Day 28

Question 1

criteria

Answer 1

критерий
(n.) standards by which something is judged

Question 2

culmination

Answer 2

кульминация
(n.) the climax toward which something progresses

Question 3

culpable

Answer 3

виноватый
(adj.) deserving blame

Question 4

cultivate

Answer 4

культивировать, развивать
(v.) to nurture, improve, refine

Question 5

cumulative

Answer 5

суммарный, совокупный
(adj.) increasing, building upon itself

Question 6

cunning

Answer 6

хитрый
(adj.) sly, clever at being deceitful

Question 7

cupidity

Answer 7

жадность
(n.) greed, strong desire

Question 8

cursory

Answer 8

беглый, поверхностный
(adj.) brief to the point of being superficial

Question 9

curt

Answer 9

краткий
(adj.) abruptly and rudely short

Question 10

curtail

Answer 10

сократить
(v.) to lessen, reduce

Question 11

daunting

Answer 11

пугающий, устрашающий
(adj.) intimidating, causing one to lose courage

Question 12

dearth

Answer 12

нехватка, недостаток
(n.) a lack, scarcity

Question 13

debacle

Answer 13

разгром, провал
(n.) a disastrous failure, disruption

Question 14

debase

Answer 14

обесценивать
(v.) to lower the quality or esteem of something

Question 15

debauch

Answer 15

развращать
(v.) to corrupt by means of sensual pleasures

Question 16

debunk

Answer 16

опровергнуть
(v.) to expose the falseness of something

Question 17

decorous

Answer 17

приличный
(adj.)socially proper, appropriate

Question 18

decry

Answer 18

осуждать, осудить
(v.) to criticize openly

Question 19

deface

Answer 19

испортить, изуродовать
(v.) to ruin or injure something’s appearance

Question 20

defamatory

Answer 20

клеветнический
(adj.) harmful toward another’s reputation