Misc May 1

Question 1

canny (adj.)

Answer 1

Careful, prudent (umsichtig, bedacht), cautious.// showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others..Knowing, shrewd, astute.//Frugal, thrifty.
Geschickt, schlau, besonnen, gemuetlich

Question 2

copious (adj.)

Answer 2

Large in quantity; abundant: copious rainfall.
Abounding in matter, thoughts, or words; wordy
The word copious means plentiful in number deriving from the Latin copiosus, from copia, meaning “abundance.”
Reichlich, umfassend, massenhaft

Question 3

disingenuous (adj.)

Answer 3

Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating, mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.
Unehrlich, unaufrichtig, verschlagen

Question 4

the parsimony (noun)

Answer 4

Unusual or excessive frugality; extreme economy or stinginess. “parsi-purse,,,mony-money….one who will not take money from his purse - a greedy person….” Adoption of the simplest assumption in the formulation of a theory or in the interpretation of data,
Der Geiz, Die Sparsamkeit

Question 5

to exacerbate (verb)

Answer 5

To make worse (pain, anger, etc.) worse; aggravate.

etw. verschaerfen, verschlimmern

Question 6

cursory (adj)

Answer 6

Performed with haste and scant attention to detail: a cursory glance at the headlines. Hasty; slight; superficial; careless; not exercising or receiving close attention: as, a cursory reader; a cursory view. “cursory understanding”
Oberflaechlich, fluechtig

Question 7

the taxonomy (noun)

Answer 7

Division into ordered groups or categories: “Scholars have been laboring to develop a taxonomy of young killers” (Aric Press).
A taxonomy is a nested hierarchy based on shared characteristics.”
Klassifizierung, Taxonomie

Question 8

to juxtapose (verb)

Answer 8

To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
nebeneinanderstellen

Question 9

the dichotomy (Noun)

Answer 9

A cutting in two; division into two parts or into twos; subdivision into halves or pairs; the state of being dichotomous.
Specifically — In logic, the division of a whole into two parts; binary classification.
Gegensaetzlichkeit, Zwiespalt, Zweiteilung

Question 10

to assuage (verb)

Answer 10

To soften, in a figurative sense; allay; mitigate, ease, or lessen, as pain or grief; moderate; appease or pacify, as passion or tumult
Beschwichtigen, besaenftigen, lindern

Question 11

the argot (noun)

Answer 11

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
Die Geheimsprache, Der Jargon

Question 12

arduous (adj)

Answer 12

Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious. “the arduous journey”
Beschwerlich, anstrengend, muehsam

Question 13

to berate (verb)

Answer 13

To rebuke or scold angrily and at length

Schelten, beschimpfen

Question 14

to belittle

Answer 14

To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way
Herabsetzen, schmaelern

Question 15

malign (adj.)

Answer 15

Evil in disposition, nature, or intent

Boesartig, jmdn. verleumden, schlechtmachen

Question 16

the dexterity (noun)

Answer 16

Mental skill or adroitness; cleverness; Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
Die Gewandtheit, die Geschicklichkeit

Question 17

the connotation (noun)

Answer 17

A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in. Hollywood holds connotations of romance and glittering success
Die Nebenbedeutung/Assoziation

Question 18

concerted

Answer 18

Planned or accomplished together; combined: We made a concerted effort to solve the problem.
Gemeinsam, einheitliche Anstrengung

Question 19

the depravity (noun)

Answer 19

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

die Verdorbenheit, Lasterleben

Question 20

to repudiate (verb)

Answer 20

To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust: repudiated the accusation.
Leugnen, dementieren, ablehnen, abweisen

Question 21

to affront (verb/noun)
the affront

Answer 21

To meet defiantly; confront.

Trotzen, angreifen, / Der Angriff, Die Beleidigung

Question 22

to debauch someone (verb)

Answer 22

To corrupt the morals or principles of; entice into improper conduct, as excessive indulgence, treason, etc.; lead astray, as from morality, duty, or allegiance:
Jemanden verderben, verfuehren

Question 23

innocuous (adj.)

Answer 23

“innocuous” origin; Harmless; producing no ill effect.

harmlos, ungefaehrlich

Question 24

to bestow (verb)

Answer 24

To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone as a gift or honour
widmen, gewaehren,