Definice Flashcards by Dagmar Dolejšová | Brainscape

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Liberate

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To free from confinement

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Not wasteful with money or resources

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Thrifty

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Deceive

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To betray or lead astray

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tip-of-the-tongue moment

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Impasse

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Deadlock or stalemate

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To walk unsteadily

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stumble

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Capable of being shaped or drawn out

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Malleable

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Apparently reasonable, and thus convincing

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Plausible

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Capable of thinking and expressing oneself clearly

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Lucid

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Remote in manner

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Aloof

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Deface

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To mar or spoil the appearance

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To evaluate or estimate in a comprehensive way

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Appraise

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Emerge

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To come out into view, as from concealment

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Innocent or lacking in sophistication or worldliness

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Ingenuous

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Admonition

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Cautionary advice about something imminent

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To turn aside and away from an intended course

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Deflect

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Inclined to venture or take risks

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Audacious

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Filled with disappointment

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Disenchanted

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Greatly astonished and surprised

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Dumbfounded

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Preoccupation

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The state of being engrossed by something

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Believing the worst of human nature and motives

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Misanthropic

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Willing to be taught, led or directed

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Docile

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A moderate or token amount

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Modicum

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Emit

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To give off, send forth or discharge

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Not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind

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Unpalatable

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Argue over petty things

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Quibble

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Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor

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Austere

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Animal that feeds chiefly on plants

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Herbivore

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Expressed briefly

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Concise

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Dissenting clique, sect or group

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Faction