August Flashcards
maddening
infuriating
elided
osuwać, omijać (usunięte, ominięte)
beset
to cause problems or difficulties for (someone or something)
discrepancy
rozbierzność
clandestine
kept in secret or done secretly, esp because illicit
quotient
wynik mnożenia
spurious
not genuine, sincere, or authentic;
: based on false ideas or bad reasoning
conversely
in a contrary or opposite way; on the other hand;
introducing a statement or idea which reverses one that had just been made or referred to
congruent
mathematics : having the same size and shape
: matching or in agreement with something
histrionic
histrionically
too emotional or dramatic
shibboleth
an old idea, opinion, or saying that is commonly believed and repeated but that may be seen as old-fashioned or untrue
: a word or way of speaking or behaving which shows that a person belongs to a particular group
embeddedness
In economics, embeddedness refers to the degree to which economic activity is constrained by non-economic institutions.
foretold, foretell
to describe something before it happens
obfuscate
darken/ confuse
vagrant (też: wayfarer, wanderer)
wędrowiec
abode
mieszkanie, miejsce zamieszkania (stare)
neophyte
: a person who has just started learning or doing something
confluence
zbieg, spływ confluence, zbieżność