August Flashcards

1
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maddening

A

infuriating

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2
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elided

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osuwać, omijać (usunięte, ominięte)

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3
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beset

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to cause problems or difficulties for (someone or something)

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4
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discrepancy

A

rozbierzność

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5
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clandestine

A

kept in secret or done secretly, esp because illicit

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6
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quotient

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wynik mnożenia

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7
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spurious

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not genuine, sincere, or authentic;

: based on false ideas or bad reasoning

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8
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conversely

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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

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9
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congruent

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mathematics : having the same size and shape

: matching or in agreement with something

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10
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histrionic

histrionically

A

too emotional or dramatic

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11
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shibboleth

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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

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12
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embeddedness

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In economics, embeddedness refers to the degree to which economic activity is constrained by non-economic institutions.

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13
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foretold, foretell

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to describe something before it happens

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14
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obfuscate

A

darken/ confuse

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15
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vagrant (też: wayfarer, wanderer)

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wędrowiec

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16
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abode

A

mieszkanie, miejsce zamieszkania (stare)

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17
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neophyte

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: a person who has just started learning or doing something

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18
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confluence

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zbieg, spływ confluence, zbieżność

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19
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bellicose

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having or showing a tendency to argue or fight

20
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pliant

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miękki, elastyczny, uległy

21
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tractable

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: easily managed or controlled

: willing to learn or be guided by another

22
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to ameliorate

A

ulepszyć

23
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malinger

A

: to pretend to be sick or injured in order to avoid doing work

24
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sequestration

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: the act of keeping a person or group apart from other people or the state of being kept apart from other people
law : the act of taking someone’s property until a debt has been paid

25
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to shirk

A

wymigać się

26
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torque

A

moment obrotowy; is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis

27
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to inhibit

A

powstrzymać, zahamować, spowolnić

28
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salient

A

istotny; klin

29
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atrophy

A

partial or complete wasting away part of body (ie muscular atrophy)

30
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agitated

A

poruszony, zdenerwowany

31
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whinge

A

complain a lot

32
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futile

A

incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

33
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depletion

A

zmniejszenie

34
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secretion

A

wydzielina

35
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preemptively

A

prewencyjnie

36
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solicited

A

zabiegać się o, nagabywać

37
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quaint

A

ciekawy, oryginalny

38
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commotion

A

zamieszanie, hałas

39
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aneurysm

A

tętniak

40
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cortical function

A

funcions happening in cerebral cortex

41
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Egregore (also egregor)

A

an occult concept representing a “thoughtform” or “collective group mind”, an autonomous psychic entity made up of, and influencing, the thoughts of a group of people. The symbiotic relationship between an egregore and its group has been compared to the more recent, non-occult concepts of the corporation (as a legal entity) and the meme.

42
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superficialities

A

superficial things (being at, on or near surface)

43
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Demarcation

A

the act of creating a boundary around a place or thing

44
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manifold

A

różnorodny {przym. m.}, (też: various, multiplicitous)

wieloraki {przym. m.}

45
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arbitrage

A

business : the practice of buying something (such as foreign money, gold, etc.) in one place and selling it almost immediately in another place where it is worth more
1
: the nearly simultaneous purchase and sale of securities or foreign exchange in different markets in order to profit from price discrepancies
2
: the purchase of the stock of a takeover target especially with a view to selling it profitably to the raider