Voccabulary

Question 1

Acquiesce

Answer 1

Съгласявам се | to give in (да се поддадеш) and agree peaceably; to assent,comply; I acquiesced because we knew he meant business.

Question 2

Chastise

Answer 2

Наказвам | to scold severely or punish | castigate;censure | Every day we chastise Dude, my insanely brave, five-pound Yorkshire.

Question 3

Augment

Answer 3

Увеличавам, подобрявам | to increase; to make something greater or bigger | I have to augment my savings before collage.

Question 4

Condone

Answer 4

Извинявам се | to overlook or pardon an offence; to excuse | Who rarely condones misbehaviour.

Question 5

Amass

Answer 5

Трупам/събирам | to accumulate,collect ; | to gather, come together | I don’t need to amass a huge fortune, but a bit of extra money would be nice - for new Apple monstrosity’s of course.

Question 6

Disseminate

Answer 6

Разпространявам | to disperse or spread everywhere (knowledge or ideas) as if sowing seeds | I hope the paper also disseminates the spirit of Central High.

Question 7

Coalesce

Answer 7

Сливам се | to mix or come together from separate elements | A group of radically different kids that I saw coalescing into a supportive stage family.

Question 8

Concur

Answer 8

Съгласявам се | to agree, assent, approve | After much discussion, our family concurred on a camping site for next summer.

Question 9

Digress

Answer 9

Отклонявам се | to wander off course in speaking or writing | I often digress into related topics as over into a speech.

Question 10

Laud

Answer 10

Възхвалявам | to praise, commend, acclaim, extol | What a laudable accomplishment.

Question 11

Disperse

Answer 11

Разпространявам | to spread all over, synonym of disseminate; | We disperse copies of “The 4 hour work week”.

Question 12

Efface

Answer 12

Изтриване Kind of | to erase or obliterate; to wear away (as by time)| I’m counting on time to efface the memories of when I’ve made a total idiot of myself.

Question 13

Banal

Answer 13

Банално| to commonplace(обичайно) and stale, not fresh | trite,insipid | Banal, overused phrases and words are so numerous (многобройни) that it’s hard to avoid them.

Question 14

Terse

Answer 14

Кратък,къс | stripped of all but the essentials; concise or succinct (стегнат или сбит), sometimes to the point of rudeness | When you need encouragement, a terse response is disappointing.

Question 15

Raconteur

Answer 15

Разказвач | gifted talker or storyteller | A talented poet, playwright and raconteur.

Question 16

Euphesium

Answer 16

The use of a “nice” word or phrase instead of an offensive or terrible honest one | My last editorial was on the euphemism “ethic cleansing”| дума за ирония

Question 17

Succinct

Answer 17

Brief, to the point; concise , pithy, terse | For the school paper,of course, we demand succinct, pithy articles (изискваме кратки, съдържателни статии.)

Question 18

Hackneyed

Answer 18

Banal, overused, commonplace, trite; The bakery was a breed of hourse used to pull the old public coaches in England.

Question 19

Bombast

Answer 19

Надут | high - flown, pompous, “windbag” language | The windy, bombastic mayor of our town likes to give speeches.

Question 20

Articulate

Answer 20

Ясен | to speak in a clear, effective way adj. clear and effective in manner; also jointed or marked off (съединени или маркирани) | Amy practises a lot, trying to articulate her lines perfectly.

Question 21

Laconic

Answer 21

Сбит | using as few words as possible; concise | his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic

Question 22

Hyperbole

Answer 22

Wild exaggeration, often on purpose for effect. Reading Twain is fun, partly because he uses hyperbole so well.

Question 23

Lampoon

Answer 23

Осмивам | n. verbal ridicule of a person; personal satire v. To ridicule | They let their lampooning go as far as TV standards will allow.

Question 24

Platitude

Answer 24

Баналност | a trite(банален) old saying; a banality | Platitudes put people to sleep.

Question 25

Heretic

Answer 25

Вероотстъпник | one who differs(различава) from accepted belief or theory | Would you guys hang me as a heretic if I suggested eliminating the Social Corner.

Question 26

Charlatan

Answer 26

Мошенник | а quack or fraud; a cheat , imposter | The real skill of charlatan is lying, apparently.

Question 27

Bigot

Answer 27

Духовно ограничен привърженик| one who stubbornly(инатливо) holds to his own opinions | I hope age doesn’t turn me into a narrow-minded bigot like some I know.

Question 28

Despot

Answer 28

A ruler with total control; a tyrant(диктатор), autocrat ~ Dude my five-pound Yorky, sees himself as king of our house, a real despot with all of us under his paw.

Question 29

Sycophant

Answer 29

A creep ~ one who flatters others(ласкае); a toady - подмазвач ~ A sycophantic interviewer.

Question 30

Glutton

Answer 30

Гладен/Лакомник/лакомен ~ one who is overly hungry for something like food, adventure ~ Glutton for adventure ~ Steve was glutton for tech innovations .()

Question 31

Hedonist

Answer 31

Someone who lives for pleasure or happiness. ~ She was living the life of a committed hedonist.

Question 32

Hypocrite

Answer 32

Лицемер ~ one who pretends to a life he doesn’t honestly have ~ a phony(фалшив) or fake ~ “Their ain’t a hypocritical bone in him” - says Steve.

Question 33

Miser

Answer 33

Скъперник/ алчен човек ~ а greedy, grasping person {miser = miserable} ~ One of my friends is really a miser, in contrast to the rest of us, who are mainly generous guys.

Question 34

Insurgent

Answer 34

Бунтовнически, бунтовник ~ а rebel(бунтовник), one who raises up in revolt (се вдига на бунт) ~ Steve Jobs probably said that as a CEO he should be aware of any insurgent forces.

Question 35

Zealot

Answer 35

Застъпник ~ а fanatic (също застъпник, борец деятел); ~ someone who devoted (посвещавам се на кауза) beyond reason to a cause. ~Dude is our personal zealot.

Question 36

Skeptic

Answer 36

Неверник, песимист(kinda) ~One who doubts or waits to pass judgement ~ A skeptic is the opposite of a zealot or fanatic (застъпник)