Sep 3 Flashcards
Coercive
relating to or using force or threats.
Принудительные
Suffocated
Задохнуться
Person has suffocated due to lack of oxygen.
Taunted
Надсмехаться
Vocation
Призвание
Inclinations
Склонности
Dismay
Смятение
Contentious
Спорный
causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Profess
claim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when this is not the case.
Притворяться
Vehemently
Яростно, страстно
in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling.
Dr. Peterson has vehemently declined to submit to any such outrage
Bolster
N. a long, thick pillow that is placed under other pillows for support.
V. Поддерживать
support or strengthen; prop up.
“the fall in interest rates is starting to bolster confidence”
Cynical
believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
“he was brutally cynical and hardened to every sob story under the sun”
concerned only with one’s own interests and typically disregarding accepted or appropriate standards in order to achieve them.
“a cynical manipulation of public opinion”
Nuckle
Костяшка
Seldom
Редко
Underpin
Подкреплять, поддерживать
put up with
Tolerate or endure