of courage, a brave man |
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Pugnacity |
Inclination or readiness to fight, quarrelsomeness |
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Pugnacity |
Inclination or readiness to fight, quarrelsomeness |
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Truculence |
Savageness of manners; ferociousness, defiant aggressiveness; свирепость, грубость |
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checked |
Held back from some action especially by force; having a pattern of alternating dark and light squares in rows and columns Остановленный, сдержанный, задержанный |
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Frivolous |
Frivolous merely loquacious; useless |
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Dumbfounded |
Same as astounded; astonished and confounded; shocked and speechless; |
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Crestfallen |
Dejected; bowed; chagrined; dispirited; spiritless; Удрученный, упавший духом |
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Discount |
To leave out of account; disregard |
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Cement |
Ensure ; скреплять |
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Cement |
Ensure ; скреплять |
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Lampoon |
Publicly criticize someone/something by using ridicule, irony or sarcasm |
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Balk at |
Возмущаться |
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Steel himself for |
To prepare for sth unpleasant |
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Contemplate |
Размышлять, предполагать, ожидать, намереваться |
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Outbreak |
A rupture of the peace; a public disturbance or riot, a bursting forth; eruption; insurrection, mutiny; revolt; |
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Paucity |
Smallness of number; scarcity, rarity, too few |
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Remission |
The act of sending to a distant place as money; remittance, abatement |
