Words

Question 1

печальный, жалобный

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plaintive

a plaintive cry

Question 2

томный вялый

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languorous

sluggish/flaccid

I felt warm and languorous.
His dark eyes were langorous and heavy-lidded.

Question 3

расход, трата

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expenditure

The government’s annual expenditure on arms has been reduced.

Question 4

(RELIGIOUSLY)

in a way that shows that you have strong religious beliefs

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piously /ˈpaɪ.əs.li/

I envision a church that is not just piously involved in worship on a Sunday morning.
The brothers are piously Roman Catholic.

Question 5

верховный, высший

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supreme

the supreme ruler

Question 6

временное пребывание

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sojourn

Question 7

безмерно

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immeasurably

Question 8

тупость пустота

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inanity

I was amazed at the inanity of her comments.
His speech was full of inanities that were meant to be funny.

Question 9

окончательный, бесповоротный

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irrevocable

irrevocable decisions

Question 10

отрезать, отрывать, перерезать

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sever

to sever an artery
[ often passive ] Two of her fingers were severed in the accident.

Question 11

подвергать гонению

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ostracize

He was ostracized by the other children at school.

Question 12

подрывной

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seditious

She was arrested after making a speech that the government considered to be seditious

Question 13

дворецкий

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butler

Question 14

широкий обширный

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ample

You’ll have ample opportunity to ask questions after the talk.
There’s ample evidence that the lawyer knew exactly what she was doing.
They had ample warning of the factory closure.

Question 15

вызывающий разногласия

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divisive

divisive issue

Question 16

отталкивать

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alienate
ˈeɪliəneɪt/

The government’s comments have alienated many teachers.

Question 17

колебаться

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dither
/ˈdɪðər/

Stop dithering and tell me which one you want!

Question 18

to make someone upset and confused, especially when they are trying to do something

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fluster / perturb

News of the arrest perturbed her greatly

Question 19

ерошить

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ruffle
He ruffled my hair and kissed me.

Question 20

to make something become creased (= not smooth) or untidy:

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rumple
You’ll rumple your jacket if you don’t hang it up properly.

Question 21

to make someone’s hair untidy, for example by rubbing it, or, of the wind, by blowing it

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tousle

She tousled her niece’s hair, and went out.
The wind tousled their hair.

Question 22

распространять

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disseminate
They are using their website to disseminate political propaganda.

Question 23

сеять

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sow

to sow seeds/crops

sowed | sown or sowed

Question 24

вспыхивать, разгораться (о гневе, насилии и т. д.)

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flare
Violence flared up between football fans yesterday.

Question 25

мерцать, блестеть

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shimmer The trees shimmered in the moonlight.

Question 26

надуваться

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distend During digestion, sugar may produce wind that distends the stomach. The medication I take causes my lower belly to distend.

Question 27

увеличивать

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augment Production systems can be augmented rather easily to carry out such a recognition. The counts were natural log transformed, after being augmented by 1 to avoid 1n(0).

Question 28

усиливать

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amplify

Question 29

расширять(ся)

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dilate The drug causes your pupils to dilate.

Question 30

рассеивать(ся)

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dissipate The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere.

Question 31

разглашать

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divulge He would not divulge how much the house cost.

Question 32

to secretly tell someone in authority, especially a teacher, that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble:

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tattle /ˈtæt.əl/ Did you tattle on us to the teacher?

Question 33

to talk stupidly, or about things that are not important, for a long time

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prate Inevitably there's some caller prating on about the decline in moral standards.

Question 34

угрюмый

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dour a dour expression

Question 35

мрачный

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bleak The future is looking bleak for small businesses struggling with debts.

Question 36

сомнительный

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dubious dubious evidence a man with a dubious reputation

Question 37

confused

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perplexed bewildered troubled (беспокойный, измученный проблемами You look troubled)

Question 38

двуличность

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duplicity The politician in me boggles at the duplicity of some of those who retail ideas and fantasies as if they were facts.

Question 39

под принуждением/давлением

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under duress The confession was made under duress. Characteristically, cultural change did not represent hispanisation, but rather a mixture of coexisting systems that often emerged without great disruption or duress.

Question 40

полный энтузиазма, кипучий

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ebullient /ɪˈbʊliənt/ an ebullient personality

Question 41

шипучий

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effervescent /ˌef.əˈves.ənt/ fizzy vivacious and enthusiastic. "effervescent young people"

Question 42

attractively lively and animated (typically used of a woman).

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vivacious /vɪˈveɪʃəs,vʌɪˈveɪʃəs/ "her vivacious and elegant mother"

Question 43

жизнерадостный, энергичный

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exuberant a warm and exuberant personality

Question 44

эдикт, указ

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edict идикт How credible, though, is the edict's view of religious rationalism as itself a form of proselytism?

Question 45

наглость

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effrontery insolent or impertinent behavior. "one juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision" impudence impertinence insolence audacity

Question 46

shining brightly; radiant. сверкающий

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effulgent /ɪˈfʌldʒ(ə)nt/ (of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness. "standing there was my father with the most effulgent smile on his face"

Question 47

outstandingly bad; shocking.

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egregious /ɪˈɡriːdʒəs/ "egregious abuses of copyright" flagrant

Question 48

пользующийся дурной славой, печально известный

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notorious a notorious criminal She was notorious for her bad temper.

Question 49

(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal. отвратительный гнусный

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nefarious /nɪˈfɛːrɪəs/ "the nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates"

Question 50

сложный, замысловатый

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elaborate an elaborate system/scheme an elaborate design

Question 51

needing a lot of effort, often because someone is tired:

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laboured /ˈleɪ.bəd/ Her breathing was heavy and laboured. a laboured joke

Question 52

допытываться, добиваться

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elicit You have to ask the right questions to elicit the information you want.

Question 53

вызывать воспоминания, чувства

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evoke The story evoked memories of my childhood.

Question 54

ускользать, не даваться в руки

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elude The gold medal continues to elude her.

Question 55

истощенный

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emaciated /ɪˈmeɪsieɪtɪd/

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вичеркнуть

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expunge obliterate

Question 57

корректировать

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expurgate

Question 58

принижать

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disparage

Question 59

существующий

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extant

Question 60

постаронний

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extraneous

Question 61

easy

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facile

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incorrect

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fallacious

Question 63

rejoice

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exult

Question 64

weaken

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enervate

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feed

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forage

Question 66

освящать

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hallow

Question 67

разглагольствовать

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harangue rant