New Words Flashcards
Circuitous, meandering, serpentine, sinuous
Savijajući, skretajući
Capricious, whimsical, fickle, impulsive, volatile
Promjenjiv
Conviction, credo, doctrine, dogma, tenet
Vjerovanja
Calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, premeditated
Planiran
Acute, astute, keen, penetrating, perspicacious, sagacious, screwed
Mentalno oštar, mudar…
Equivocate, embroider, fabricate, prevaricate
Malo izokrenuti, uljepsati istinu
Prevaricate
Izbjegavati istina
Germinate
Klijati
Sluggish
Spor, inertan
Tangible
Shvatljiv, opipljiv
Affectionate, amorous, demonstrative, effusive, tender
Pokazivanje zahvalnosti, topline, dragosti
obsolete
outdated, old-fashioned
dim
blijed, taman, subdued (quiet and depressed)
condemn
express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure
expurgate
remove matter through to be objective
egregious
very bad, shocking
disposed
willing, inclined - we are not disposed to argue
effigy
sculpture or a model of a person
galvanize
shock or excite usually to take an action
inexorable
nezaustavljiv, nemoguce ga je uvjeriti
indulgence
- satisfaction, gratification
- they viewed vacations as an indulgence: extravagance, luxury
rashness
brzopletost, naglost
prolific
plentiful, abundant
immaculate conception
bezgresno zacece
maculate
okaljati
prevalent, prevailing
prevladava
voracious
žestok, proždrljiv
imperiled
ugrožen
verbatim
literally, doslovno
misconstrued
misunderstand, misinterpret
reclusive
povučen, osamljenik