East Of Eden Flashcards

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Philandering

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the act of having sex with a lot of different partners without becoming emotionally involved with any of them:
She was furious at her husband’s philandering.
Some people knew about his philandering, but they wouldn’t report on it.

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Wantonness

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bad behaviour that is intentional or shows no care about bad things that might result:
The chairman this week condemned the bank’s wantonness towards other people’s money.
We all felt a strong dismay and horror at such an act of wantonness.

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Stolid

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(of a person) calm and not showing emotion or excitement :

He’s a very stolid, serious man.

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Niggardly

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slight in amount, quality, or effort:

a niggardly donation/amount

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Concupiscence

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sexual desire

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Stolid

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(of a person) calm and not showing emotion or excitement :

He’s a very stolid, serious man.

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Niggardly

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slight in amount, quality, or effort:

a niggardly donation/amount

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Concupiscence

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sexual desire

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Ornery

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ending to get angry and argue with people:

He’s ornery and opinionated, but he doesn’t lie.

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Baleful

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evil or angry
злобный, мрачный
a baleful look

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Precocious

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Children who are precocious have the confidence or skill of an adult.
не по годам взрослый
A precocious child, she went to university at the age of 15.

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Spank

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to hit a child with the hand, usually several times on the bottom as a punishment

to hit an adult on the bottom in order to get or give sexual pleasure

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Crippled

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to injure someone so that they cannot use their arms or legs
калечить
[ often passive ] His son was crippled by a riding accident.

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Voluptuous

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A voluptuous woman has a sexually attractive body, often with large breasts

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Obliquely

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said in a way that is not direct, so that the real meaning is not immediately clear:
The article refers to the controversy only obliquely.

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Huffy

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angry and offended:

I told her she’d made a mistake and she got huffy with me.

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Querulous

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often complaining, especially in a weak high voice:

He became increasingly dissatisfied and querulous in his old age.

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Perfidy

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behaviour that is not loyal

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Coagulate

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to change from liquid to a more solid state, or to cause something to do this:
The sauce coagulated as it cooled down.
The venom of this snake coagulates the blood.