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25 Cards in this Set
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fecund |
(a.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive |
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discernment |
(n.) Ability to grasp and comprehend what is obscure ( проницательность) |
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apotheosize |
(v.) to glorify; to make into a god |
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truculent |
(a.) aggressively defiant or hostile |
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anomaly |
(n.) something that is unusual or unexpected |
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equivocate |
(v.) to be deliberately unclear or ambiguous |
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prurient |
(a.) characterized by lust |
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travesty |
(n.) a distorted representation of something (пародия) |
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discourse |
(v.) to communicate in an orderly fashion |
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monolithic |
(a.) massive and uniform |
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proletariat |
(n.) the working class |
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nullify |
(v.) to declare invalid |
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apocalyptic |
(a.) involving widespread destruction |
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mercenary |
(n.) a hired soldier; someone motivated only by money |
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forsake |
(v.) to withdraw support (покидать) |
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incendiary |
(a.; n.) intending or designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife; one who sets fires or causes |
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nadir |
(n.) the lowest point |
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decamp |
(v.) to leave suddenly or secretly |
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trenchant |
(a.) sharp, incisive; forceful, effective |
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canard |
(n.) a false rumor |
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propitiate |
(v.) to gain or regain somebody's favor or goodwill |
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specious |
(a.) plausible but false (правдоподобный) |
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cynosure |
(n.) the center of attraction; something that serves to guide or direct (центр внимания, путеводная звезда) |
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rarefy |
(v.) to make something less dense; to refine |
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halcyon |
(a.) calm, peaceful (безмятежный) |
