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133 Cards in this Set

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walk of life
class
to engender
to conceive, to get pregnant
grove
woods, a small forest
heath
bare earth, typical English landscape
ram
aries
fowl
bird
to prick
to erge, to encourage, to prompt
to sting
strand
shore
to hallow
to become holy
sundry
various
martyr
one who suffers for the sake of principle (martyrdom)
wanton
permitting oneself more than you should in relations with other people
licentious
разгулен, sexually permissive
lewd
похотлив, sexually permissive
lecherous
развратен, sexually permissive
lascivious
сладострастен, будещ страст, sexually permissive
lustful
sexually permissive
lewdness
похотливост, sexual permissiveness
lechery
разврат, sexual permissiveness, the one mentioned in the Bible
lasciviousness
похотливост, sexual permissiveness
mirth
gaiety, fun
mirthless
lacking in joy, sad
jovial
mirthful, gay, merry (but for old ppl only)
mellow
mild
glib
eloquent, but for selfish reasons
to absolve
to forgive (to be absolved of your sins)
penance
repentence, the act of regret, being sorry
penitent
the person who repents
penitentiary
jail (because you're suppost to repent there)
scope
range of abilities
verity
truth
veritable
true
smart
pain
to smart
to suffer, to feel pain
pins for curls
little gifts
to butt
to hit sth/s.o. hard with horns or head
leper
s.o. who has leprosy (прокажен); a disliked person
wretched
of low quality, pathetic; to feel wretched - to feel ill, unhappy
victuals
food and drink, хранителни продукти
to poach
to steal (ideas)
to romp
лудувам;
to romp home-to win easily
a romp
prank, game;
easy win
lisp
фъфля, фъфлене
(to pronounce 's' and 'z' sounds with 'th')
stout
big, strong
sturdy
muscular, strong
bruiser
boxer, wrestler
leprosy
an infexious desease that damages the person's nerves and skin
ostracize
banish (from society)
eminent
notable, prominent, famed, distinguished
prominent
bulging, notable
gutter
the edge of a road where the rain flows away; an open pipe at the edge of a roof, which carries away the rain
to accue
to accumulate, to increase, to pile up
obsequious
servile, too eager to obey sb
miscellaneous
consisting of various things of different kinds, разнообразен
miscellany
mixture
brethren
brothers, brotherhood
to frisk
to move around in a happy energetic way, to romp
drawl
a slow way of speaking; to speak slowly (провлачено)
affable
friendly, benevolent, kind
charitable
affable, generous, benevolent, well-meaning
uncharitable
ruthless, wicked
benign
benignant, kind, gentle
(benignancy)
malign
malignant, evil, wicked
(malignancy)
resilient
жилав, firm, tough, rebounding, elastic
candid
sincere, frank
(candour-Br.E, candor-Am.E -frankness, honesty [She spoke with remarkable candour about..)
sly
cunning, craftful, sectretive
diffident
timid, bashful, sheepish, reluctant, distrustful, hesitant
fastidious
hard to please, absolutely pedantic, over-refined
meticulous
pedantically punctual, thorough, careful
squeamish
гнуслив, easily upset by things you find gross
fraudulent
swindling, tricky, foul
garrulous
excessively talkative
gregarious
very sociable, communicative, outgoing
indefatigable
tireless, determined, never giving up
gullibility
naivety
intrepid
brave, fearless, lion-hearted
valiant
heroic, brave
(valour-Br.E; valor-Am.E)
lean
skinny, мършав
obese
too stout (fat);
obesity
chaste
pure, modest, simple
mercenary
soldier of fortune (noun)
interested i $ only (adj.)
loan shark
money-lender, usurer
humility
being shy and modest
prudent
cautios, wary (wariness ≠ weary, weariness)
antonym: rash
to caution
to warn
pugnacious
easily infuriated
belligerent
easily infuriated, warlike
inebriated
drunk, intoxicated
sparing
economic, not spending too much
excessive
wasteful, spending too much
stingy
miserly (old flint like scrooge)
miser->miserliness
supercilious
arrogant, disdainful
надменен, презрителен
haughty
arrogant, disdainful
надменен, презрителен
verile
very masculine, manly
verility
zeal
eagerness, thoroughness,
усърдие
zealous
full of passion, enthusiasm
zealot
fanatic
zealotry - fanaticism
to depict
to portray, to sketch
to delineate
to sketch
brawl
a loud quarrel (after a few drinks)
to be base of stock
to be of humble origin
kin
relative
(kinsmen and kinswomen)
self-conceited
negative of self-confident
arrogant, supercilious
allusion
implying
намек
simile
[simili]
(лит.) сравнение
comparison
coup
coup d'etat
държавен преврат
soliloquy
monologue, speaking to oneself
odious
disgusting, vile
heinous
disgusting, vile
contempt
disdain, superciliousness
contemptible
disgusting, vile, odious, heinous
deserving contempt
contemptuous
demonstrating contempt
petty
small (petty wits)
base
vile, evil, wicked
to ravish
to attract greatly, to fascinate
necromantic
studying evil and magic
omnipotent
(omni-all; potent-able)
all-powerful, almighty
to rend
to tear
deity
a divine creature, god
to levy
to impose a tax (to levy sb)
bear the brunt of
to suffer terribly from
to waver
to hesitate
voluptuous
lustful
(voluptuousness)
to congeal
blood congeals (to clot)
to dissuade
antonym: persuade
glutton
sb who overeats
gluttony
ireful
wrathful, extremely furious
irascible
easily getting furious
ascension
the act of souls ascending to heaven
perpetual
eternal
bough
a branch; a laurel bough
fiend
devil, demon
(fiendful-hellish)
to exhort
to encourage