Drill 4 Flashcards

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Languid

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Slab

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Listless

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Mlitav

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Articulate

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Eloquent

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Enduring

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Izdržljiv, trajan

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Recanted

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Recant - oporeći; oporečiv

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Disavowed

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Oporeći, poreći

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Prevail

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Preovlađivati, nagovarati

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Assimilate

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Izjednačiti, prilagoditi se

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Dwindle

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Umanjiti, isceznuti, splasnuti

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Exacting

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Zahtevan, strog

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Stringent

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Strong

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Sober

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Serious

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Augment

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Make sth greater by adding to it, increase

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Escalate

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Increase rapidly, develop

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Divulgde

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Make known, reveal

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Mitigate

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Alleviate

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Squander

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Waste in a reckless and foolish manner, allow an opportunity to pass or be lost

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Curtail

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Reduce

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Fallacy

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Zabluda, greška

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Allusion

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Nagoveštavanje

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Maxim

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A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or ruke of conduct

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Query

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Žalba, pitanje

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Waiver

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Odricanje, odustajanje

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Proverb

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Poslovica

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Largess

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Generosity

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Avarice

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Greed, škrost

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Cupidity

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Greediness

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Parsimony

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Škrtost, štedljivost

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Philantrophy

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Čovekoljublje

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Defamatory

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Damaging the good reputation of smn

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Prohibitive

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Forbidimg or restricting sth, excessive, exorbitant

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Contrite

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Kajanje

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Mundane

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Dull, boring

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Insipid

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Tasteless, weak, uninteresting

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Exorbitant

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Unreasonably hugh

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Tirades

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A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation

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Diatriber

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A forceful and bitten verbal attack against sth or smn

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Precursors

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Originss

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Commendations

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Pohvale

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Canons

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Principle, rule

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Vindication

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The action of clearing smn of blame or suspicion

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Wile

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Lukavstvo, tricks

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Vexation

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Sekiranje, uznemiravanje

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Ambivalence

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The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas abt smn or sth

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Predilection

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Preference

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Affectation

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Izveštačenost

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Propensity

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An inclination or natural tendency to behave in particular way, navika

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Wariness

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Opreznost, suspicion

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Callousness

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Insensitive and cruel disregard for other

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Discord

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Razdor, nesloga