Word knowledge Flashcards
Kagan maintains that an infant’s reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or _________ signs of adolescent anxiety
A) prophetic B) normal C) monotonous D) virtual E) typical
A) prophetic
” Prophetic” signs, like harbingers, foretell future occurrences, and for the infant, adolescent anxiety is a future occurence.
Harbingers - предвестники
Prophetic - пророческий, содержащий предсказанье
Sign - знак
Dominant interests often benefit most from _______ of governmental interference in business, since they are able to take care of themselves if left alone.
A) intensification B) authorization C)centralization D) improvisation E) elimination
E) Elimination
Since businesses are good when left alone, the government must b absent.
An investigation that is __________ can occasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction.
A) timely B) unguided C) consistent D) uncomplicated E) subjective
The words “can occasionally” and “but typically” indicate, the missing word describes an investigation that contrasts with a “search in a definite direction”
B) unguided
Preternatural
Сверхъестественный
Conductor
Дирижёр.
Enduring
Прочный,
Неугасающий
: The ring was enduring :
At odds
Conflicting
Discordant
Несогласный
Противоречивый
Reluctance
Нежелание
Dichotomy
Разделение Различение Разъединение Split Division \:Dik split anatomy:
Interpretive
Пояснительный
Ascribe
Приписывать
It comes as no surprise that societies have codes of behavior; the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A) predictable B) unexpected C) admirable D) explicit E) confusing
The word “on the other hand” indicate that while the existence of societal codes of behavior is no surprise, their character may be quite surprising.
B) unexpected
Fastidiousness
Having high and often capricious standards
Разборчивый
Утончённый
Didacticism
Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art.
Поучительность, назедательность.
Iconoclasm
Distraction of religious images
Религиозно-политическое движение против культа почитания икон и других изображений хреста и святых
Agonizing
Мучительный Страшный Агонизировать Бороться Кончаться Умирать
Acumen
Проницательность
Сообразительность
Острота ума
Acuvue - пронизывает
Reverence
Благоговение
Почтение
Polemical
A controversial (спорный) argument, especially one refuting (опровергающий) or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.
Спор, в большинстве случаев при выяснении вопросов в политической, филосовской, литературной или художественной темах. Дискуссия, прения.
Полено - спорам нужно дать время.
Dissimilar
Not alike. Different
Разные
Political advertising may be well the most (i)__________ kind of advertising: political candidates are usually quite (ii)_________, yet their campaign advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A) polemical A) interchangeable
B) effective B) dissimilar
C) deceptive C) vocal
“hide” and “smoke screens” suggest that blank (i) is deceptive. Blank (ii) is then “dissimilar” since what is deceptive about political advertisements is that they hide important differences.
Debunking
To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of: debunk a supposed miracle drug
Разоблачать обман
Acerbic
Резкий, неприятный
Scathing
Sharp, caustic
Уничтожающий
Select TWO answer choices. Ever a demanding reader of the fiction of others, the novelist Chase was likewise often the subject of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ analyses by his contemporaries. A) exacting B) copious C) respectful D) acerbic E) scathing F) meticulous
Word “likewise” indicates that the analyses of Chase’s work by contemporaries were like the readings he gave the fiction of others. Since he is describes as “demanding” reader, the words in a blank are similar to “demanding”, exact(A) and meticulous (F)
Copious
Abundant in supply or quantity
Обильный
: обильное кол-во опиума:
Frugality
Economical in use of expenditure, not wasteful
Бережливость
Illiberality
Narrow-minded, bigoted :fatality:
Непросвещённый
Intolerance
Нетерпимость
Thrift
The quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully
Бережливость, хозяйственность, экономность
