2021-05-18T22:51:29+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true distill, haggle, intrepid, proportionately, shuttle, advocate, bitterly, contest, inaugurate, allegedly, convict, advent, ambiguous, decipher, denote, ingenious, inscription, amateurish, skit, capricious, cumbersome, inhibit, vanity, vulnerable, conflict, delinquency, fringe, hedonistic, hypocritically, manipulation, rebel, status quo, depict, dimension, esthetically, intrinsic, perspective, portrayal, despondent, devotion, engender, proliferation, reciprocity, vanish, arrogantly, berate, contemptuous, despise, humiliation, obnoxious, stigmatize, vitriolic, cohesion, descendant, inheritance, kin, associate, clique, confide, solidarity, willing, abduction, coerce, detain, deviant, distort, intentionally, predicament, smuggle, villainy, addictive, concentrated, interdict, juxtapose, misconception, modify, potent, residual, subtly, analyze, assail, contrary, impair, inference, objectively, suspicious, tolerate, versus, bribery, cynically, erode, evade, grotesque, integrity, prevalent, accuse, allegedly, convict, guilty, suspect flashcards

300 TOEFL words (en-en)

pablo clase 18-05

  • distill
    extract the essential elements
  • haggle
    argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain)
  • intrepid
    fearless
  • proportionately
    in an amount appropriate to each of several recipients
  • shuttle
    travel back and forth between two points
  • advocate
    speak, plead, or argue in favour of
  • bitterly
    indicating something hard to accept
  • contest
    to challenge or dispute
  • inaugurate
    to begin officially; to induct formally into office
  • allegedly
    relating to something that is not yet proven
  • convict
    find or declare guilty
  • advent
    the arrival, appearance of something
  • ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  • decipher
    to figure out the meaning
  • denote
    to mean something clearly and directly
  • ingenious
    very clever
  • inscription
    something written into rock or metal
  • amateurish
    not good enough to be professional
  • skit
    a short, informal play
  • capricious
    constantly changing minds
  • cumbersome
    big and heavy
  • inhibit
    to discourage or slow down
  • vanity
    an excessive concern for one's appearance
  • vulnerable
    exposed to possible harm
  • conflict
    to fit so poorly together that the differences cause a problem
  • delinquency
    serious misbehavior
  • fringe
    edge (near the boundary)
  • hedonistic
    excessively interested in seeking pleasure
  • hypocritically
    in a way that accuses other people of weaknesses that the speaker also possesses
  • manipulation
    influencing people in order to get what you want
  • rebel
    to go against established systems
  • status quo
    current status
  • depict
    to portray; to show in pictures
  • dimension
    an aspect
  • esthetically
    in a way that relates to beauty or appearance
  • intrinsic
    being part of the basic nature of something
  • perspective
    point of view
  • portrayal
    a description or drawing of something; depiction
  • despondent
    extremely sad and without hope
  • devotion
    dedication
  • engender
    to bring into being
  • proliferation
    the spread of something
  • reciprocity
    doing as much for another as he or she has done for you
  • vanish
    to disappear suddenly
  • arrogantly
    in a way that shows high opinion of self and low opinion of others
  • berate
    to say insulting and disrespectful things
  • contemptuous
    having no respect
  • despise
    hate very much
  • humiliation
    shame; loss of respect
  • obnoxious
    doing small things that others don't like
  • stigmatize
    to mark with a visible feature that makes other people think wrongly of one
  • vitriolic
    showing extreme, hateful anger
  • cohesion
    ability to stay together
  • descendant
    a direct relative in a later generation
  • inheritance
    things passed down to you from your ancestors
  • kin
    relatives
  • associate
    spend time with
  • clique
    a small group of friends who are unfriendly to people outside the group
  • confide
    to tell very personal things
  • solidarity
    standing together despite pressure to move apart
  • willing
    ready to do something
  • abduction
    kidnapping
  • coerce
    to force someone to do something
  • detain
    imprison
  • deviant
    in a style that is not normal
  • distort
    to twist or misrepresent
  • intentionally
    on purpose
  • predicament
    a difficult situation that is hard to get out of
  • smuggle
    to illegally bring things into a country
  • villainy
    evilness
  • addictive
    making someone want something so much that the person feels ill without it
  • concentrated
    large amount in a small space
  • interdict
    to keep something from reaching a certain place
  • juxtapose
    to place things next to each other to compare
  • misconception
    a mistaken belief
  • modify
    change
  • potent
    powerful
  • residual
    left behind after most of a thing has gone
  • subtly
    in a quiet, hard-to-notice kind of way
  • analyze
    to examine something carefully
  • assail
    attack or criticize
  • contrary
    opposite
  • impair
    to make something less effective
  • inference
    a conclusion drawn from evidence
  • objectively
    not biased
  • suspicious
    suspecting that something is wrong
  • tolerate
    to avoid getting upset
  • versus
    against
  • bribery
    giving money to a government official, expecting a favor in return
  • cynically
    disrespectfully, emphasizing weaknesses of other things
  • erode
    to wear away
  • evade
    to get away from something that tries to catch you
  • grotesque
    very unpleasant to look at
  • integrity
    honesty and good character
  • prevalent
    common
  • accuse
    to say that someone did something wrong
  • allegedly
    according to what people say
  • convict
    decide that someone is guilty of a crime
  • guilty
    responsible for a crime
  • suspect
    someone who might have committed a crime